Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-29
CHARTER 7
RECALL. INITIATIVE AND REFER
ENDUM
RECALL

such incumbent, in the following, man
ner: A petition signed by such electors soa,.
equal in number to at least .~en ~ re
last preceding general municipal electlon
demanding special election of sue
cessor of the person soug NJ 70 n. ns
which petition shall contain a general
statement, in not more than two nun,
dred (ooo) words, OF the grounds nd; on on
manding his, recall. may be prepared in
substantially the following form INV Nm
rs THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE FALLS
We, the undersigned qualified electors
Of the City OF Little Falls hereby demand
that you hold a special election as pro.
vided for in section : or the cna ,,rIo 90
of recalling. .......................n ame OF
officer). ....:......... from the office Of
49,; tc;,o.,i the "a cay Son ei A''-
....... .......... ....''....
- Before signing the above petition, we
have read the charges against the saia
contained, and believe them to be true
The signatures to the petition need not
signer shall state his place of residence
and street number. One of the signers
OF each such paper shall make oath that
the statements therein made are true, as
he believes. and that each signature to
the paper appended is the genuine sig
nature OF the person whose signature 1t
purpOrts to be-
Within ten days from the date of filing
such petition, the Manager shall ascer-
tain from the voters register whether or
uuisite number Of qualified electors. The
Manager shall attach to said petition his
certificate showing the result OF said
II by the sbdn a he
sufficient it may, be amended within ten
days from the date of said Managers
certificate. The Manager shall within
like examination of the amended petition
and if his certificate shall show the
same to be sufficient, it shall be returned
prejudice. however. to the filing of a new
petition to the same effect. If the petit
ton is deemed sufficient, the Manager
Without delay, and thereupon the council
shall order the same filed. and a copy
thereof delivered to the person sought to
petition, the council shall fix a date for
holding said special election not less
tfty (se days. from the date of said
fling. In the published call for the cleo
ton there shall be printed. in not more
than two hundred (o0o) words, the reason
set forth in the recall petition, and in
said call, in not more than two hundred
(20O> words, the officer may justify his
Except as herein otherwise provided.
such special election shall be conducted
returned and the result thereof declared:
elections. The candidates to be voted for
at such special election, other than the
then. incumbent of the office: shall be
the haliot. in the .a same manner and With
like restrictions and qualifications. as in
this charter elsewhere provided for the
at general municipal elections. Any
person sought to be removed may be a
candidate to succeed himself, and unless
he requests Otherwise in writing, the
official ballot without nomination.
Al such election, i. some other ne, son
than the be e1eete the in
moved from the office, otherwise. he
shall continue in office. The successor
Of any officer so removed shall hold cr
iice during the uneNpired term of his
No recall petition shall be filed against
any officer until he has actually held
his office for at least six months. No per-
son who has been recalled from office,
while recall proceedings were pending
ed to any office in the city within one
year after such recall or registration. Fl
a majority OF. the council shall fail or
refuse to act in such recall proceedings.
compliance with the provisions of this
section may be enforced by proceedings
in the District Court OF Morrison COun-
ty1; at the suit of any citizen of this city;
In case election results in the recall OF
the official. the city council, or in case
fhe majority of the members are recall
ed then the municipal judge, or the two
cipal judge, shall cause special election
to he beld not later than forty (4O) DAYS
after the publication of such result, for
the purpose of e]acting a successor to
office w
such recall occurs not more than three
months prior to the general city cleo
to fill the vacancy until such general
election. at which time successor shall
be elected
INITIATIVE
Sec. 81. Any proposed ordinance of the
city may be submitted to the council by
a petition signed by electors of the city,
as hereinafter required.
The provisions of section Sc of this
charter. respecting the forms and cOndi-
tons of the petition, the mode of certifca-
ton, certification and filing, shall be
substantially followed. with such modi-
fcations as the nature of the. case re-
quire:.
If the petition. accompanying the pro-
p9a 10 De by
the total ballots cast at the last preced-
ing general municipal election: and con-
tains a request that said ordinance he
people: at a special election. then the
council shall, except as herein provided.
either:
(a) Pass said ordinance without al
teration within twenty (2Ol DAYS otter at
tachroent of the MANAGERS certificate OF
sufficiency to the accompanying petition
OF.
(b> Within twenty-five days after such,
certification., proceed to, call a Special
election. to he held not less than for+v
nor more than fifty days after such
call. at which said ordinance. without
alteration. shall be submitted to vote
of the people.
# tho petition signed nv electors equal
in number to at least ten, but less than
fifteen per centum of the total ballots
cast at tho last preceding general NUM-
ciDa1 election At which members Of the
council were elected. and said ordinance
he not passed by the council. as provided
in the preceding narasraph (a,. thoc
such ordinance without alteration. shall
be submitted to a vote of the people at
the next general municipal election.
DAYS from the date Of the managers
certificate Of sufficiency attached to the
petition accompanying such ordinances.