The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-04

for Mayor It the last preceding gem
eral election. and contains Z request
that the said ordinance be submitted
to q vote Of the people, II not passed
by the Council. such Council shall
either
ts) Pass said ordinance without al
iteration within twenty days after at
tachment of the clerks certificate to
the accompanying petition; or,
OBJ Forthwith after the clerk shall
attach to the petition accompanying
such ordinance his certificate of SUI
iciency, the Council shall call q special
| election. unless a general municipal
election Is fixed within ninety days
thereafter and at such special or gem
eral municipal election. II one IL SO
fixed, such ordinance shall be submit
ted without alterations to the vote OF
the electors Of said city
But IL the petition Is signed by not
less than 10, but less than Is percen-
tum of the electors, as abive defined,
then the Council shall. within twenty
days, pass said ordinance without
change, or submit the same at the next
general city election occurring no more
than thirty days after the clerks cer-
tificate of suficiency Is attached to said
petition.
The ballots used when voting upon
said ordinance shall contain these
words: For the Ordinance" (stating
the nature Of the proposed ordinance)-
and Against the Ordinances" (stating
the nature of the proposed ordinance.
II a majority of the qualified electors
voting on any proposed ordinances shall
vote in favor thereof. such ordinance
shall thereupon become valid ana
binding ordinance Of the city. and 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 cannot be repealed or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 proposed ordinances.
each by a separate ballot, may be voted
upon at the same election, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Sec
ton; but there shall not be more than
one special election in any period OF
six months for such purpose.
Repealing an Ordinance.
The Council may submit PROPOSE
tion for the repeal of any such ordin-
ance or for amendments thereto, to be
voted upon at any succeeding general
election; and should such proposition
so submitted receive q majority OF the
votes cast thereon at such election, such
ordinance shall thereby be repealed or
amended accordingly. Whenever any
ordinance or proposition IL required by
this act to be submitted to the voters
of the city at any election, the City
Clerk shall cause such ordinance Or
proposition to be published once IN, each
of the daily newspapers published in
said city; such publication to be not
more than twenty or less than five days
before the submission of such PROPOSE
ton or ordinance to be voted on. He
shall cause a copy of such ordinances
to be posted at each polling place on
the dav of the election. Any VIOLA
oP hn nrAvtafnna NJ this Qanff0n
shall be misdemeanor and punishable
under the provisions Of Section 1922 OF
the Criminal Code of 1907.
Sec. 20. No ordinance passed by the
Council. except when otherwise re-
quired by the general laws of the State
or by the provisions of this act, except
an ordinance for the Immediate preser-
walton of the public peace, health or
safety, which shall contain statement
of its urgency and is passed by a unan-
fmous vote of the entire Council shall
go Into effect before ten days from the
time Of its final passage; and IL during
said ten days petition signed by
electors OF the city equal In number to
twenty-five per centuni OF the entire
vote cast for all candidates for Mayor
at the last preceding general municipal
election at which a Mayor was elected.
protesting against the passage of such
ordinance, be filed with the City Clerk,
the same shall thereupon be suspended
from going into operation. and 1t shall
be the duty Of the Council to reconsider
such ordinances: and IL the same is not
entirely repealed, the Council shall sub
init the ordinance, as Is provided by
sub section B OF Section 10 Of this act.
to the vote of the electors of the city
either at the general election or at
special municipal election to be called
for that purpose: and such ordinance
shall not go into effect or become oper.
ative unless a majority OF the qualified