The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23


 in number to at least 25 per centum o
 the entIre number of voters who wert
 duly qualified to vote in the last gen. erai municipal election held in said cit, l Tor the purpose of eecting a city com missioner, requesting that certain ordi-
 nance. setting out the provisions thereof.
 be enacted into law by the board of com l nissioners of said city, it shall then be
 the duty of said board of commissions
 CTS to forthwith examine into the qualin- cations of the sisners of said petition.
 and II II shall find that said petition does l not contain 25 per centum in number of 1 the entire number of voters who were 1 duly qualified to vote in the last general | municipal election for the purpose of 1 electlng a city commissioner 1t shal,
 within 10 days after the receipt of such
 petition, notify the persons presenting
 the same in writing of such fact pro. Vldeu their names and addresses shall ! have been indorsed on said petition as
 the presentors of said petition. said pre- seniors not to exceed 10, however, and thereupon the persons so presenting the said petition shall have 10 days within
 which to secure additional signers to
 meet the deficiency pointed out by the sad board of commissioners and in case or failure to secure any additional num- bers that may be necessary within 10 days. no further action shall be taken upon said petition by the said board of commissioners. If the said petition as originally presented is found by said
 board of commissioners of said city to
 contain the signatures of electors of the
 city then duly qualified to vote in the
 city, equal in number to at least 25 per
 centum of the entire number of voters
 who were duly qualified to vote in the
 lasl general municipal election held in
 said city for the purpose of electing a city commissioner n if a
 shall have been secured thereto as here inabove provided, to bring the total num-
 Der of signatures of such voters up to said 20 per centum and said petition con- forms to the other requirements of this act then the said board of commissioners of said city shall within 90 days after receipt of said petition consider the said pr opposed ordinance, and IT it rail or re- fuse to enact said ordinance into law within said 30 days after the receipt of said petition, it shall then be the duty Of said board of commissioners to sub init to vote of the electors of said city either at a general election for commits sioner of said city special municipal tion to be held, such election in any ase to be not less than 60 days nor more than 70 days from the date of the filing or said petition, the question of whether or not said ordinance shall become law | Nctice of such election shall be given by plDncatlon once a week for three suc- cessvc weeks in some newspaper if any. l published in said city, and if there be no such newspaper, then by posting mo- tice of said election at five public places In said city at least 20 days before the l date fixed for said election, and such l election shall be held and the result de. l clared in all respects the same as a gen. era' election for a commissioner of said city At such election, the ballots shall | be substantially in the following form l
 ohiciai ballot CThen shall follow a | brief statement of the substance of saio | proposed ordinance) For said ordi- l nance. Against said ordinance" | Those ir favor of tite enactment of said l ordinance into law shall so indicate by l placing a cross mark within the brackets | before the words For said ordinance" 1 and those who are opposed to the enact | ment of said ordinance into law shall so | Indicate by placing a cross mark within | the brackets before the words Against | said ordinance" separate ballot shall | be prepared and used for each proposed | oi dinance. Should a majority of the votes cast in said election be in favor | pr the enactment into law of said pro- posed ordinance then said ordinance shall become operative three days after the result oi said election shall have been declared, but should majority of the votes cast in said election be against said ordinance, then said proposed ord. nance shall not become law by req son of said procedure
 Approved September 2S 1915
 Official:
 JOHN PURIFOY,
 Secretary of State.