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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 cler.: as to the number and qualifications of the signers, the return thereof in case said petition or petitions are defective or do not fully comply with i the provisions of this Charter rela : tive to the number and qualifications i of such signers, the presentation thereof, in case they are found sui i ficicnt to the Commission. so far as 1 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 l the amendment of recall petitions. a; 1 any time prior to twenty days before ! such election?
 ! Shall Section : of Chapter XII of i the Charter be amended to read as ] follows:
 l Immediately after such petitions i are filed, the city clerk shall enter ] the names Cf the candidates in a : list with the offices to be filled. and shall. not later than fourteen days tefore the election, certify such list required by the Charter of the City of Phoenix: and the Commission shall cause said certified list Of i rames and the offices to be filled designating whether for d full tern
 or for an uneXpired term. to be pub
 lished ln the proclamation calling the
 election. for the period and in the
 provided by law or by ordinance oi
 said city for the publishing of sue: 1 election proclamation"
 Shall Section IA of Chapter MI O 1 the Charter be amended to read as
 follows:
 The aforesaid primary election
 shall be held not less than thirty days prior to the holding of the gen
 eral election herein provided for" Shall Section 16 of Chapter XII O the Charter be amended to read d: follows:
 If at any election held as abov' provided. there be any office or off ces to which no candidate therefor was elected, then, as to such office O offices. said election shall be consid cred to be a primary election for tn nomination of candidates for sucl
 office or offices. and second O general municipal election shall b 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 th number to be elected to any givel office. or less if so there be. and wh,
 received the highest number of 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 candidate for any office eXcep for the fact that some other candiadt received an equal number of vote therefor, then all such persons re
 ceiving said equal number of vote shall likewise become candidates fo such office
 Shall the third paragraph of Sec tion l of Chapter XVI of the Charte be amended to read as follows
 'The provisions of Chapter XVII O
 this Charter, respecting the form filing. certification. rejection and ac tion on recall petitions. shall. appl to petitions of the kind referred t
 in this chapter. with such modified tion as the nature of the case ma,
 require; but nothing in said Chapte XVII shall be construed to exten, the time for completing and filin
 a good and sufficient petition fo
 referendum beyond the said perio,
 of thirty days"
 | Shall Section 1 of Chapter XVII of the Charter be amended to req,
 as follows:
 "On or before the first Monda. in June of each year. or on sucl
 date in each year as shall be ike, by the Commission. the manager shal
 submit to sthe Commission the esti
 mates of each department and hi
 own personal report and recommen dation and estimate as to the prob able expenditures of the city for tn next ensuing fiscal year, stating tn amount in detail required to mee lall expenditures necessary for cit. purposes. including interest an, | sinking funds and outstanding. in