The Forrest City times., 1912-06-28

m otner state elections. On the official
 ballot in such election shall be printed
 in not more than two hundred words the reasons set forth in the petition de- manding the recall Of the official And T in not more than three hundred words there shall also be printed. if desired by I him. the officers justification of his course in office.
 i e. Petitions for the recall of any 1 county. township. city or town official i or of any road overseer or school di- rector shall be prepared. circulated signed and verified in the same manner
 as herein provided for state officials
 but shall be filed with the county cleo i ton commissioners of the county in
 which the official sought to be removed l resides. And the county election com
 mlssioners shall certify the regularity i and sufiiciency thereof to the county Judge who shall fix the date for hollins ! the election in the same manner as the i governor is directed in the case of the ! recall of state officers and the county
 election commissioners shall certify tho l election of candidates elected at any 1 county. township. city or town recall election to the governor. who shall issue cofnI1lSsiens in accordance herewith. provided that in the case of corsta hes | road oNerseers and school directors the returns shall be certified to the county Judge who shall issue commissions in 1 aeeofaahoe with the certificates of cleo
 Proceedings for the recall of any l officer shall be deemed to be pending l rom the date of the fling of any recall I l oIhcef shall resign al any time suhse- quent to the filing thereof the recall ! election shah Dc held notwithstanding such resignation and the vacancy raueaJ | by such resignation. or from any other cause. shall be filled as provided by law
 bat the person appointed to fill such i vacancy shall hold his office only until the person elected at the recall election l shall qualify
 2. Any elector may be nominated for ! the office which Is to be filled at any re fF4 Fg.f1 f.,sr i l. By petition signed by the cleo tors qualified to vote at such recall elee-
 uon' equal in number to at least one per centum of the total number of votes east at the last preceding election for all candidates for the office which the ] incumbent sought to De removed oecu-
 ?. By the returning boards of pri- mary election
 2. By the certificate of the chairman and secretary of the convention of any this state
 Ii. Nominations of candidates for a state office. or for a candidate to be elected from a district composed of more than one county, shall be filed with ! the state board Of election commission 1 CTS not less than thirty days prior to ] the date fixed by the governor for hold 1 Ing the recall election; and nominations l for candidates for county. township. city 1 or town offices shall be filed with the l county election commissioners not loss 1 than fifteen days before the date fixed l by the county judge for holding the 1 county. township. city or town recall election Provided that candidates for l school director at any recall election 1 shall be nominated five days before the 1 election.
 i. There shall be printed on the re I call ballet, as to every officer whose i recall is to be voted thcreat. the follow i ing question: shall name of person l against whom the recall petition is filed) be recalled from the office of fti- l 1 tion shall be the words Yes and 'sNos i on separate lines with blank space on i tlal tRe right CT each ta which the voter l shall indicate by plaeing a cross eX) bis l vote for CT against said recall On i such ballots, under each such question I there shall also He printed the names 1 Of those persons who have been nomin- ated as candidates to succeed the per son recalled. in ease he shall be remov- l ed from office by said recall election: but no vote east shall be counted for any candidate for said office unless the voter also voted on said question of the i recall Of the person sought to be recall
 ed from said office The name Of the person against whom the petition is filed
 shah Eot appear on the ballot as can
 dtdate for the office. If q majority of l those voting on said question of the re
 call of any incumbent from office shall
 vote No, said incumbent shall con
 tnue in said office
 If q majority shall vote Yes" said ! incumbent shall thcreupon be deemed re i moved from said office upon the quail I fication of his successor. The election ] officials shall canvass all votes for can l didates for said office and declare the result in like manner, as in a regular ] electio If the vote at any such recall i election shall recall the officer. then the l caut tGate who has receiEeA the highest ] number of votes for the office shall be ! thereby declared elected for the remain
 der of the term In ease the person i voters shall fail 10 qualify within ten i days after receiving the certificate Of : eIe9t,ou. the office shall he aeeg ed va
 cant and shall be filled according to
 k. Any recall petition may be pre-
 sented and filed in sections. but each
 caIE of the title and text of the peti-
 toa Each sicncr shall add to his sig I nature his place of residence, giving the street aui number if such exists. His I election precinct shall also appear on i the petition after his signature The number of signatures appended to each
 sect ton shail be at the pleasure of the I person soliciting signatures To the same 1 Au& qualified eiectpr of the state shall
 be competent to solicit sHeh signatures
 within the county, township. or city. or
 tow ot which he Is an elcetor Each
 name Of tho county township city or ! teNh In which lt is circulated and only i tuul#ited electors uf such county town
 ship. city or town shall b. competent
 To sign such section Each section shall
 have attached thereto the affidavit of
 N.+f per ~Rll SbtitlllitS SfStl4 I4.fS To the
 same stating his qualifications anl that
 all the signatures to the attached sec
 ton are made in his presence and that
 to his best knowledge and belief each
 signature 10 the section is the genuine
 signature Of the person whose name it
 purports to be, and no other affidavit
 thereto shall be required The affidavit ! of any person soliciting signatures here
 under shall be verified free Of charge by any officer of this state authorized to ! administer an oath. Such petition so
 verified shall be prima facia evidence
 that the signatures thereto appended ] are genuine and that the persons sign
 ing the same are qualified electors ! Each section of the petition for the
 recall of any official shall be filed at
 the same time whether with the state
 election commissioners or the county election commissioners as herein pro i vided, and any petition shall b. deemed tn have been filed when it is shown to
 the said election commissioners that the , requisite number of electors have signed
 the same.
 m. No recall petition shall be cireu-
 lated or filed agaiust any officer until
 he has actually held hls office for at least six months save and except it
 may be filed against any member Of the