Evening journal., 1912-12-11

sisndtuIes 10 the peuuOn need not De
appended to one paper. but each signer
shall add to his signature the place of
his residence, giving street and num-
ber and the election district in which
he voted at the last election.
Within ten days from the date of
filing such petition the Mayor shall
examine and ascertain whether or not
said petition contains the requisite
number of signatures, and he shall at
tach to said petition his certificate,
showing the result of said examination.
If the examination shows the number
of signatures to be sufficient the
Mayor shall Immediately submit the
same to the board of commissioners.
If the petition accompanying the
proposed ordinance be signed by elec-
tors equal in number to fifteen per
centum of the votes cast at
the last preceding general
election, and contains a request that
the said ordinance be submitted to
vote of the people If not passed by
the board of commissioners, such
board of commissioners shall eitheI-
(a) Pass said ordinance without
alteration within twenty days after
attachment of the Mayors certificate
to the accompanying petition, or
(b) Forthwith. after the Mayor
shall attach to the petition accom-
panying such ordinance his certificate
of sufiiciency, the board of commits
sioners shall call a special election,
unless a general municipal election
is fixed within ninety days thereafter,
and at such special or general NUM-
cipal election, if one is so fixed, such
ordinance shall be submitted without
alteration to the vote of the electors
of the city.
But if the petition is signed by not
less than ten nor more than fifteen
percentum Of the electors, as above
defined, then the board OF commits
sioners shall, within twenty days,
pass said ordinance without change,
or submit the same at the next gem
eral city election
The ballots used when voting upon
said ordinance shall contain these
words: For the ordinance" (stating
the nature of the proposed ordnance.
and Against the ordinance (stating
the nature of the proposed Ordinance).
Ii a majority of the qualified electors
voting on the proposed ordinance
shall vote in favor thereof such ordi-
nance shall thereupon become a valid
and binding ordinance of the city; and
any ordinance proposed by petition, or
which shall be adopted by a vote OF
/ the people, cannot be repealed or
amended except by a vote of the peo-
pie
Any number of proposed ordinances
may be voted upon at the same cleo
! tiOn I'm accordance with the provisions
of this section; but there shall not
be more than one special election
in any period of six months for such
purpose.
The board of commissioners may
submit a proposition for the repeal OF
any such ordinance or for amendment
thereto to be voted upon at any sue
ceeding general or city election, ano
should such proposition so submitted
receive a majority of the votes cast
thereon at such election, such ordin.
ance shall thereby be repealed OF
amended accordingly. Whenever any
ordinance or proposition is required
by this act to be submitted to the
voters Of the city at any election. the
Mayor shall cause such ordinance ol
proposition to be published in saiC
city; such publication to be not more
than twenty nor less than five days
before the submission of such PROPOSE
tion or ordinance to be voted on.
REFERENDUM.
Is. No ordinance passed by the
board of commissioners, except wher
otherwise required by the genera
laws Of the State or by the provision
of this act, except an ordinance for thu
immediate preservation of the publi'
peace. health or safety which contains
a statement Of its urgency shall g,
into effect before fourteen days from
the time of its final PASSAGE; and I
during said fourteen days a petition
signed by electors of the city equal il
number to at least five per cent, o
the entire vote cast at the last preced
ing general municipal election, pro
testing against the passage of sucl
ordinance, be presented to the boar
of commissioners the ordinance shal
be suspended from going into oper
alton for thirty days II during tn
thirty days an additional ten percent
um of signatures be added max
ing a total of fifteen percentun
of the voters. it shall be III
duty of the commissioners to recon
slider the ordinance; and If the sam
Is not entirely repealed. the board o
commissioners shall submit the ordi
nance. as is provided by subsection %
of section fourteen OF this act to tn
vote Of the electors of the city, ei.he
nj the general election or al a spacil
municipal election. to be called 10
that purpose; and such ordinanc
shall not go into effect or bec9m
operative unless a majority Of tn
qualified electors voting on the sam
shall vote in favor thereof Said pc
titon shall be in all respects in accCr
dance with the provisions of sal
section, except as to the percentage O
signers, and be examined and cert
fed to by the Mayor. in all respects d
therein provided. Any ordinance O
measure that the board of commits
sioners or the qualified electors O
the city shall have authority to enac
the board Of commissioners may of it
own motion. submit to the electors 70
adoption or rejection at a general o
special municipal election, in th
same manner and with the sam
force and effect as is provided in thi
act for ordinances or aasures sui
mitted on petition At any specis
! election called under the provisions {
/ this act. there shall be no bar to tn
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