12-3008.   Ordinance books; certifications by city clerk.The city clerk shall keep an "ordinance book" in which shall be enteredat length in plain and distinct handwriting or typewriting or printed copy,a copy of every ordinance immediately after its publication, or in the caseof appropriation ordinances, immediately after passage: Provided, Thatif the "ordinance book" be a loose-leaf book the original ordinance, typedon paper designed for the purpose, may be inserted therein: Providedfurther, That appropriation ordinances may be entered in a separate"ordinance book." The ordinances as entered in the "ordinance book" neednot be signed by the mayor or attested by the city clerk but suchsignatures may be written or typed or as shown on an attached printed copy.

      The city clerk shall append at the end of each ordinance entered in the"ordinance book" a certificate substantially as follows: "I hereby certifythat the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance;that said ordinance was passed on the __________ day of __________, 19__;that the record of the final vote on its passage is found on page ____ ofjournal __________; that it was published in the (name of newspaper) on the__________ day of __________, 19__."

      Each "ordinance book" shall be appropriately designated by number or byletter or letters or by years, or otherwise.

      All ordinances of the city may be proved by the certificate of the cityclerk, under the seal of the city.

      History:   L. 1959, ch. 64, § 8; June 30.