[CC 1985 §21.400]
The Board of Aldermen shall elect a City Clerk at the first (1st) meeting of the Board after each annual election in April of each year, who shall hold office for one (1) year and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[CC 1985 §21.410]
The City Clerk of the City of Canton, Missouri, shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and be a citizen of the United States of America.
[CC 1985 §21.420]
A. 
The City Clerk shall, in addition to other duties which are or may be required of him/her by this Code or other ordinance, attend all meetings of the Board of Aldermen.
1. 
He/she shall have the custody of the books, records, papers and documents belonging to the City.
2. 
He/she shall prepare all certificates of election or appointment of the City Officers and deliver the same to the persons elected or appointed.
3. 
He/she shall countersign all City bonds, warrants, drafts and orders upon the Treasury for money, and shall see that all ordinances appropriating money out of the Treasury are endorsed by the Treasurer before passage, and shall affix thereto the Seal of the City and keep a record thereof, showing the number, date and amount thereof, the name of the person to whom, and on what account issued, and when redeemed.
4. 
He/she shall record the certificate, oaths and bonds of all the City Officers.
5. 
He/she shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen.
6. 
He/she shall prepare semi-annually a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the City and cause the same to be published in the City.
7. 
He/she shall prepare blank licenses for all purposes for which licenses are required to be issued, and, when required, shall course the same to be issued, signing his/her name and affixing the Seal of the City thereto, and shall keep an account with the Collector for such licenses and the amount of the license tax thereon.
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He/she shall furnish without delay to any person, when called upon during business hours to do so, certified copies of any records, books or papers which are in his/her custody, for which services a reasonable fee to be set by City ordinance may be charged, and which shall be paid by the person demanding such certified copy into the Treasury of the City.
[CC 1985 §21.440]
Upon temporary disability or inability of the City Clerk to perform his/her duties as set forth in this Code or other ordinances of the City due to illness, absence from the City or other cause, the Board of Aldermen shall, in the same manner as the City Clerk is elected as set forth in Section 115.070, proceed to elect a temporary City Clerk who shall have the same powers and duties as the regular City Clerk and shall hold office until the disability of the City Clerk is removed. Such temporary City Clerk shall receive as compensation in such salary as the Board of Aldermen shall provide for at the time of the election of such officer.