The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-11
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.

Sec. 4-In all cities of the first class the
holder of any elective office may be re
moved at any time by the electors quail
fled to vote for a successor of such in
cumbent. The procedure to effect the re-
moval of an incumbent Of an elective Of
flee shall be as follows: A petition signed
by electors entitled to vote for a sue
cessor to the incumbent sought to be re-
novel, equal in number to at least . per
centum of the entire vote for all candi-
dates for the office Of mayor cast at the
last preceding general municipal election
demanding an election of a successor of
the person sought to be removed, shall be
filed with the city recorder, which petit On
shall contain general statement OF the
grounds for which the removal is sought
The signatures to the petition 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 COM
petent to administer osths that the state
ments therein made are true as he be-
Iieves. and that each signature to the pa
per appended is the genuine signature OF
the person whose name ii purpOTtS to be-
Within ten days from the date of filing
such petition the city recorder shall eN-
amino and from the voters register as
certain whether or not said petition Is
signed bv the requisite number OF quail
fled electors. and If necessary the board
Of commissioners shall allow him extra
help for that purpose; and he snail at
tach TO said petition his certificate, show
ing the result of said examination. II
bv the CITY recorders certificate the Pc
tition is shown to be insufficient, II may
Be amended within ten days from the date
of said certificate The city recorder
shall. within ten days after such amend
ment make like examination of the
amended petition. and If MS certlflcate
shall show the same TO be insufficient II
shall be ret Irned to the person ming the
sams- without prejudice. however. to the
filing of a new petition to the same ef-
feet If the petition shall be deemed %
be sufficient the city recorder shall sun
nit the same to the board of commission
ers without delay. If the petition shall
be found to be sufficient. the board OF
commissioners shall order and fix a date
: for holding the said election not less than
thirty days OF more than forty days IRON
the date OF the city recorder. ceruiicate
to the council that a sufficient petition
/ is filed.
or cause to be made publication of notices
and all arrangements for holding sucI
election. and the same shall be conducted
/ returned and the result thereof declared
/ in all respects as are other city elections
! The successor OF any oiilcef 20 Iei ~ ~. =
shall hold office during the uneSpired tern
/ of his predecessor Any person sought t6
/ be removed NAV be candidate to sue
| coed himself. and unless he requests other
/ wise in writing. the CITY recorder shal
/ place his name on the official ballot with
| out nomination. In any such remova
| election. the candidate receiving the high
/ est number of votes shall be declared
elected At such election il some other per
| son than the incumbent receives the high
! est number Of votes the incumbent shall
/ theTeuDon be deemed removed from ths
office upon qualification of his successor
| In case the party who receives the. high
/ est number of votes shall fail to qualify
! within ten days after receiving notifics
ton of election. the office shall be deemed
vacant. II the incumbent receives tn
/ highest number Of votes he shall continu
| in Office The same method of TcmoVa
shall be cumulative and additional to tn
methods heretofore provided BY Law.