Section 17-130. Copies of records; authentication

Copies of the records of
  the proceedings of the department or board, of the  rules,  regulations,
  by-laws and books and papers, constituting part of their archives and at
  any  time  in  force in the city, when authenticated by the secretary or
  secretary pro tempore of the department, shall be  presumptive  evidence
  of  the  facts,  statements  and  recitals  therein  contained,  and the
  authentication taken as presumptively correct, in any court  of  justice
  or judicial proceeding, when they may be relevant to the point or matter
  in controversy.