13-518.   General duties of clerk; records andaccounts; deputies, salaries.The city clerk shall attend all meetings of the city council, keep atrue record of its proceedings, and also keep a record of all official actsof the clerk, and, when necessary, shall attest them. The city clerk shallalso keep and preserve them. The city clerk shall alsokeep and preserve in thecity clerk's office the corporate seal of the city, all records, publicpapers and documents of the city not belonging to any other office. Thecity clerk shall be authorized to administer oaths; and the copies of allpapers filed in the city clerk's office, andtranscripts from the records of theproceedings of the council, including ordinances, duly certified by thecity clerk under the corporate seal of the city, shall be taken as evidencein all courts of this state without further proof. The city clerk shallkeep a correct account with the city and county of the financial affairs ofthe city treasurer, as may be provided by ordinance, and shall perform suchother duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. Subject toK.S.A. 2009 Supp.12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor may appoint oneor more deputies, by and with the consent of the council; the salary ofsuch deputy or deputies shall be fixed by ordinance.

      History:   L. 1903, ch. 122, § 82;R.S. 1923, § 13-518;L. 1945, ch. 99, § 8;L. 2008, ch. 163, § 7; July 1.