State of Kansas           )

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Dickinson County       )

I, Erin Tilton, City Clerk of the City of Chapman, Dickinson County, Kansas do hereby certify that said city is a city of the third 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 Chapman, Kansas,” that said codification was adopted as the “Code of the City of Chapman, Kansas,” by the governing body by Ordinance No. 981 passed on August 10, 2016, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-3015; that said ordinance and said codification of general ordinances as contained in this volume will take effect upon publication of 4 or more copies in book form; that the publication of 4 copies of this code in book form and said adoptive ordinance constitute due passage of this code and all general ordinances contained therein; that the codification and said adoptive ordinance 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 K.S.A. 12-3015.

I further certify that the “Code of the City of Chapman, Kansas,” and the matter therein contained will take effect and be in force from and after August 18, 2016.

/s/ Erin Tilton                                      

Erin Tilton, City Clerk

DATE: August 10, 2016