The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-27
Call Must Follow Notihca-
ton by the Circuit
Court Clerk.
PETITIONS MAY
BE FILED TODAY
Commissioners Pou and
Greenhut VIII Be Asked
to Either Resign or Make
Another Race for Office.

The filing Of petitions. either today
or tomorrow, demanding the resigna-
ton of Commissioners Frank r. Pou
and Adolph Greenhut or an election.
at which they will be candidates 10
I'LL the uneXpired terms of these Off
Gals. means that Pensacola will have
municipal election within the next
sixty days The city charter, provid-
ing for the commission form OF gov
ernment, is explicit regarding the
method of procedure in case of re-
call election and. IL the Clerk of the
Circuit Court with whom the peti-
tions will be filed finds that they con
tain twenty per cent Of the qualified
electors of the city of Pensacola. he
Will demand the resignation of the
commissioners specified, or an election
to decide the matter. The law speCi-
feS that the commissioners must. al
the next meeting after the receipt OF
notice from the clerk of the court.
call an election to be held not less
than thirty or more than forty days
after said receipt Of said notice.
SEVERAL CANDIDATES.
While it is generally believed that
there Will be several candidates for
the offices of Commissioners Pou and
Greenhut, each OF the candidates
must, according to Interpretation OF
the law, specify which of the commits
sioners he desires to succeed The
procedure is the same as al "a Tpgularr
election, and the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes Will be
declared elected
Those who nave taken an active
part in the Recall Movement are cor
hdent of success. and while there
have been a number of rumors on the
street as to possible legal action on
the Part of those whom il is sought
to oust from office. belief is general
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the charter. without recourse To the
courts upon technicaIitieS. The city
charter is explicit upon the question
of recall, and Chairman Cant. Of tho
Recall Movement, says that every de-
tail of the law has been carefully com
piled with That portion of the city
charter under which the recall move
ment has proceeded reads as follows
CHARTER PROVISIONS.
Section IL That the qualified vot-
erS may at any time file with the
clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia
County, Florida, a petition or petit
tions, calling for the resignation Of
any commissioner Of said city. Such
petition shall contain a general state
ment Of the grounds upon which the
removal of said official is requested.
and each signed shall add after his
name and nature and opposite there
to, his residence address.
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particularly in the statement or
grounds for removal shall be a ground
for objections to such petition, in case
such petition shall be signed by at
least twenty per cent Of the voters
who were qualified to vote for com
missioners at the last preceding city
election, and the said clerk shall Ger
tify the said petition to the board or
commissioners.
1T shall be the duty of the clerk
of the circuit court to examine INTO
the qualifications of the signers or
said petition, and If he shall find that
said petition does not contain the
requisite number Of qualified electors
to call said election, he shall within
ten days after receipt Of said petition
notify the persons presenting same,
in writing, Of such fact, and thereupon
the persons so presenting said petit
ton shall have ten days within which
to secure additional signers I" meet
the deficiency pointed out by tho satd
clerk, and the failure to secure any
additional number that may be n.oes-
sary within ten days shall cause said
D~tition to be denied. II the petition
as originally presented Is found by