The Clerk shall keep in a well bound book, to be called the "Minute Book", an accurate record of all of the proceedings, ordinances, acts, orders and resolutions of the Council, and in another book, to be called the "Ordinance Book", shall keep all general ordinances adopted by the Council; both of which books shall be fully indexed and open to the inspection of anyone required to pay taxes to the City, or who may be otherwise interested. All oaths and bonds of officers of the City, and all papers of the Council, shall be endorsed, filed and securely kept by the Clerk. He shall record the bonds of all officers in a well bound book, to be called the "record of bonds". He shall also perform all such other duties as may by ordinance of the Council be prescribed. All printed copies of such ordinances purporting to be published under authority of the Council, and all transcripts of such ordinances, acts, orders and resolutions, certified by the Clerk, under the seal of the City, shall be deemed prima facie correct, when sought to be used in any court, or before any justice.
The City Clerk shall receive a salary of not less than $4,800.00 per annum, payable as follows: $1,800.00 from the City's General Fund and $3,000.00 per annum from the City Sewer Fund and any additional salary or position as Council, at its will and pleasure, may bestow upon said Clerk's position. (Amended March 10, 1969)