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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agree-
ment with the Municipal Code Corporation for the recodification
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont at a cost to
the City of $13.50 per page and $5.00 per binder, the total
cost not to exceed $8,000, a copy of said contract being attached
hereto and marked Exhibit A; and the City Clerk is hereby autho-
rized to attest to same and to affix the seal of the City there-
to.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this the day
of J 1973.
May r -
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CONTRACT
for the
RECODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES
of the
CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS
by the
MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida
EXHIBIT A
73
This agreement, made and,entered into this
day of , 191
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 BEAUMONT, a municipal corporation in the State of
TEXAS, hereinafter referred to as the municipality.
WITNESSETH: That upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this contract, the -Ca oration -and -the municipality hereby
agree as follows:
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A. EDITORIAL WORK:
The Corporation will, under the supervision of the
City Attorney:
(1) RE CODIFICATION. Recodify, classify and edit the
ordinances of the City as codified in the 1958 Code, as
.supplemented through the latest Supplement. Provided, however,
-that the municip-a-lity -may --forward --to the - offices of the
Corporation copies of all ordinances enacted subsequent to the
last Supplement for inclusion in the new Code up to the time
of typesetting of the manuscript. No ordinances will, however,
.be included in the Code manuscript subsequent to notice of.
completion of the editorial work as provided in Paragraph (12)
of this Part.
(2) REVISE OR REWRITE EXISTING ORDINANCES. Revise,
rewrite 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 shall be sub-
mitted to the Attorney for the municipality for consideration and
approval.
Each chapter of the new Code shall be all-inclusive
and shall embrace all ordinances dealing with the subj ect 'matter
of that chapter, and within the chapter itself, the ordinances
shall be arranged in an orderly and logical fashion.
(3) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. Inform the
Attorney for the municipality of obsolete, outmoded or unnecessary
provisions
provisions which he in turn may recommend to be repealed by the
governing body.
(4) CATCHLINES. Prepare catchlines to the individual
,sections that accurately express the content of the section.
(5) 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.
(6) HISTORY NOTES. Prepare history notes for each
section of the new Code, which notes will include references to
the ordinances from which the section is derived.
(7) INDEX. Prepare a comprehensive, legal and factual
general index for the entire Code.
(8) COMPARATIVE TABLE. Prepare a Comparative Table,
listing the ordinances included in the Code, in chronological
sequence and setting out the location of such ordinances in the
Code.
.(9) CHARTER. Compile and edit the Charter of the
municipality by working all amendments into their proper places,
preparing explanatory editor's notes to clarify and facilitate
usage of the compiled Charter.