Arizona republican., 1915-03-22

changed. increased or modified by CT dinance of the Commission as it may deem proper and necessary
 Shall subsection f) of Section 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 .he 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 in the same office, signed more pe- ttions for candidates for that office than there are places to be filled in such office"
 Shall Section of Chapter XII of ! 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 Der cent of the number of votes cast for mayor at the last preceding general municipal election 1 at which a mayor was elected may l be presented to the city clerk not earlier than sixty days nor later than twenty days before the date set | fer election. The city clerk shall | endorse on such petition or petitions the date when the same was received by him."
 Shall Section 3 of Chapter XII of the Charter be amended to read as [ follows:
 i 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-
 tion 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 sui
 flcient 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 foi
 the amendment of recall petitions, al
 any time prior to twenty days before
 such election"
 Shall Section of Chapter XII ot
 the Charter be amended to read as
 follows:
 "Immediately after such petition!
 are filed, the city clerk shall entel
 the names of the candidates in .
 list with the offices to be filled ant
 shall, not later than fourteen day.
 tefore the election, certify such lis
 as being the list of candidates as required by the Charter of the Cit, of Phoenix: and the Commission ], shall cause said certified list Q
 names and the offices to he filled designating whether for a full tern or for an unexpired term, to be pub lished in the proclamation calling thu , election. for the period and in thu , manner now or as may hereafter b.
 provided by law or by ordinance O said city for the publishing of sue. election proclamation"
 Shall Section II of Chapter MI O the Charter be amended to read a follows:
 | The aforesaid primary electio shall he held not less than thirt . days prior to the holding of the gen . eraI election herein provided for" Shall Section Is of Chapter XII c l the Charter be amended to read a f follows:
 l If at any election held as abov l provided. there be any office or off = ces to which no candidate therefo l was elected. then. as to such office Q
 offices said election shall be consid f cred to be a primary election for tn & nomination of candidates for sue
 office or offices, and a second c C general municipal election shall h r held to vote for candidates to ii V such office or offices. The candi = ttleS HOl tltNbtd dt SuNll liiSi tiNN o ton, equal in number to twice tn | number to he elected to any give . office. or less if so there be, and wh = received the highest number of vote q for the respective offices at such frs f election, shall be the only candidate V at said second election: provide r. that if there be any person wh q under the provisions of this sul | division, would have been entitled to e come a candidate for any office eXcel e for the fact that some other candiad I. received an equal number of vot' r. therefor, then all such persons r' V ceiving said equal number of Vot e shall likewise become candidates f. " such office
 1T Shall the third paragraph of Se h ton of Chapter XVI of the Chart
 be amended to read as follows: .r s-'The provisions of Chapter XVII N this Charter respecting the forl ,- filing. certification. rejection and a Z: tion on recall petitions. shall, app r. to petitions of the kind referred i- in this chapter, with such modific e. ton as the nature of the case m; oe require: but nothing in said Chapt ,e XVII shall he construed to extel