Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-01

grounds of removal. The city recOr- l der shall thereupOn deliver to the cleo tor making such affidavit a sufficient
 number of copies of petitions for such recall and removal, printed forms ot which he shall keep on hand. Such 1 petitions shall be issued by the city
 recorder with his signature and off
 cial seal thereto attached; they shall
 be dated and addressed to the Coun- cil; shall contain the name of the
 person to whom issued, the number ot forms so issued, the name of the per son sought to be. removed, the office | from which such removal is sought | the grounds of such removal as stated | in said affidavit, copy of which peti- tion shall be entered in record book to be kept for that purpose in the of | flee of the recorder. Any defect in said form or record shall not invali ] date the petition.
 Section 3. Said petitions before be l in returned and filed shall be signed | by qualified electors equal to twenty 1 five (25) per cent of the number Ot
 votes cast at the last preceding general election for all of the candidates foI | the office held by such officer sought to be removed, and to each signature shall be attached his or her place oi residence, giving street and number
 and date of signature. Such signatures need not all be on one paper. One of the SignerS of each sheet of such petition, or the person circu l lating such sheet, must make and sub scribe an oath on said sheet that tho signatures thereon are genuine.
 All such papers for the recall of any one officer shall be fastened together
 and flied as one instrument, with the endorsement thereon of the names and addresses of three (3) persons designated as filing the same. Section 4. Whenever a recall peti tion has been filed with the city re corder and while said petition remains ! in his possession. or has been certi | fled and submitted by him to the Coun gil, no signatures shall be added there .o or taken therefrom.
 Section }. Within ten Q0. days | from the filing of such recall petition | the city recorder shall ascertain by examination thereof and of the regis tration books and election returns whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors and shall attach thereto his certificate showing the result of such eXamina tiOn.
 Section 6. If his certificate show the petition to be insufficient he shal at once notify in writing one or more ! If HnciUnotnH thn ftinr IS filing the same; additional sigma
 lures properly verified may be fileC
 at any time within ten 0O) days from he filing of the certificate. The city recorder shall immediately after such refiling, make like examination of the additional signatures, and attach there to his certificate of the result | still, insufficient, or if no additiona signatures are so filed, he shall return the petition to one of the persons designated as filing it, without preju dice, however, to the filing of a new petition for the same purpose. Section '. When a petition shall be found by the city recorder to be sui ficient, he shall submit the same witt his certificate to the Council withou delay, and the Council shall immed
 ately notify the officer sought to Dc removed, and if the said officer does
 not resign within five (5) days aftej
 said notification the Council shal
 orthwith after said five (5) day peri
 )d, order and fix date for holdin:
 said election, not less than twenty
 (2O) days nor more than thirty (3O)
 days from the date of the city record
 CTS certificate that a sufficient peti-
 tion is filed
 Section 8. The Council shall make
 pr cause to be made publications of
 notice and all arranements for hold
 Ing such election; and the same shall
 oe conducted, returned and the result
 thereof declared, in all respects, as
 are other city elections If any va
 ;ancy occurs in said office after a
 recall election has been so ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed
 as herein provided.
 Section 9. An officer sought to De
 removed may be a candidate to sue
 ceed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing, the city recorder shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination.
 Section 10. The nomination of other
 candidates, the publication of notice of such recall election, and the con- duct of the same, shall be in accord with the provisions of this Chartel relating to elections.
 Section II. The incumbent shal' continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of said electior
 shall have been officially declared The candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes shall be de 3lared elected for the remainder of he term, but if the officer sought to be recalled is elected then no further recall petition shall be filed against the same officer during the term for which he was elected, unless the peti- tioners signing such petition shaT t1rst pay into the public treasury. which has paid such election ex- Denses of the proceeding election, al expenses of the preceding election. If1 lot then elected he shall be deemed 'emoved from office upon the qualifi-
 ,atiOn of his successor
 If the successor fails to qualify with in five (5) days after the result of