State of Kansas           )

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Ellis County                )

I, Amy Burton, City Clerk of the City of Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas do hereby certify that said city is a city of the second class of the mayor-council form of government under the statutes 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 Ellis, Kansas,” that said codification was adopted as the “Code of the City of Ellis, Kansas,” by the governing body by Ordinance No. [ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER] passed on [ADOPTION DATE FORMAT 2], as authorized by Section 12-3015 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; that said Ordinance No. [ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER] and said codification of general ordinances as contained in this volume will take effect on [EFFECTIVE DATE] upon publication of 10 or more copies in book form; that the publication of 10 copies of this code in book form and adoptive Ordinance No. [ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER] constitute due passage of this code and all general ordinances contained therein; that the codification and adoptive Ordinance No. [ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER] 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 Ellis, Kansas,” and the matter therein contained will take effect and be in force from and after [EFFECTIVE DATE].

Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Ellis, Kansas, at my office in Ellis, Kansas, this [ADOPTION DATE FORMAT 2].

/s/ Amy Burton                                    

Amy Burton, City Clerk