The Clerk of Council shall make proper return on all papers, notices and orders made by ordinance or resolution which are his duty to serve and shall see that all ordinances, resolutions, notices and all other matters required by law, or directed by Council to be published, are legally published according to law, and in such other papers as Council may from time to time direct, and he shall certify to such publication and file a copy of the papers in which such publication was held.
(1951 Code Sec. 2.35)