Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-09-24


 grounds of removal. The city recor- der shall thereupOn deliver to the cleo tor making such affidavit a sufficient number of copies of petitions for sucE recall and removal, printed forms ot which he shall keep on hand. Such 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 of 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, a copy of which peti tion shall be entered in a 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 III returned and filed shall be signed by qualified electors equal to twenty five C25) per cent of the number ot votes cast at the last preceding general election for all of the candidates fo, 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 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 Joe 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 70 or taken. therefrom.
 Section ,. Within ten QO. dayq 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 tht 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 of persons designated on the petition IS filing the same; additional sigma lures properly verified may be filet at any time within ten (10) days from he filing of the certificate. The city recorder shall immediately after such refiling, make like examination of tho additional signatures, and attach there to his certificate of the result. r. still, insufficient, or if no additiona 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 petition shall be found by the city recorder to be sui ficient, he shall submit the same witt lis certificate to the Council withou delay, and the Council shall immed ltely notify the officer sought to bt 'emoved, and if the said officer does not resign within five (5) days afte said notification the Council shal orthWith after said five (5) day peri 'd, order and fix a date for holdin: aid election, not less than twenty 2O) days nor more than thirty (3O) lays from the date of the city record ITS certificate that a sufficient peti- ion is filed.
 Section s. The Council shall make IT cause to be made publications of lotIce and all arranements for hold ng such election; and the same shall e conducted, returned and the result hereof declared, in all respects, as | re other city elections. If any va ancy occurs in said office after a 1 ecaL election has been so ordered. l he election shall nevertheless proceed l $ herein provided
 Section 3. An officer sought to De ! emoved may be a candidate to sue eed himself, and unless he requests | in writing, the city recorder l hall place his name on the official allot without nomination.
 Section 10. The nomination of other the publication of notice f such recall election, and the con- uct of the same, shall be in accord 7ith the provisions of this Charte1 7lating to elections.
 Section II. The incumbent shar 1 ontlnue to perform the duties of his 1 ffice until the result of said election 1 nall have been officially declared. he candidate who shall receive the lghest number of votes shall be de ared elected for the remainder of le term, but if the officer sought to e recalled is elected then no furtherI ecau petition shall be filed agains4 le same officer during the term for hlch he was elected, unless the peti l oners signing such petition shall rst pay into the public treasury. hlch has paid such election eX 9nses of the proceeding election, al ipenses of the preceding election. Ifl 't then elected he shall be deemed ? moved from office upon the oualifi- It1On of his successor. If the successor fails to qualify with a
 i've (5) days after the result of 1 r