2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-605 Clerk; duties.

17-605. Clerk; duties.

The city or village clerk shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances, and shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the council or board of trustees; Provided, that after the period of time specified by the State Records Administrator pursuant to sections 84-1201 to 84-1220, the city or village clerk may transfer such journal of the proceedings of the council or board of trustees to the State Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society, for permanent preservation. He shall also keep a record of all outstanding bonds against the city or village, showing the number and amount of each, for and to whom the said bonds were issued, and when any bonds are purchased or paid or canceled said record shall show the fact; and in his annual report he shall describe particularly the bonds issued and sold during the year, and the terms of sale, with every item of expense thereof. He shall also perform such other duties as may be required by the ordinances of the city.

Source

Laws 1879, § 63, p. 208;
R.S.1913, § 5147;
C.S.1922, § 4322;
C.S.1929, § 17-513;
R.S.1943, § 17-605;
Laws 1973, LB 224, § 5.

Annotations City has power to appropriate money for an audit of the accounts of the clerk. Campbell Co. v. City of Harvard, 123 Neb. 539, 243 N.W. 653 (1932).
This section does not specifically require the recording of reading of city ordinances. Hull v. City of Humboldt, 107 Neb. 326, 186 N.W. 78 (1921).