The Brinkley argus., 1912-05-31

ths pe{it}cn affsr his slD1!elle' 1< | section shall be at the pleasure of the l person soliciting signatures to the eeMe | Any qualified elector of the state pnali within the county. township, or city, or | town of which he ia an elector Each l section of the petition shall bear the
 name fon m D1 which shf it E circuiated and only qualified electors of such county, town. 1 ship. city or town shall be competent to sign such section, Each section snai. | the person soliciting signatures to the | same stating his qualifications, and that l all the signatures to the attached sec 1 tion are made in his presence and thar | to his best knowledge and belief each | signature to the section Is the genuine 1 signature of the person whose name It | thereto shall be required. The affidavit of any person soliciting signatures hAre- under shall be verified free of charge by
 any officer of this state autnorlzed iI; 70 70 verified shall be prima facia evidence that the signatures thereto appended are genuine and that the persona sign i. 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 yided and any petition shall be deemed
 to have been filed when 1t Is shown to
 the said election commissioners that the
 requisite number of electors have signed
 ' m. - No recall petition shall be circu. lated or filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at least six months; save and except, it
 may be filed against any member of the
 general assembly of the state at any time after five days or the converting pfz 70 a liter the date of his election. - h. If at any recall state election the incumbent whose recall is sought is not recalled, he shall be repaid from the state treasury any amount legally ex- pended by him as expense Of such elec- tion, not to exceed, however, the sum of three hundred dollars, and the legisla- ture shall provide appropriation for such purpose, and no proceedings for another recall election of said incumbent shall
 be initiated within six months after such
 Q. The recall shall be exercised by
 the electors of any county township city or town in this state. or by any school district with reference to the elec- tive officers thereof, and until otherwise provided by law the legislative body of any city or incorporated town may pro-
 vide for the manner of exercising the recall powers herein provided, but shall not require any recall petition to be signed by electors more in number than tweny-five per centum of the entire vote cast at the last preceulnS eleCClOn TOT all candidates for the office which the incumbent sought to be removed oc- D. In the submission to the electors of any petition proposed under this ar
 ticle, all officers shall be guided by the general laws of the state, except as otherwise herein provided.
 a. This article is self executing. but legislation may be enacted to facilitate its operation, but, in no way limiting Or restricting the provisions of this arti- cle or the powers herein reserved.
 Filed in the office of the Sec retary of State on the 9th day of May, 1912.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature, this goth day of May. 1912. EARLE w. HODGES, { Synnr ofa1. 0f