§ 32. City clerk. The common council shall choose a clerk to hold
office during the term for which its members were elected, unless sooner
removed by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the common
council. He shall be the city clerk and shall attend the meetings of the
common council, keep a journal of its proceedings and discharge such
other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He may appoint,
to hold office during his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates
as may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case
of the absence or disability of the city clerk or a vacancy in the
office, the deputy shall discharge the duties of the office until the
city clerk returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. It
shall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit to the head of each
department and the clerk of each board, copies of all ordinances in any
manner affecting any of the matters of which any such department or
board shall have jurisdiction. He shall have the custody of the city
seal. Said clerk and deputy clerk shall each have the power of a
commissioner of deeds.