The St. Mary banner., 1912-09-07

va-d ;hcreor. aud any officer of any
municipality Or ward thereof t"Ncer,
tie Judges Of all nt The counts of roe
| ord of thts State. tlv Judges ai the
Various ritE courts throuEt"I; ~"
state, amt the Jus; uf fIt, a,.-i....
holding office by Vjrtu" % having beet,
elected thereto hv the Legally qualified
voters OF this State. oi OF anv district
judicial or other" use OF OF Huy .-r.o.
or ward thereof OF of any luuUici pal jt>-
or ward thereof shall he subj 80
recall frum such office hy thr ulJI, fi..f
voters at this state. or uf ANY district
Judicial or otherwise. or Of aay parish
on ward thereof at any election
on Ward thereof. shall he subject te
recalled from such office hy the qualified
voters Of this STATE. or of any district
judicial or otherwise. or of any PARISH
or ward thereof. or Of amy munhtnafjt1
ar ward thereof. at any election
throughout the STATE district. judicial
or otherwise. or OF any parish OF ward
thereof. or of any municipality or wurd
thereof by majority OF the legally
qualified voters participates in sucn
election Such recall election shall ~
held when petitiun"i for by such Il
number of the legally qualified voters
or the state, district. Judicial or other
wise. or of any parish OF ward there
of, OF of amy municipality On wari
thereof, as viii equal thirty per cent
OF the total number of registered vot
"rS qualified to vote at the last pre-
redtn2 general election for the offiC"
the incumbent of which is sought to be-
I. called. Notice of intention to cirrU-
late such petition together with a stat
ment of the reasons why the recall of
such Officers is sought shall be given
to such Officers in such manner as may
be provided by law. The General As-
SemblN shall by appropriate iegiSla-
tion. prescribe the form of petition. the
manner of vertical tion and ascertain
ment that the requisite number of l"-
saily Qualified voters has signed sam".
and also the manner and method OF
calling such election and the promul
gait MS of the returns thereof. Such
.,t shall contain the specific aues
t'tn. Shall ,naming the officer amt
and opposite the question shall be two
squares. i'll one of which shall ~.
printed Yes" and in the other shall
be printed No and no ballot shall
the voter shall have voted either yes
or nc" upon the question, No officer
shall be subject to recall until afte.
he has been in office one year. and
should his recall be defeated by the
electors, then he shall not again. cur
ing that term of office he subject -
recall. At least three months. but not
more than five mOibhs. shall elapSe'
ber of petitioners has asked tor In"
recall election before same shall b..
held. A successor. for the remainder
OF the term. to the officer sought to
AT
time the recall election is held and
should the majority of the voters par
ticipating in such election be in favor
of the recall of such officer, then int
mediately after the PRONUNCIATION OF the
retuSns Of such election. the successor
so elected shall qualify. The General
Assembly shall provide by law how
candidates to succeed the officer sought
to be recalled may have their name.
placed on the recall ballot of the State
district judicial or otherwise. parish
or ward thereof. of any municipal
ity. or ward thereof. by petition sign
ed by qualified voters to the number
of not less than thirty per cent of the
total number of registered voters quail
flied to vote at the last preceding gen
eral election for the office the incum-
bent of which is sought to be recalled
All voters may express a first choice
and second choice. and the candi-
date who is the first choice of the
greatest number of voters shall be de
rlared to be elected if the election has
resulted in the recall of the officer
sought to be recalled. The officer
sought to he recalled shall not be Il
"a andidate at such recall election.
Section ,. Be it further resolved.
-tc., That the official ballot to be used
1T said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 223 of the Con-
providing for the recall Of Ger
tain officers elected by the people.
.ii'l Tue NoIuS Against the plOpOStI
amendment to Article 223 of the Con-
providing for the recall OF
'ertan officers elected by the people
Section 4. BE it further resolved.
.tc., That if adopted at the said elec
ion in November. 1872. this amend
nent shall go into effect and be oper
ltire on and after the first day Of
January, 1918
L. f.. THOMAS
speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS c. BARRET.
lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate
approved: July 9th 1912.
L. T. HAIL
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
true copy:
ALVIN +. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.