The City Council shall provide well bound books for their own
use and for the use of the officers under their City charter. They
shall cause their Clerk to keep a journal of the proceedings of their
meetings, which shall be signed by said Clerk and the presiding officer
of each meeting. He shall also keep a record of the returns of the
Marshal, in which he shall record the number of lot, piece of ground,
or description of land or property sold by him for taxes due on assessment,
the amount for which it was sold, the time when sold, the purchasers,
name, and the time of redemption, when redeemed, for what amount,
and the person to whom, and when deeded. And said Marshal shall so
make his return of the tax lists of each year as to enable the said
Clerk to state the above facts in said delinquent tax book. A book
to record the acts and reports of the Street Commissioners, and the
name, age, and residence of deceased persons buried in the City cemetery,
and when such persons became deceased, and of what disease such persons
died, if known; also an order book, stating the amount allowed each
person out of the City treasury, the name of the person to whom allowed,
when and by whom drawn; they shall also provide the Mayor and his
successor in office with a record or docket, in which he shall record
all the proceedings had before him as such Mayor for the violation
of ordinances, his judgments, and the reports required to be made
to him as such Mayor and Justice of the Peace. All of the books above
provided for shall be open to the inspection of the inhabitants of
said City at all reasonable hours, free of expense, tax, or fee.
