Town of Smithfield, RI Article IV Adoption of Renumbered 2003 Code

[Adopted 9-16-2003]

§ 1-26 Adoption of renumbering.

The ordinances and legislation of the Town of Smithfield of a general and permanent nature, including the 1985 Code of Ordinances adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Smithfield on October 22, 1985, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. as set forth in the Derivation Table below,[1] and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 Through 347, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the “Code of the Town of Smithfield,” hereafter known and referred to as the “Code.”

[1] Editor's Note: The Derivation Table is included at the end of the Code.

§ 1-27 Nonsubstantive changes in previously adopted legislation.

In compiling and preparing the ordinances and 1985 Code of Ordinances for publication as the 2003 Code of the Town of Smithfield, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Town Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.

§ 1-28 Incorporation of provisions into Code.

The provisions of this ordinance are hereby made Article IV of Chapter 1, General Provisions, of the Code of the Town of Smithfield, such ordinance to be entitled “Article IV, Adoption of Renumbered 2003 Code,” and the sections of this ordinance shall be numbered §§ 1-26 to 1-29, inclusive.

§ 1-29 When effective.

This ordinance shall become effective at the expiration of 30 days after adoption.