Skip to main content
Appendix A · Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. 1

NOTE: The charter ordinances included in this appendix are for informational purposes only. Each of them contains the substance as passed by the city governing body, but enacting clauses, publication clauses and signatures have been omitted. Complete copies of each ordinance as passed are on file in the office of the city clerk. Copies of charter ordinances also are on file with the secretary of state. Date of passage is shown in parentheses at the end of the text.

CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GARDEN PLAIN, KANSAS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-209, RELATING TO AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF MARSHAL.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GARDEN PLAIN, KANSAS:

SECTION I - The City of Garden Plain, Kansas, a mayor-council city of the third class, by the power invested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to, and does exempt itself from the provisions of K S.A. 15-209 relating only to the qualifications of the Marshal for cities of the third class.

SECTION II - The Marshal of the City of Garden Plain, Kansas, elected or appointed under the appropriate laws of the State of Kansas, shall be a qualified elector of Sedgwick County, Kansas under the appropriate provisions of the Constitution and Laws of this State.

SECTION III - All of the provisions of K.S.A. 15-209, not otherwise conflicting with this Ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect.

(12-01-1965)