The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28

posed ordinance be signed by electors
equal in number 20 twenty-five percentum
OF The votes cast for all candidates for
mayor at the last preceding general cleo
tlon, ana contains request that the said
ordinance De submitted 10 a vote Of the
people If not passed BY the council, such
council shall either
ta) Pass said ordinance without altera-
ton within twenty days after attachment
1 Of the clerks certificate 10 the accom-
! panying petition, or
fb} Forthwith after the clerk shall al
iach TO the petition accompanying such
ordnance his certificate Of sufficiency, the
1 council shall call a special election IN
less a general municipal election is fixed
within ninety days thereafter and al such
special or general municipal election, il
one Is SO fixed. such ordinance shall be
submitted without alteration to the vote
| OF the electors of said CITY
But II the petition is signed by not less
tnah ten or more than twenty-five percen-
tum OF the electors as above
defined, then the council sinai.
Witthh twenty days, pass said ordinance
without change or submit the same at
the next general city election occurring
not more than thirty days after the clerks
certlficate OF sufficiency is attached to
/ said petition.
The ballot used when voting upon said
ordnance shall contain these words
| FOR the Ordinance" (stating the nature
/ OF the proposed ordinarce), and Against
enc ordinance stating the nature OF the
l hiS RoSSu pFNluanCcl. II majority OF the
/ qualified electors voting on the proposed
ordnance shall vote in favor thereof
such ordinance shall thereupon become a
yaiid and binding ordinance of the city,
/ ana any ordinance proposed by petition,
or which shall be adopted by vote of
the people. cannot be repealed or amended
except by vote of the people.
/ ANY number OF pT OpOsed ordinances
/ may be voted upon at the same election.
l IN accordance with the provisions OF
TINS section. but there shall not be more
than one special election in any period
OF SIX months Tor such purpose
/ The council may submit a DrOpcsition
/ Tor the repeal of any such ordinance or
Tor amendments thereto. to be voted
| upon Al any succeeding general city cleo
| tion' and should such proposition so sub
mitted receive a majority of the votes
} cast thereon at such election such ordi-
/ nance shall thereby be repealed or
/ amended accordingly. Whenever any or
/ dinance or proposition is required by this
/ act TO be submitted to the voters of the
/ CITY at any election. the city clerk shall
cause such ordinance OF proposition =,
! be published once in each of the dat
/ newspapers published in said city. such
publication TO be not more than twenty
/ or less than five days before the submits
sion OF such proposition or ordinance 10
! be voted ON.
Reconsideration Provided For.
See. 20. No ordinance passed by the
council, except when otherwise required
/ by the general laws of the state or BY
| the provisions of this act except an or
/ dlnance for the immediate preservation
/ of the public peace. health or safety
which contains a statement of its urgency
and Is passed by d two thirds vote of the
/ council, shall go into effect before ten
days from the time Of its final passage;
and II during said ten days a petition
/ signed by electors of the city equal in
/ number to at least twenty-five per-
/ centum of the entire vote cast for all
/ candidates for mayor at the last preced-
J ing general munfninal election CT
mayor was elected. protesting against the
/ passage of such ordinance be presented
/ TO the council, the same shall thereupOn
/ be suspended from going into operation
and it shall be the duty of the council to
1 reconsider such ordinance; and il the
| same is not entirely repealed the cotIn-
eli snail submit the ordinance. as is pro-
Nlded Dy subsection of section 10 OF
| this act, to the vote of the electors OF
| the city, either al the general election or
AT a special municipal election TO be
! called for that purpose; and such ordi-
nance shall not go into effect or become
| operative unless 4 majority of the quali-
| fled 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 49, except as to
| the percentage Of signers. and be exam
| ined and certified to by the clerk in all
respects as therein provided
! See. y. Any city which shall have oD-
| Grated for more than six years under the
4 provisions Of this act may abandon such
organization hereunder, and accept the
provisions OF the general law of the state
then applicable TO cities of its population.
or if now organized under special char
| ter, may resume said special charter BIZ
proceeding as follows:
| Upon the petition of not less than
! twenty-five percentun of the electors OF
| such city a special election shall bs
called, at which the following PROPOSE
ton only shall be submitted: Shall the
| city of name the city, abandon it's or
ganization under chapter Of the acts
Of the thirty-second general assembly
| and become a city under the general IL n
/ governing cities of like population or IL
/ now organized under special charter
shall resume said special charter?"
/ II majority OF the votes cast at such
special election be In favor OF such prOpo-
sition. the officers elected at the next
succeeding biennial election shall be
/ those then prescribed by The genera! law
( of the state for cities or like population
and upon the qualification or such Off
! GERS such city shall become a city under
such general law OF the state: but such
I change shalt not in any manner or de-
I gree affect the property, right or LA
! bilites of any nature Of such city. but
! shall merely extend to such change in its
/ form Of government
The sufficiency of such petition shall
be determined. the election ordered and
conducted, and the results declared. gen
orally. as provided by section rs OF this
act, in so far as the provisions thereof
are applicable
Sec. p Petitions provided for in this
act shall be signed by none but legal
voters of the city. Each petition shall
contain. in addition TO the names OF the
petitioners. the street and house number
in which the petitioner resides his age
and length of residence in the city. n
shall also be accompanied by the affi-
daVit OF one or more legal voters OF the
city stating that the signers thereof
We're. at the time OF signing legal voters
OF said city and the number of signers
al the time the affidavit was made.
See. q. This act. being deemed OF i'm
mediate importance, shall take effect and
/ be in force from and after its publication
in the Register and Leader and Das
Moines Capital. newspapers published in
Des Moines. Iowa.