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(a)
All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion therein, or in the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission thereof from reprinted pages affected thereby.
(b)
Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code should be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section of the Code in substantially the following language: "That section _____ of the Revised Code of Ordinances, Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island, is hereby amended as follows:…." Existing and new provisions as required by the Charter, section 215, shall set out in full the ordinance, sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate the matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strike-out type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.
(c)
If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "That the Revised Code of Ordinances, Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island, is hereby amended by adding a section (or article, chapter or other designation, as the case may be), to be numbered _____, which reads as follows:…." Existing and new provisions as required by the Charter, section 215, shall set out in full the ordinance, sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strike-out type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.
(d)
In lieu of subsection (c) of this section, when the council desires to enact an ordinance of a general permanent nature embracing a subject not previously existing in the Code, which the council desires to incorporate into the Code, a provision in substantially the following language may be made a part of the ordinance: "It is the intention of the council, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Revised Code of Ordinances, Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island, and the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered to accomplish such intention."
(e)
All sections, articles, chapters or other provisions of this Code desired to be repealed should be specifically repealed by section number, article number, chapter or other number, as the case may be, and the repealed provisions set out as required by the Charter.
(Code 1982, § 1-4; Code 2003, § 1-10)