Section 32. City clerk

The  common  council  shall choose a clerk to hold
  office during the term for which its members were elected, unless sooner
  removed by a vote of three-fourths of all  the  members  of  the  common
  council. He shall be the city clerk and shall attend the meetings of the
  common  council,  keep  a  journal of its proceedings and discharge such
  other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He  may  appoint,
  to hold office during his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates
  as may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case
  of  the  absence  or  disability  of  the city clerk or a vacancy in the
  office, the deputy shall discharge the duties of the  office  until  the
  city  clerk  returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. It
  shall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit  to  the  head  of  each
  department  and the clerk of each board, copies of all ordinances in any
  manner affecting any of the matters of  which  any  such  department  or
  board  shall  have  jurisdiction.  He shall have the custody of the city
  seal. Said clerk and deputy  clerk  shall  each  have  the  power  of  a
  commissioner of deeds.