Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26

residence as Will lQenIlIy Inc peISoH
with the name upon the registration
books, and if the answers to such ques-
stions correspond with the information
upon the registration books, shall as
certain whether the registration books
show that the registered voter has pre-
vious1y signed such petition and II 1T
appears that he has not previously
person to sign such petition with pen
and ink. In either case the officer shall
compare the signature on the petition
with the signature on the registration
books and if such signature shall APP
pear to the officer to have been writ
ten by the same hand, the officer shall
nature the residence address, the pre-
number. if any, and the, names
i Books and shall write the Initials Of
his given name or names and of his
snn Wh pen ana he 1n af on me ne ps
nature and shall write on the registra-
ton, books in the column, headed Re.
marks the words Recall of (name of
officer charged" If the signature up
on the petition appears to the officer to
have been written by different hand
than that on the registration books,
the officer shall refuse to initial and
certify the signature. Whenever the
persons in charge of any recall petit
ton. shall demand the return of
any. petititoen! deposited with any regis
vided, and shall return. the receipt
therefor, the officer shall cause a red
ink perpendicular line to be drawn
through the blank spaces for sigma
lures on any such petition and shall
fill out the certificate and certify the
number of initiated signatures, on each
sheet of such petition and date and
sign such certificate.
SEC. 5. That section 4940S Rem. &
Bal Code be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 4s4o-s. When a person, com m
recall recall Of any pubic Officer shall have
secured upon such recall petition the
signatures of a number of legal voters
equal to twenty five per cent Of the
total number of votes cast for all can
didates for the office to which the Of
ficer whose recall is demanded was
elected at the preceding election, in
officer of a city of the first class, a
member of a school board in a city of
the first class, or county officer OF a
county of the first, second or third
class; or the signatures of a number
of legal voters equal to thirtyfive per
cent Of the total number of votes cast
for all candidates for the office to
which the officer whose recall is de-
manded was elected at the preceding
election, if the officer whose recall is
demanded is an officer of any other
ship, precinct or school district than
those herenbefore mentioned, or is q
state senator or representative, he or
they may submit said petition to the
officer with whom the charge is filed
for filing in his office. At the time
of submitting such petition the person,
committee or organization submitting
the same shall file with the officer to
whom such petition is submitted a full,
true and detailed statement giving the
names and post office addresses of all
persons, corporations and organizations
who have contributed any monies to
aid in the preparation of the charge
and in the preparation and filing of
tributed by each, and a full, true and
detailed statement of all expenditures,
giving the amounts expended, the pur-
and post office addresses of the per-
sons and corporations to whom paid,
which statement shall be verified by
member of the committee or organiza
ton making the charge, and until such
statement is filed the officer shall re-
u SEC g eeS That sect Section 4s4oe Rem. &
Bal Code be amended to read as fol-
fows
such petition in his office, the officer
with whom the charge was filed shall
stamp each of said petitions the date
Of filing. and shall notify the persons
recall is demanded by said petition,
of the date when said petition will be
canvassed, which date shall be not
from date of filing, and shall, at the
time set for said canvass, in the pres
enee of at least one person represent
of the officer charged or someone rep
resenting him, if either should desire
to be present, detach the sheets. con-
tanning the signatures and certificates
from the copies of the charge and cause
them to be firmly attached to one or
more copies. of the charge in such vol
umes as will be most convenient for
coed to canvass the petitions and to
count the names of duly initiated and
certified legal voters thereon. If at
count it shall be found that such petit
ton bears the requisite number of
signatures of certified legal voters, the
officer with whom the petition is filed
shall fix a date not less than ten nor
more than fifteen days after the con-
clusion of the canvass, for calling
or not the officer CHARGED shall be re-
called and discharged from his office,
and shall on said date call such spe-
cial election, to be held t not less than than
the date of the call. and give notice
thereof in the manner required by law
for calling special elections IL in !, the
as the case may be. But If it be found
that the petition does not contain the
requisite number of signatures of GER
notify the person filing thee petition,
and, at the expiration of thirty days
from the conclusion of the count shall
unless prevented therefrom by the in
junction or mandate of the courts, as
hereinafter provided, destroy the petit
lions.
SEC. T. That section 494O-10 Rem. &
Bal. Code be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 494O-1O The officer making
the canvass as hereinabove provided
shall keep a record of all names APP
peafing on said petition which ARE not
certified to be legal voters of the state
or of the political subdivision, as the
case may be, and shall report the same
to the prosecuting attorneys of the re-
spective counties where such names APP
pear to have been signed, to the end