§ 14. Record, authentication and numbering of ordinances and resolutions; admission of ordinances and resolutions in evidence.

Every ordinance or resolution upon its final passage shall be recorded in a book kept for the purpose, and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and the city clerk. Lack of authentication of any such ordinance or resolution by signature of the presiding officer and the city clerk shall not, of itself, affect the validity of any such measure heretofore or hereinafter duly adopted by the council. The city clerk shall assign every ordinance and resolution adopted by the council a permanent serial number.

A record of entry made by the city clerk or a copy of such record or entry duly certified by the city clerk shall be prima facie evidence of the terms of the ordinance or any amendment thereof and its due publication, or its receipt in quantity as a printed code of ordinances.

All ordinances and resolutions of the council may be read in evidence in all courts and in all other proceedings in which it may be necessary to refer thereto, either from a copy thereof certified by the clerk or from the volume or code of ordinances printed by authority of the council.

(Acts 1956, Ch. 393, § 1; Acts 1970, Ch. 207, § 1; Acts 1976, Ch. 573, § 1; Acts 1978, Ch. 77, § 1; Acts 2002, Ch. 685, § 1)

(Acts 1956, Ch. 393, § 1; Acts 1970, Ch. 207, § 1; Acts 1976, Ch. 573, § 1; Acts 1978, Ch. 77, § 1; Acts 2002, Ch. 685, § 1)