Arizona republican., 1915-03-23

changed. increased or modified by ordinance of the Commission as it may deem proper and necessary?
 Shall subsection f) of Section 1 of Chapter XII of the Charter be amended to read as follows
 "Each of said petitions must be of uniform size as determined by the city clerk; it shall contain the name of one candidate and no more: and each signer thereto shall be a qualified voter of the City of Phoenix, ana must not at the time of having signed his or her name thereto, have signed any other petition for any other candi- date for the same office. nor in case there are several places to be filled in the same office, signed more pe- titions for candidates for that office such office"
 Shall Section , of Chapter XII os the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 The petition or petitions for nom- inatiOn. consisting of signatures Of qualified voters, aggregating not less than three per cent of the number of votes cast for mayor at the last preceding general municipal election at which a mayor was elected, may be presented to the city clerk not earlier than sixty days nor later than twenty days before the date set for election. The city clerk shall endorse on such petition or petitions the date when the same was received by him." ?
 Shall Section of Chapter XII of the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 "The provisions of Chapter XVII of this Charter, so far as the same re- lates to the filing of petitions for recall, the examination by the city clerk of such petitions, the verifica- ticn thereof by the said city clerk as to the number and qualifications of the signers, the return thereof in case said petition or petitions arc defective or do not fully comply with the provisions of this Charter rela- tive to the number and qualifications of such signers. the presentation thereof, in case they are found suf- ficient to the Commission, so far as applicable shall apply to petitions filed for the nomination of candi- dates for elective offices in the City of Phoenix: said petitions may also be amended, as provided herein for the amendment of recall petitions, at any time prior to twenty days before such election" !?
 Shall Section of Chapter XII of the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 Immediately after such petitions are filed. the city clerk shall enter the names of the candidates in a ! list with the offices to be filled, and shall. not later than fourteen days before the election, certify such list as being the list of candidates. as required by the Charter of the City of Phoenix; and the Commission shall cause said certified list of names and the offices to be filled designating whether for a full term or for an unexpired term. to be pub liShed in the proclamation calling the election, for the period and in the manner now or as may hereafter be provided by law or by ordinance oi said city for the publishing of sue: election proclamation"
 1 Shall Section 14 of Chapter XII oi the Charter be amended to read as | follows:
 ! 'The aforesaid primary election shall be held not less than thirty uays prior to the holding of the gen. eral election herein provided for" Shall Section IS of Chapter XII ol the Charter be amended to read as follows:
 If at any election held as abovf ces to which no candidate therefor
 was elected, then, as to such office or offices, said election shall be consid-
 cred to be a primary election for tn, nomination of candidates for sucf
 office or offices, and second ol
 general municipal election shall bt
 held to vote for candidates to fiji such office or offices. The candi-
 dates not elected at such first cleo
 tion, equal in number to twice thu
 number to be elected to any giveI
 office, or less if so there be, and wht
 received the highest numberupf vote
 for the respective offices at such frs
 election. shall be the only candidate
 at said second election; provided
 that if there be any person who
 under the provisions of this sub
 division, would have been entitled to b , come T candidate for any office excep !, for the fact that some other candiadt received an equal number of vote
 therefor, then all such persons re , ceiying said equal number of vote , shall likewise become candidates fo , such office"
 r Shall the third paragraph of Sec , tion of Chapter XVI of the Charte
 be amended to read as follows: r "The provisions of Chapter XVII ( ' this Charter, respecting the forn : filing. certification, rejection and at l: tion on recall petitions, shall. appl :. to petitions of the kind referred { : in this chapter, with such modifica !. ton as the nature of the case ma ( require: but nothing in said Chapt, e !XVII shall be construed to exter