(a) The printed copies of the bylaws and ordinances of any municipal corporation published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaw, ordinance, or of any act or proceeding of any municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal, kept under the direction of the municipal corporation and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence for any purpose for which the original ordinances, books, minutes, or journals would be received with as much effect.
(b) It shall be the duty of the clerk or recorder to furnish the transcript to persons demanding it, and he shall be entitled to charge therefor at the same rate that the clerks of the county and circuit court are entitled to charge for transcripts for such courts.