§ 28. City clerk is ex officio clerk of the council; council minutes and admissibility thereof in evidence.  


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  • The city clerk shall be ex officio clerk of the council and shall keep detailed minutes of its meetings and proceedings in a well-bound book for that purpose, which shall remain in the custody of the city clerk at his office and open to public inspection. The minutes of every meeting after being corrected, shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk, and, if thus recorded and signed, they shall be admitted as evidence in any court of record in this state.

State law reference

Council records and minutes of proceedings, W. Va. Code § 8-9-3; duty of municipal recorder to keep the journal of proceedings of governing body, W. Va. Code § 8-10-3.