A.    All of the provisions of this code shall be in full force and effect from the date of passage to Indiana Code 36-4-6-14, and the filing of two copies of this code in the office of the clerk-treasurer, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature in force at that time which include the subject matter of the chapters denominated herein, are repealed from and after said date.

    B.    Such repeal shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or occurring before said effective date; nor shall it affect any ordinance accepting gifts and dedications of real estate; nor any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money by the city or authorizing the issuance of bonds of the city; or other evidence of the city's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the city; nor shall said repeal affect the administration's ordinances or resolutions of this code; nor shall it affect transfer and appropriation ordinances; nor shall it affect ordinances concerning annexation or dis-annexation of territories to or from the city, or any ordinances changing or concerning names of streets, or opening and closing streets, or ordinances commonly known as zoning map amendments; nor shall it affect any right, easement or franchise, conferred by any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending on said date, except that the proceeding thereof shall conform as far as possible to the provisions of this code. (Prior code § 1-2)