The Monte Vista journal., 1912-10-19

s,gners OF such petition, but such yovIev,
snail De had and determined for,hui,p
tbn sSusitl,.ciiehey. or tho determination OF
~ ne suiIieiency, of the petition referred
70 IN this section shall not be held or
construed, to refer to the ground ar
saouhus assigned in such petition for the
| asSni OF the incumbent sought to be re-.
eai,eu from office thereby.
wien such petition Ia sufficient the
vas sr Win whom such recall petition
| MAS liieu, snail forthwith submit snid ne
luton, together with n certificnte Of lie
suiliclency to the Governor. who shall
ssnees1eupon order and fix the date Tor
d doiuinG .he election not less than thirty
| Iays nor more than sixty days from the
uaie OF submission of said petition: Pro-
Vided, II general election is To be held
r MINI ninety days after the date OF sub
| election. '' e''Si III
Section q. II such officer shall offer
| ms resignation, II shall be accepted and
me vacancy caused by such resignation,
or from any other cause, shall be filled
a ns,b pr9yid de by by law: but the person
his offc 10 M, such vacancy shall hold
az the recall election shall qualify. II
Sucn oiiicer snail not resign within five
n uaiIs,d AFTER the suffiGiency of the recall
Governor shall make or cause to be made
publication of notice for the holding OF
Sueh , election; and officers charged by
|
shall make all arrangements for such
| election, and the same shall be con-
Quoted, returned and the result thereof
general elections.
on the official ballot at such election
shali De printed in not more than zoo
words. the reasons set forth in the peti.
ton for demanding his recall, and in not
more than three hundred words there
shall atso be printed, If desired by him,
the officers justification of his course
IN Office. II such officer shan resign
AT any time subsequent to the filing
thereof. the recall election shall be called
Notwithstanding such resignation.
nhere shaii be printed on the official
ballot, as to every officer whose recall
IS to be voted on, the words, "Shan
name of person against whom the recall
petition Is fled be recalled from the Of
such question shall be the words Yes"
and mo" on separate lines. with blank
space at the right of each, in which the
OK. his vote for or against such recall.
| On such ballots, under each question.
there shall also be printed the names
of those persons who have been nomi-
| mated as candidates to succeed the per-
son sought to be recalled; but no vote
cast shall be counted for any candidate
for such office. unless the voter also
voted for or against the recall of such
person sought to be recalled from said
office. The name of the person against
| whom the petition Is filed shall not ap-
| pttl Ou llt DdllOl as u CdIUluite the
office.
If majority of those voting on said
question of the recall of any incumbent
from office shall vote mo-" said incum-
majority shall vote yes" such incum-
bent shall thereupon be deemed removed
from such office upon the qualification
of his successor.
If the vote had in such recall elections
shall recall the officer then the candi-
date who has received the highest num-
,F, fN,- tl,A Aftt
Gated shall be declared elected for the
remainder OF the term, and certificate
of election shall be forthwith issued to
him by the canvassing board In case the
of votes shall fail to qualify within fif-
teen days after the issuance of certifi-
cate of election, the office shall be
deemed vacant. and shall be filled accord
Candidates for the office may be nomi-
mated by petition, as now provided by
law which petition shall be filed in the
office in which petitions for nomination
to office are required by law to be filed
not less than fifteen days before such
recall election.
Section 1. No recall petition shall be
circulated or filed against any officer
until he has actually held his office for
may be filed against any member of the
state legislature at any time after five
days from the converting and organizing
of the legislature after his election.
After one recall petition and election,
no further petition shall be filed against
the same officer during the term for
which he was elected, unless the petit
TONERS signing said petition shall equal
fifty per centum of the votes cast at
the last preceding general election for
| all Of the candidates for the office held
nv such officer as herein above defined.
| II at any recall election the incumbent
| whose recall is sought is not recalled, he
shall be repaid from the State treasury
any money authorized by law and actu-
| Ill, axnapip1 nv him pNDpnspS of
such election; and the legislature shall
provide appropriations for such purpose.
II the governor is sought to be re-
Gle, the duties herein imposed upon him
shall be performed by the Lieutenant
Governor; and If the Secretary OF State
Is sought to be recalled, the duties here
in imposed upon him, shall be performed
by the State Auditor
The recall may also be exercised by
the electors of each county, city and
cnInty CITY and town of the State. witt
| reference to the elective officers there
OF under such procedure as shall be pro-
vided by law. a.,
legislative body OF any such county, city
and county, city and town may provide
for the manner of exercising such recai'
| nowers in such counties, cities and coun-
tIes cities and towns. but shall not re-
ouire any such recall petition. to be
| signed by electors more In number than
| twenty-five per centum OF the entlre Vote
cast M the last preceding election as In
Section hereof more particularly SET
| forth for all the candidates for office
| which the Incumbent sought to be re-
called occupies ms herein above defined.
Every person having authority to eaer-
else or exercising any public or govern
| mental duty power or function, shnll %
| ~ einc,Iye officer, or one appointed,
Srawn or designated in accordance with
law by an elective officer or officers, or
| by some board, commission person OF
| pSraons legally appointed by an elective
affieer or officers. each OF which SAID
elective officers shall be subject to the
recall provision OF this consul ul9i,, pro
| vided that. subject to regulation by law,
onv neTson may without compensation
therefor. file petitions, or complaints IN