Section 43. Designation of official papers; official printing

At the first
  meeting of the common  council  for  the  purpose  of  organization,  as
  provided  herein,  it  shall  designate  not  more  than  two newspapers
  published in the city to be the official paper or papers  of  the  city.
  The common council may, by two-thirds vote of all its members, determine
  to  designate but one official paper, in which case it shall designate a
  daily newspaper, and the paper receiving the  highest  number  of  votes
  shall  be  the  official  paper  for  two years and until a successor is
  designated. Unless the common council shall so  determine  to  designate
  but  one  official  paper,  it  shall  designate two official papers, of
  opposite political faith, and of which at least one  shall  be  a  daily
  newspaper,  and each member shall be entitled to vote for but one paper,
  and the two papers having the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  the
  official  papers for two years and until a successor or successors shall
  be designated. Such official paper or papers shall publish such  matters
  and  in  such  form  as  shall  be prescribed by statute or otherwise by
  general ordinance of the common council. In case an official paper shall
  refuse or fail to act or perform as such, the common council may in  its
  discretion,  as  hereinbefore provided, designate a successor. All bills
  and accounts  for  publication  in  official  newspapers  and  all  city
  printing  and  advertising  shall be a city charge, and shall be paid by
  the treasurer upon the audit of the comptroller. The common council may,
  by general ordinance, prescribe the form in which  the  proceedings  and
  reports  of  the  city officers, boards and departments shall be issued,
  and the printing and binding  of  the  same  shall  be  performed  under
  contract awarded as in the case of other city contracts.