Section 20
SEC. 20. The municipal secretary shall be the clerk of the municipal council, whose meetings it shall be his duty to attend. (a) He shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the council and of all records and acts of the municipality. (b) He shall countersign and certify to the correctness of all warrants ordered by the council to be drawn on the treasury of the municipality. (c) He shall keep his office in the building where the municipal council meets, or at some place convenient thereto, as the council shall direct. (d) He shall keep a civil register for the municipality and shall record therein all births, marriages, and deaths, with their respective dates. In case of marriages, he shall further record the previous residences of the contracting parties, the name of the person solemnizing the marriage and the names the witnesses. In case of deaths, the causes of death shall be recorded when known. Physicians and midwives residing within the limits of the municipality shall immediately forward to the municipal secretary notification of every birth or death that occurs his or her professional observation, together with the necessary information for making the proper entry in the civil register. Every person resident within the limits of the municipality who is authorized by law to celebrate marriages shall immediately forward to the municipal secretary notification of every marriage which he celebrates, together with the necessary data for properly recording said marriage in the civil register. All entries in the civil register shall be made by the municipal secretary free of charge. (e) He shall issue upon demand of any person a certified copy of any record within his control, and shall be authorized to charge and receive a fee, which shall not exceed, for both the writing and certificate, ten cents per one hundred words (Mexican currency). The records shall during usual business hours be open to inspection by all residents of the municipality and by all officers of the provincial, departmental, and general governments. (f) He shall perform all such other duties as the municipal council may by ordinance provide, or as may be imposed by general legislation.