State of Kansas           )

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Harvey County           )

I, Denise Duerksen, City Clerk of the City of Newton, Harvey County, Kansas do hereby certify that said city is a city of the first class of the commission-manager form of government under the laws of Kansas; that this codification of the general ordinances of said city and the publication thereof in book form were ordered and authorized by the governing body by ordinance and in accordance therewith is entitled the “Code of the City of Newton, Kansas,” that said codification was adopted as the “Code of the City of Newton, Kansas,” by the governing body by Ordinance No. 4841-14 passed on the 28th day of January, 2014, as authorized by Section 12-3015 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; that said Ordinance No. 4841-14 and said codification of general ordinances as contained in this volume will take effect upon publication in book form; that the publication of at least one copy of this code in book form and adoptive Ordinance No. 4841-14 constitute due passage of this code and all general ordinances contained therein; that the codification and adoptive Ordinance No. 4841-14 as contained herein are true and correct copies; and that said publication imports absolute verity and is to be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof as provided by 12-3015 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

I further certify that the “Code of the City of Newton, Kansas,” and the matter therein contained will take effect and be in force from and after February 1, 2014.

Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Newton, Kansas, at my office in Newton, Kansas, this 28th day of January 2014.

            /s/ Denise Duerksen                             

            Denise Duerksen, City Clerk