Secretary to the Mayor or the City Secretary.
Section 11
Sec. 11. Secretary to the Mayor or the City Secretary.—The Mayor shall appoint one secretary who shall have the rank of a department head and who shall have charge and custody of all records and documents of the city and of any office or department thereof, exceptions those of the departments of finance and assessment as prescribed in Section twenty-two, Article V, of this Act; shall keep the corporate seal and affix the same with h signature to all ordinances and resolutions signed by Mayor and all other official documents and papers of government of the city as may be required by Laws or ordinances; shall attest all executive orders, proclamations, ordinances and resolutions signed by the Mayor and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor may require of him; shall upon request furnish certified copies records and documents in his charge which are confidential in nature, and collect and receive therefor such fees as may be prescribed by law or resolution of the City Council by issuing the required official receipts a and have his collections turned over to the City Treasurer next day; if such day is a Sunday or a holiday, working day; he shall also perform such duties required of heads of departments of the city government by Section twenty-two hereof. The position of Secretary shall he regarded as within the unclassified service but may be filled in the manner in which classified positions are filled, and if so filled the appointee be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of classified employees, except that he holds office only during term of the appointing Mayor and until a successor in the office of the secretary is appointed and qualified, unless sooner separated. He shall receive a salary as provided for in existing laws.