The City Clerk's office shall be in the City Hall, and such
office is hereby declared to be a public office. The Clerk shall attend
in his office and shall keep his office open to the public during
regular business hours of the City.
The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the Corporate Seal of
the City. He shall arrange and properly index for ready reference
all papers, files and records now in his office, and which may from
time to time be filed, made or deposited therein; and he is authorized
to certify under his hand and the Seal of the City copies thereof,
or of parts thereof.
The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Common Council. He
shall attend all meetings of the Common Council and keep a record
in writing of the proceedings of special and regular meetings of the
Common Council. He shall notify the City Treasurer of all vetoes received
by him from the Mayor, and he shall enter upon the minutes of the
Common Council the vote upon all questions voted upon by ayes and
noes and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him
by law or by the Common Council.
The City Clerk shall enter in a book to be kept by him for the
purpose all ordinances in force at the time this Charter takes effect
and all ordinances hereafter adopted by the Common Council. He shall
also enter in said book any amendment or repeal of said ordinances.
Similar records, or such records as may be required by law, shall
be kept of all local laws. Said entries or copies thereof, certified
by the Clerk under his hand and the Corporate Seal of the City, shall
be evidence in any court or before any officer or tribunal in this
state of the due enactment of such local laws, ordinances and amendments
or repeal.
When the Common Council shall have declared the election of
any person to an elective office, and when the appointment of any
person to any appointive office shall have been duly filed in the
City Clerk's office, the City Clerk shall forthwith serve each person
so declared elected or so appointed with a written notice of his election
or appointment, as the case may be.
The City Clerk shall have power to administer oaths and take
acknowledgments within the City and also within the County of Columbia;
and before exercising such power he shall file his signature in the
office of the Clerk of Columbia County.
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Editor's Note: Former § C7-6, Assistant City Clerk,
was repealed 7-6-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988.
