All ordinances adopted or passed by the City Council shall be inscribed at large by the secretary, not only in the minutes of the Council, but also in a special book to be kept for that purpose by the Secretary, and wherein, at the foot of each ordinance so inscribed, the secretary shall make and sign a note stating the time of the adoption of such ordinance. Such book of ordinances and all copies and extracts therefrom shall be evidence of the tenor and contents of the ordinances therein inscribed, as well of such as have been heretofore or as may be hereafter therein so inscribed.