Admissibility of document or entry as evidence.

A copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order, or other document or any entry in a register in the possession of any municipal authority shall, if duly certified by the legal keeper thereof or other person authorized by the Chief Municipal Officer in this behalf, be admissible in evidence of the existence of such document or entry, and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and transactions therein recorded, in every case where, and to the same extent to which, the original document or entry would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters and transactions.