In all elections held in conjunction with state and county elections the state laws governing the filing of returns by the county clerk and the canvassing of those returns shall apply. The poll books as furnished by the county clerk at such elections shall be deemed the poll books of the city. On or before noon of the day following each special city election returns shall be filed with the recorder and not later than five days after the election the council shall meet and canvass the returns. The results of all elections shall be made a matter of record in the journal of the proceedings of the Council which shall contain a statement of the total number of votes cast at each election, the votes cast for each person or proposition. The name of each person elected to office, the office to which he was elected and a reference to each measure enacted or approved. Immediately after the completion of the canvass the recorder shall make and sign a certificate of election of each person elected, and deliver the certificate to him within one day after the canvass. A certificate so made and delivered shall be prima facie evidence of the facts which it states; but the council shall be the final judge of the qualifications and election of its own members subject, however, to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.