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City of Mount Vernon, NY
Westchester County
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This Act is intended to be and shall be deemed and held in all courts and jurisdictions to be a public act, of which the courts shall take judicial notice. This Act shall be construed not as an act in derogation of the powers of the state but as one intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties, and shall be so construed as to carry into effect the objects and purposes thereof.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal any statute of the state or ordinance of the City or rule or regulation of the Board of Health, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and the same shall remain in full force and effect, when not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, to be construed and operated in harmony with its provisions. The powers which are conferred and the duties which are imposed upon any officer or department of the City under any statute of the state, or any City ordinance which is in force at the time of the taking effect of this chapter shall, if such office or department be abolished by this chapter, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, board or department upon whom is imposed corresponding or like functions, powers and duties under the provisions of this chapter. Where any contract has been entered into by the City prior to the time of the taking effect of this chapter, or any bond or undertaking has been given to or in favor of the City, which contains provisions that the same may be enforced by some officer, board or department therein named, but by the provisions of this chapter such officer, board or department is abolished, such contracts, bonds and undertakings shall not in any manner be impaired, but shall continue in full force, and the powers conferred and the duties imposed with reference to the same upon the officer, board or department which has been abolished, shall thereafter be exercised and discharged by the officer, board or department upon whom is conferred or imposed like powers, functions or duties under the provisions of this chapter.
The following acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed:
1. 
The laws enumerated in the schedule annexed, except such parts thereof as apply to the school system of the City and to the government, support and maintenance of the same, and except such parts thereof as authorize the City to borrow money and issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, or provide for the application to the payment of bonds heretofore issued by the City of assessments upon property for the improvement thereof.
2. 
All acts or parts of acts and ordinances of the City, insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be deemed to repeal or in any wise affect the validity of the provisions of Chapter 10 of the Laws of 1894; Chapter 189 of the Laws of 1895; Chapter 146 of the Laws of 1896; Chapter 443 of the Laws of 1898; Chapters 542 and 581 of the Laws of 1900; Chapters 473 and 489 of the Laws of 1901; Chapter 375 of the Laws of 1902; Chapter 46 of the Laws of 1903; Chapter 459 of the Laws of 1904; Chapter 165 of the Laws of 1907; Chapter 41 of the Laws of 1908; Chapter 92 of the Laws of 1909; Chapters 49, 75 and 457 of the Laws of 1910; Chapter 77, 127 and 550 of the Laws of 1911; Chapters 356 and 478 of the Laws of 1912; Chapters 44 and 97 of the Laws of 1913; Chapter 432 of the Laws of 1914; and Chapter 81 of the Laws of 1919. And nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal or in any wise affect the validity of the laws expressly reserved by the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect January 1, 1923, except that with respect to the provisions for preparing for and holding the first election of officers thereunder, and for doing any and all other acts required by this chapter or necessary to be done in order to prepare for the full operation thereof on and after the first day of January, 1923, this chapter shall take effect immediately, and be binding upon and be performed by every officer.
Schedule of Laws Repealed
Laws of
Chapter
1892
182
1894
456
1894
598
1895
243
1895
710
1896
205
1896
692
1896
774
1898
238
1898
247
1900
361
1900
564
1901
69
1901
202
1901
285
1901
329
1901
474
1902
610
1903
165
1903
402
1904
695
1905
85
1905
473
1905
561
1906
71
1906
204
1907
672
1908
115
1908
226
1908
341
1908
342
1908
384
1908
425
1909
552
1910
51
1910
76
1910
306
1911
82
1911
567
1911
676
1912
410
1912
430
1913
99
1914
225
1914
295
1915
612
1916
310
1916
476
1917
427
1919
80
1920
114
1920
116
1920
117
1920
179
1921
87