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<br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. !j 412.191. subd. 4; <br /> <br />Union Pub. Servo Co. v. Village of <br />Minnesota. 212 Minn. 92. 2 N,W.2d <br />555 (1942). <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 412.151, subd. I; Minn. <br />Stat.!j 412.191, subd. 4. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 412.191, subd. 4; Minn. <br />Stat.!j!j 331A.02, 331A.04. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat.!j 412.191, subd. 4. <br /> <br />CHAPTER 7 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Attestation <br /> <br />After the council passes an ordinance, the mayor and the clerk must <br />sign it. Although not required by law, the clerk should also affix the <br />city seal. If either the mayor or clerk refuses to sign the ordinance, a <br />court order can require them to do so, If there is a question of <br />legality, the court will rule on that issue before issuing an order. <br /> <br />Effective date <br /> <br />Unless otherwise specified within the ordinance, an ordinance <br />becomes effective on the day following its publication in the official <br />newspaper. <br /> <br />Ordinance book <br /> <br />Each statutory city must maintain an ordinance book containing <br />copies of all ordinances passed by the council. Every ordinance must <br />be recorded in the ordinance book within 20 days of its publication, <br /> <br />The ordinance book is a public record and is evidence in court. If the <br />clerk uses printed copies of the ordinance clipped from the <br />newspaper, a printer's affidavit should be attached to each ordinance <br />in the book. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />The city should have a numbering system adequate for indexing its <br />ordinances. In most small cities where the number of ordinances is <br />small, chronological order is satisfactory, When the number of <br />ordinances is large or when the city is recodifying its ordinances, a <br />more complicated system of decimal numbers might be advisable. <br /> <br />Publication of ordinances <br /> <br />The following publication requirements apply to statutory cities: <br /> <br />Every ordinance must be published once in the city's official <br />newspaper. To qualify as an official newspaper, the newspaper must <br />be a legal newspaper under state statute, and the council must have <br />designated it as the city's official newspaper. Cities usually publish <br />ordinances separately, but if the city publishes them in full as part of <br />the minutes, the publication meets all statutory requirements, <br /> <br />In the case of lengthy ordinances or ordinances which include charts <br />or maps, the city may publish the ordinance title and a summary of <br />the ordinance if the council determines that such publication would <br />clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />169 <br />