State of Kansas           )

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Barton County            )

I, Donita Crutcher, City Clerk of the City of Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas do hereby certify that said city is a city of the second class of the mayor-council-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 Hoisington, Kansas,” that said codification was adopted as the “Code of the City of Hoisington, Kansas,” by the governing body by Ordinance No. 1467 passed on the 14th day of May 2012, as authorized by Section 12-3015 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; that said Ordinance No. 1467 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. 1467 constitute due passage of this code and all general ordinances contained therein; that the codification and adoptive Ordinance No. 1467 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 Hoisington, Kansas,” and the matter therein contained will take effect and be in force from and after May 18, 2012.

Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Hoisington, Kansas, at my office in Hoisington, Kansas, this 14th day of May 2012.

/s/ Donita Crutcher                                                      

Donita Crutcher, City Clerk