Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-12

ent with the manifest intent of
Council as disclosed in a particular
provision, section or code:
(1) CALENDAR - COMPUTA-
TON OF TIME. The terms month
and year" shall mean the calendar
month or year. The time expressed
in days within which an act is to
be done or a period is to expire
shall be computed by excluding the
first and including the last day ex-
cept IL the last be Sunday it shall
be excluded. If time is expressed in
hours the whole of Sunday shall be
excluded.
(2) CITY. The word "City" means
the City of Port Clinton.
CD CONJUN C TIONS And
shall include cor" and ''or" shall
include and" if the sense so re-
quires.
(4) COUNCIL. The word "Coun-
cir' means the Council of the City
of Port Clinton.
the masculine shall extend and be
applied to the feminine and neuter
genders.
(6) GENERAL RULE. Excepting
as otherwise provided in this sec
ton, words and phrases shall be
construed according to the common
usage of language; provided, how
ONCi, lHdl lecHIllcdl WOTuS dnU
phrases and such others as may
have acquired a special meaning in
the law, shall be construed accord
ing to such technical or special
meaning.
Whenever in the Codified Ordi-
nances authority is given to an Of
ficer or an act is required to be
performed, such authority may be
exercised and such act may be per-
formed, at the instance of such Of
ficer, by a deputy or subordinate
unless contrary to law or to the
clear intent of any such particular
provision.
CD JOINT AUTHORITY. Words
giving authority to a Board, Com
mission or to three or more City
officers or employees or other per-
sons shall be construed as giving
authority to a majority thereof un-
less otherwise specifically provid
ed.
(S) NUMBER. Words in the
plural shall include the singular
and in the singular shall include the
plural number.
(9) OWNER The word "owner"
when applied to property shall in
clude any part-owner, joint owner
or tenant in common, of the whole
or any part of such property.
Q0) PERSON. The word per
son" shall extend to and be applied
to associations, clubs, corporations,
firms and partnerships, as we'll as
to individuals
GD PREMISES. The word pre-
misses" when used as applicable to
property shall extend to and in
clude land and buildings.
G2 PUBLIC AUTHORITY. The
term public authority shall ex
tend to and include the Board of
Of hn hn
County Commissioners, the State of
Ohio, the United States of America,
and any duly authorized public Of
ficial
Q3) PROPERTY. The word
property" shall include real and
personal, and any mixed and lesser
estates or interests therein; the
clude every kind of property except
real property; and the words real
property" shall include lands, tene-
ments and hereditaments.
(14 REASONABLE TIME. In
all cases where provision is made
for an act to be done or notice to
be given within a reasonable time,
it shall be deemed to mean such
time only as may be necessary for
the prompt performance of such act
or giving of such notice.
15) STREET. The word street"
shall be construed to include alleys,
avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads,
streets, and other public ways in
the City.
16) TENANT OR OCCUPANT
The words tenant" or occupant"
as applied to building or laI.d
shall extend and be applied to any
person holding a written or oral
lease of or who occupies the whole
or any part of a. building or land,
alone or with others
CID TENSES The use of any
verb in the present tense shall in
clude the future.
Sec. 8. SEPARABILTTY. E h
section and each part of each sec
ton of the Codified Ordinances is
hereby declared to be an independ-
ent section or part of a section
and, Notwithstanding any other evi-
dence of legislative intent, it is
hereby declared to be the controll-
ing legislative intent if any such
section or part of a section, or any
provision thereof, or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or cir
cumstances. is held to be invalid,
the remaining sections or parts of
sections and the application of such
provision to any other person or
circumstances, other than those as
to which it is held invalid, shall
not be affected thereby, and it is
hereby declared to be the legisla-
tive intent that the Codified Ordi-
nances would have been adopted
Independently of such section, sec
tions or parts of a section so held
to be invalid.
Sec TO- REPEAL OF PRIOR
ORDINANCES.
(a) All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in force on October /,
1855, and which are incorporated in
The COdified Ordinances of the City
of Port Clinton, Ohio, 1855, are here
by repealed as of the effective date
hereof, as follows: