§ 7. Certified copies of the Code.

(a)

The City Clerk shall carefully examine at least one copy of the Code adopted by this ordinance to see that it is a true and correct copy of the Code. Similarly, after each change or supplement has been prepared, printed, and inserted in the Code, the City Clerk shall carefully examine at least one copy of the Code as amended to see that it is a true and correct copy of the Code as amended. The City Clerk shall then insert a certificate in the front of the said true and correct copy or copies of the Code certifying substantially that the copy is a true and correct copy of the Code of ordinances of the City including all permanent and general ordinances passed or adopted prior to the date to which the Code has been brought up to date and still in effect as of that date. All pages of the Code and the certificate shall be bound together by running a one-piece ribbon through holes in the inner margins of all the sheets and tying the ribbon in a secure knot. The ends of the ribbon shall then be placed under an adhesive seal wafer and fastened to the certificate by the wafer. The City Clerk shall sign the certificate and shall seal it with the Seal of the City, impressing the seal on the wafer and the sheet to which it is attached.

(b)

A copy of the Code as originally adopted or as amended, so bound, certified, and sealed, shall constitute the permanent and general ordinances of the City as of the date indicated in the certificate, and shall be so accepted by the courts of law, administrative tribunals, and others concerned.

(c)

One copy of the Code so bound, certified, and sealed most recently, shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk at all times, and may be inspected by any interested person at any time during regular office hours; but may not be removed from the City Clerk's office or possession except upon proper order of a court of law.