City secretary.
Section 10
SEC. 10. City secretary. — There shall be a city secretary who shall be appointed by the mayor; and who shall receive a salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum. He shall be considered as head of a city department and as such he shall have the following duties: He shall act as secretary of the City Board of Assessment Appeals, and such other boards or committees as may hereafter be created by law or ordinance, and shall keep a journal of their proceedings. He shall have charge of all records and documents of the city for which provision is not otherwise made. He shall keep the corporate seal and affix the same with his signature to all official acts of the mayor and to all other official documents and papers of the government of the city as may be required by custom or usage, in the discretion of the mayor. He shall be the local civil registrar and shall keep a civil register for the city and record therein all births, marriages, and deaths with their respective dates. He shall perform such other duties as the mayor may direct or as may be required of him by law or ordinance. He shall attest all orders, proclamation, ordinances and resolutions signed by the mayor. He shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all records and documents in his charge which are not of a confidential character and shall collect twenty centavos for each one hundred words including the certification, and all receipts shall be paid into the city treasury. He shall likewise perform with respect to his office, the duties similar to those imposed on heads of departments of the city government by Section nineteen hereof.