City Clerk.
Milwaukee City Charter § 3-26
in effect3-26. City Clerk.
1. The clerk of all such cities, however, incorporated, shall be elected by the common council of such city on the 3rd Tuesday of April, 1924, for a period of four years, and quadrennially thereafter.
2. a. The clerk shall be elected by the common council for the term of 4 years. He shall keep the corporate seal and all papers and records of the city.
b. It shall be his duty to attend all meetings of the common council and to keep a full record of their proceedings. He shall draw and sign all orders on the treasury (except as otherwise provided in this act), in pursuance of an order or resolution of the common council, and shall keep a full and correct account thereof in books or files provided for that purpose. Copies of any and all books, papers, instruments or documents duly filed and kept in his office, and of the endorsements thereon, and transcripts from the records of the proceedings of the common council, certified by him under the corporate seal of the city, shall be in evidence in all courts and places of the contents thereof and of such endorsements in like manner and with the same force and effect as if the originals were produced. He shall also have power to administer oaths and affirmations, authorized to be taken by and under the laws of this state; and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the common council.
(HISTORY: Section 3-26-1 cr., S. 2, Ch. 122, L. 1923.) Section 3-26-2 am., Ch. Ord. 61, File #51261, Apr. 17, 1933.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/CH3.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/26/2026