There shall be kept in Kannada, and if the municipal council so resolves, in English, either in lieu of or in addition to Kannada, minutes of the names of the councillors and of the Government officers, if any, present and of the proceedings at each meeting, in a book to be provided for this purpose, which shall be signed, by the presiding authority of such meeting, and shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any councillor, and on payment of a fee of twenty naye paise by any other person.