2271 RESOLUTION NO. 2271
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND
CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
THE MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA,
FOR THE CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES .
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to enter into and execute a Contract with the
Municipal Code Corporation of Tallahassee, Florida, for the
codification of the Ordinances of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, which Contract shall be in words and form as follows:
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SECTION 2. This resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption .
ADOPTED: December 15, 1958.
ATTEST41- (� 7-8 e' APPROVED:
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CONTRACT
for the
CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES
of the
CITY OF' :..iTTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
by the
MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida
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This agreement, made and entered into this day
of , 1958, by and between the MUNICIPAL CODE
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, and the
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, a municipal corporation in the State of Arkansas,
hereinafter referred to as the City.
WITNESSETH: That upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this contract, the Corporation and the City hereby agree as follows:
PART ONE
PUBLICATION OF BASIC CODE
That the Corporation will:
(1) Codification of ordinances. Codify, classify and edit all of
the ordinances of a general and permanent nature passed in final form by
the City as of the date of this contract; provided, however, that the City
may forward to the offices of the Corporation all ordinances passed subse-
quent to said date for inclusion in the new Code up to the time of typesetting
of the manuscript.
(2) Revise or re-write existing ordinances. Revise, re-write
and edit the existing ordinances so that the provisions of the new Code will
be expressed in concise, modern and proper phraseology without conflicts,
ambiguities and repetitious provisions. Material changes resulting thereby,
together with recommended new ordinances and amendments to existing
ordinances, shall be submitted to the city officials for approval.
Each chapter of the new Code shall be all-inclusive and shall
embrace all ordinances dealing with the subject matter of that chapter, and
within the chapter itself, the ordinances shall be arranged in an orderly and
logical fashion.
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(3) Repeal of obsolete provisions. Recommend the repeal of
all ordinances, or parts thereof, which are outmoded, obsolete or unnecess-
ary.
(4) Recommend new material. Recommend new material to be
included in the Code where there is a lack of legislation so that the new Code
will be broad and comprehensive to cover existing conditions or conditions
which may arise in the foreseeable future.
(5) Catchlines. Prepare catchlines to the individual sections
that accurately express the content of the section.
(6) State law and court decisions. The ordinances shall be
checked against the corresponding provisions of the general and special
acts of the State of Arkansas relating to the City, and against the decisions
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validity and constitutionality. Any changes necessitated by such editorial
checking shall be reported to the City Attorney.
(7) Footnotes and cross references. Prepare editorial footnotes
and cross references which will tie related sections of the new Code together,
Proper reference will also be made in the form of footnotes, to similar or
related provisions of the state law.
(8) Index. Prepare a comprehensive, legal and factual general
index for the entire Code.
(9) History notes. Prepare history notes for each section of
the new Code, which notes will include references to the ordinance from
which the section is derived.
(10) Editorial conference. After the basic editorial work has
been completed the Supervising Editor in charge of the Code will conduct an
editorial conference with the City Attorney, City Clerk and/or other city
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officials. All changes and recommendations will be made known at this
time and the City will be free to adopt or reject any or all of them. The
city officials will be free to make changes and alterations at this conference
and the Corporation will be charged with the duty of carrying out all such
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desired changes.
(11) Printing. After approval of the Code manuscript by the
City, the Corporation will print:
(a) the text of the Code in ten-point type, with
bold-face catchlines.
(b) the general index in eight-point Roman type
with main headings in bold-face type.
(c) five hundred (500) copies of the Code on twenty-
substance Nekoosapaque paper, or its equivalent. II
(d) the entire Code on pages approximately six
inches by nine inches in size.
(12) Binding. Bind one hundred fifty (150) copies of the corn-
pleted Code in mechanical post-style binders, each with slide-lock fasteners
and with imitation leather covers stamped in gold leaf. The remaining three
hundred fifty (350) copies of the Code will be punched and wrapped separately
for storage and eventual binding.
Additional binders may be ordered at any time the City so
desires, and the Corporation will furnish these binders to the City at
factory cost as evidenced by the original invoice from the manufacturer.
(13) Adoption of Code. After the approval of the manuscript
by the City, the Corporation will draft an adopting ordinance for official
adoption of the Code by the City. The adopting ordinance will be printed
in the Code along with the title page, preface, table of contents and other
preliminary pages.
PART TWO
That the City will:
(1) Copies of material. Furnish the Corporation with either
typed or printed copies of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature
passed in final form for use in the editorial work. In the event copies of
the ordinances are not available, the Corporation will photograph copies of
all ordinances needed from the ordinance books of the City. It will be
necessary for the City to send the ordinance books to Tallahassee for this
photographing, whereupon the Corporation will return the books and records
to the City within ten days.
(2) Costs. Pay the Corporation for the work of editing,
printing and binding as herein provided, for the sum of Eight Thousand
Seventy-five Dollars ($8, 075. 00).
The above sum is based on a completed Code not to exceed
four hundred fifty (450) pages. In the event the total number of pages of
the completed Code exceeds 450, a charge of Eight Dollars ($8. 00) per
page will be made to cover additional typesetting , printing and editorial
costs. In the event the total number of pages of the completed Code is less
than 450, the same per page rate will be deucted from the total cost for
each page less than 450.
(3) Payment. Money due hereunder shall be due and payable
as follows: One-third of the above sum shall become due on February 1,
1959; One-third upon submission of the manuscript to the City at the editorial
conference; and the balance upon final delivery of the completed Codes to
the City.
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PART THREE
LOOSELEAF SUPPLEMENT SERVICE
After the official adoption of the new Code as herein provided,
the Corporation will maintain the same up to date by means of publishing
Looseleaf Supplements containing the ordinances of a general and permanent
nature passed subsequent thereto. It shall be the duty of the City to forward
to the offices of the Corporation one true copy of each ordinance passed
subsequent to the adoption of the Code. The Corporation will record these
ordinances and once each three months or more often if desired, edit these !
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ordinances appending appropriate headnotes, catchlines, footnotes, cross
references and explanatory notes as deemed necessary and reprint the page
or pages of the Code affected, removing the amended or obsolete provisions
ii and inserting the new provisions from the subsequent ordinances. Each
; Supplement will contain a page of instructions for removal of the old pages
II and insertion of the new pages.
When the passage of new material necessitates changes in the
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index, appropriate entries will be prepared and reprinted either on blue
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sheets to be inserted in the general index opposite the related entries, or
when necessary, reprint the entire page of the general indeN to include the
new entries.
The Corporation will publish five hundred (500) copies of each
IISupplement for the sum of Ten Dollars ($10. 00) per page.
j The Supplements will be delivered directly to the City Clerk
for distribution to the holders of the Codes. The City will have exclusive I
right to sell the Codes and the Looseleaf Supplement Service within the
City.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this
agreement to be executed by the signing of its authorized officers and the
affixing of its corporate seal, and the City has caused this agreement to
be executed by the signing of its authorized officers and the affixing of its
corporate seal, this day and year first written above.
MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
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(SEAL) Sec re(ary
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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