The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

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lgnafdfes Serif lion, aatheltl eatioi
Iisspection tifeation amendmel
and submission. Of such petition sha
he the same as provided for petition
under section one hundred an tw
hereof
II the petition accompanying III
proposed ordinance be signed BY ele'
tors in number to thirty per cent,
the votes cast for the candidate fc
commissioner at the last precedin
general election who received ii
highest number of votes and contain
Ia request that the said ordinance b
submitted to vote Of the people. /
hot passed by the board of AFFAIR."
such board Of affairs shall either. 7
(O Pass such ordinance without q
Iteration within twenty days after a
tachmcnt Of the clerks certificate +
the accompanying petition, or (
(b) Forthwith, after the clerk shaI
attach to the petition accompanying
sueh ordinance, his certificate of SUI
ficlency, the board offalrs shall cali
special election, unless general nn
nicipal election is fixed within foul
months thereafter and at such spe
cial or general municipal election, II
enc is so fixed, such ordnance shall
be submitted without alteration to the
vote OF the electors of said city.
The ballot used when voting upon
said ordinance shall contain thes'
words: "for the ordinance" and 70.
galnst the ordinance" stating the ma.
ture OF the proposed ordnance. II the
majority Of the qualified electors 70
ting on the proposed ordinance shai.
vote in favor thereof, such ordinance
shall thereupon become valid ant
binding ordinance OF the city, and any
ordinance proposed by petition, o.
which shall be adopted by a vote O.
the people, cannot be repealed or Q
mended except by a vote OF the pc"
pie
ANY number of proposed ordinance
may be voted upon al the same elee
ton, in accordance with the provision
CT this section, but there shall not b
more than one special election in an
period OF six months for such purpose
The board of affairs may submit !"
proposition for the repeal of any sues
ordinance or for amendments thereto
to be voted upon at any succeeding 81
neral city election; and shorld such
proposition so submitted receive a ma
iority of the votes cast thereon a
such election, such ordnance shall
thereby be repealed or amended nc
cordingly. Whenever any ordinance OF
proposition Is requiredb By this act tt
be submitted to the voters OF the cit!
at any election. the city clerk shall eau
Sc said ordinance or proposition to be
published once IN each OF the dali!
newspapers published in said city
such publication to be not more than
twenty or Jess 'han five days before
the submission of such proposition or
ordinance to be voted Gu.
Referendum.
Sec lU4. No ordinance or Granchl'
Sc passed by the board OF affairs, c%'
cept when otherwise required by tue
general laws OF the state, or by the
! provisions OF this act, except All ord
nance for the immediate preservation
Of the public peace, health or satcy'
which shall contain a statement OF lis
urgency, shall go into effect before
4
len days from the time OF its ina
passage, and not then unless within
two days after passage, Sundays aud
holidays excepted, the same shall Ia
I've been published in full in some
newspaper published and generally
circulatcd IN said city. And II during
said ten days a petition signed by the
electors Of the city, equal in number
TO at least thirty per centum OF tn
entire vote cast for the candidate to'
commissioner at the last preceding sc
neral municipal election who receiT
ed the highest number OF votes. pro
testing against the passage of suc'
franchise or ordinance be presented
tn the commission, the said ordinahc
or franchise shall thcreupon be su
spended from going ino operation ant
lit shall be the duty Of the board O.
affairs to reconsider such ordinance
Or franchise, and II tile same is mol