§ 2-121. Duties.

In addition to duties prescribed by the general laws of the state, the city clerk shall perform the following duties:

(1)

Keep and maintain indexes of all matters required by law or by direction of the city council to be recorded.

(2)

Keep and maintain a license record book, showing to whom, for what purpose, at what time, for what license fee and for what length of time licenses have been granted.

(3)

File and preserve, in a convenient form for use and reference, all official bonds, oaths of office, vouchers and papers and documents belonging to the city, and keep in a book to be kept solely for that purpose a correct account of all moneys belonging to the city coming into his hands, and make report thereof to the city council when required by law or when directed by the mayor or city council so to do.

(4)

Keep in a separate book a correct registry of all city bonds issued, showing when issued, when maturing, the rate of interest borne and when payable, on what account and for what purpose issued, and when cancelled and discharged.

(5)

Safely keep in some convenient form for reference all deeds, contracts, tax receipts, vouchers made payable to order and paid or cancelled, and all other matters not required by law or direction of the city council to be recorded.

(6)

Open and examine, in the presence of the city council, the returns of all city elections, and enter the returns and the results thereof, as determined by the city council, in the journal of the proceedings. He shall give immediate notice to every person elected or appointed to any city office of the fact that and of the time and manner in which he is required to qualify; and, in case any person elected or appointed to any city office neglects or refuses to qualify as required by law, he shall notify the city council at its first meeting thereafter.

(Code 1966, § 3.17)