The municipal year of the city shall begin on January 1.
Whenever any real property in the city is owned by two or more persons jointly, or as tenants in common, a notice required by this charter served on one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all. Whenever an owner does not reside within the city it shall be sufficient to serve such a notice on the occupant or lessee of such real property or their agent or person who has charge or control thereof. Any notice may be served upon a corporation by serving any director, officer or managing agent thereof.
The mayor, city clerk and director of the department of public works shall have the custody, control and management of the public buildings belonging to said city.
Whenever any act or thing may be done or caused to be done by the common council or any officer of the city at the expense of any person as provided in this charter, such expense may be recovered in an action by the city against such person. Such person shall be liable therefor in addition to any penalty that may be prescribed and the same may also be collected in the manner that taxes are collected.
The city shall not be liable for any damage or injury sustained in consequence of defects in, want of repair, or obstruction of any of the highways, streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks or public places of the city unless notice in writing shall have been served upon the mayor or acting mayor at least 24 hours before happening of the casualty from which such injury or damage may have resulted and unless notice in writing shall have been served upon the mayor within 48 hours in case injury is sustained by a resident, and within five days in case the injury is sustained by a nonresident, after the happening of the casualty from which such damage or injury may have resulted. Each of such notices shall particularly state such defect, want of care or obstruction, and the location thereof, and shall be served by delivering to, and leaving the same with the mayor or acting mayor personally.
(a) 
All claims for injury to person or property alleged to have been caused or sustained by reason of defects in, want of repair or obstruction of any of the highways, streets, street lights, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks or public places in the city, shall be presented in writing to the common council within 30 days after the date of the alleged injury.
(b) 
Such statement in writing shall state the time, place, cause, nature and extent of the alleged injuries as far as practicable, and shall be verified by an affidavit of the claimant or his agent or attorney to the effect that same is true to his knowledge or his best information and belief.
(c) 
The omission to present any such claim in the manner and within the time limit in this section shall be a bar to any action against the city therefor.
The city assessor shall keep a record of all land conveyances in the city. Such record shall comprise the date and consideration of such transfer, the names of the grantors and a sufficient description of the premises conveyed so that the same may be identified therefrom. Every deed and will relating to real property in the city, and every judicial decree establishing the right of inheritance to real property in the city shall be presented at the office of the city assessor and stamped, countersigned and numbered in sequence by the city assessor before being recorded in the office of the county clerk. Every map or plot of land within the city showing a subdivision of land into blocks or lots shall together with an exact duplicate thereof be presented, stamped, and countersigned and numbered, as hereinbefore required in reference to conveyances before being recorded in the office of the county clerk. The city assessor shall file the duplicate of such map or plot as a record of the city.