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An ordinance in USLM
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ordinance
xmlns="http://example.com/"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://example.com/"
xml:base="http://example.com"
identifier="usml-cities/v1">
<meta>
<docNumber>Ordinance No</docNumber>
<property name="file number">File No</property>
</meta>
<main>
<longTitle>
[The Plain English Description, Using New Title Format,
Using Initial Upper Case Letters, Typed in Exactly 12 pt Spacing,
Arial 12 pt, no More than 125 Characters/Spaces in Brackets [ ],
Should Clearly State The Purpose of the Legislation as the Legal
Title Sometimes Does Not State the Reason]
</longTitle>
<docTitle>
Ordinance approving using new legal title format, using upper/lower
case letters, Arial 12 pt, exactly 24 pt spacing, bold, begins with
word "Ordinance" followed by word ending in "ing" (a gerund, i.e.,
approving), ends with period. Note: only legal title is in bold.
</docTitle>
<level>
<header>
Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
</header>
<section>
<enum>Section 1.</enum>
<text>
The San Francisco Code Title Code is hereby amended by amending
OR adding Section Section #(s), to read as follows:
<quotedText>
New text
</quotedText>
</text>
</section>
<section>
<enum>Section 2.</enum>
<text>
...
</text>
</section>
</level>
<signatures>
<approved>
DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney
</approved>
<made>
ATTORNEY'S NAME, Deputy City Attorney
</made>
</signatures>
</main>
</ordinance>
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