The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-06


copy thereof in an envelOp with sam
pie ballot, and mail the same to each
voter, at least ten days prior to the
election, but the common council may
order such ordinance or proposition to
be printed in the official newspaper
of the city and published in like man.
ner as ordinances adopted by the COM
mon council are required to be pub
lished, and may order that such publ
cation shall take the place of the print
ing and mailing of the ordinance or
proposition, and of the sample ballot as
first above provided.
Sec 3. No ordinance passed by the
common council Except when other
wise required by the general laws of
the state, or by the provisions of this
charter, respecting street improve
mentS, and except an ordinance for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, or safety, which con-
tains statement of it's urgency, and
is passed by two-thirds vote of the
common council, but no grant of any
franchise, shall be construed to be an
urgency measure, but all franchises
shall be subject to the referendary vote
herein provided), shall go into effect
before thirty days from the time of
it's final passage and it's approval by
the mayor; and if during said thirty
days petition signed by electors of
the city equal in number to at least
seven per cent of the entire vote cast
for all candidates for mayor at the last
preceding general election at which
mayor was elected, protesting against
| the passage of such ordinance, be pre-
sented to the common council, the
same shall thereupOn be suspended
! from going into operation, and it shall
be the duty of the common council to
reconsider such ordinance, and il the
same is not entirely repealed, the COM
mon council shall submit the ordinance
as is provided in section of this chap
ter, to the vote of the electors of the
city, either at the next general cleo
ton Or at a special municipal election
to be called for that purpose, and such
ordinance shall not go. into effect or
become operative unless a majority of
the qualified electors voting on the
same shall vote in favor thereof. Said
petition shall be in all respects in
accordance with the provisions of said
section 2, except as to the percentage
of signers, and be examined and GER
titled by the clerk in all respects as is
therein provided.
Sec. 4. The holder of any elective Of
| flee may be removed at any time by
the electors qualified to vote for sue
cessOr of such incumbent The pro-
cedure to effect the removal of an in
cumbent OF an elective Office shall be
as follows: A petition signed by cleo
tors entitled to vote for successor
to the incumbent sought to be re.
moved, equal in number to at least
twenty-five per centum of the entire
vote for all candidates for the Office
the incumbent of which is sought to
be removed, cast at the last preceding
general municipal election, demanding
an election of a successor of the per-
son sought to be removed, shall be
filed with the city clerk; provided, that
1 the petition sent to the common coun-
Gil shall contain general statement
of the grounds for which The removal
is sought. The signatures to the Pc
tition need not all be appended to one
| paper, but each signer shall add to
his signature his place of residence,
giving the street and number. One of
the signers of each such paper shall
make oath before an officer competent
to administer oaths. that the state
Iments therein made are true, and that
each signature to the paper appended
is the genuine signature of the person
whose name purports to be thereunto
subscribed. Within ten days from the
idate of filing such petition the city
lclerk shall examine and from the great
Register ascertain whether or not said
ipetition is signed by the requisite
number of qualified electors, and if nee.
essary, the common council shall allow
him extra help for that purpose, and
he shall attach to said petition his Ger.
tificate showing the result of said ex
amination. If, by the clerks certificate
the petition is shown to be insufficient
it may be amended within ten days
from the date of said certificate. The
clerk shall within ten days after sucf
amendment, make like examination O
the amended petition, and if his certif
icate shall show the same to be insult
ficient, it shall be returned to the per