The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-30


ordinance, without alteration, shall be
submitted by the Board of Commits.
sioners to vote OF the people at the
next general municipal election that
shall occur al any time thirty days
from the date of the clerks certiii-
cate of sufficiency attached to the
petition accompanying such ordin-
dnce.
The ballots used when voting upon
said ordinance shall contain t1e
words, For the Ordinance" (statins
the nature OF the proposed ordnance,
and Against the Ordinance" (stat-
ing the nature of the proposed ordin-
ance). If a majority of the qualified
electors voting ON said proposed or
dinance shall be in favor thereof IL
shall thercupon 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the people, can not be repealed, or
amended except by vote of the people.
Any number of proposed ordinances
may be voted upon at the same cleo
ton, in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section OF this act, but
more than one special lection shall
not be held in any period of six
months under above provisions.
The board may submit a PROPOSE
ton for the repeal of any such or
dinance or for amendments thereto.
to be voted upon at any succeeding
general city election; and should such
proposition so submitted receive a
majority of the votes cast thereon at
such election such ordinance thereby
be repealed or amended accordingly
Whenever any ordinance or PROPOSE
ton is required by this act to be sub.
mitted to the voters of the city at
any election. the city clerk shall
cause such ordinance or proposition
to be published once in each of the
daily papers published in said city;
such publication TO be not more than
twenty or less than five days before
the submission of such proposition or
ordinance to be voted on.
No ordinance passed by the board
OF commissioners. except when other
wise required by the general laws of
the state. and except an ordinance
for the immediate preservation of the
pub ic peace, health or safety, which
contains statement of its urgency
and is passed by two-thirds vote of
the board of commissioners (but no
grant of any franchise Shall be CON
strued to be an emergency measure.
but all franchises shall be subject to
the referendary vote herein provided !,
shall go into effect until twenty days
from the time of its passage and APP
prevail and if during said twenty
days petition signed by electors Of
the city equal in number to at least
twenty-five per centum of the entire
vote cast for all candidates for mayor
at the last preceding general election
at which a mayor was elected pro-
testing against the passage of such
ordinance, shall be presented to the
board of mmissioners, the same
shall thereupon he suspended from
going into operation, and it shall be
the duty Of the board of commissions
| ers to reconsider such ordinance and
| if the same is not entirely repealed
|
nit the ordinance, as is provided in
! This section to fhe vote of the elect
| ors of the city. either at the next gen
eral election or at a special munici
| pal election to be called for that pur-
pose. and such ordinance shall not
go into effect or become operative.
unless a majority of the qua flied
electors voting on the same shall
vote in favor thereof Said petition
shall be in ali respects in accordance
with the provisions Of this section eX-
cept as to the percentage of signers
and he examined and certified by the
clerk in all respects as here pro-
vided
Section 10. The holder of any
elective office is subject to removal
by the electors qualified to vote for
a successor of such incumbent. The
procedure to effect the removal of
the incumbent of an elective office
shall be as fo low
A petition signed by electors en-
titled to vote for a successor to the
incumbent sought to be removed,
equal in number 10 at least thirty-hye
per centum of the entire vote ast Tor
all candidates fT that office at the
last preceding general municipal elcc.
ton demanding the election OF a
successor Of the person sought to be
removed. shall be filed with the city
clerk, Which petition shall contain a
statement of the grounds and reasons
on account of which the removal is
sought. The signatures to the peti.
ton need not a he appended to one
paper, hut each signer shall add to
his signature his place of residence.
giving the street and number if any.
One of the sisners OF each of such
papers shall make oath before an Of
ficer competent 10 administer oaths
that the statements therein made are
true as he believes, and that each sig
nature to the paper appended is
genuine signature of the person whose
name IL purports to be Within ten
days Of the date OF filing such petit.
ton, the city clerk shall ascertain
and determine whether or not said
petition is signed by the requisite
number of qualified electors. and, if