Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-03-26

ceedings were pending against him,
shall be + elected or appointed to any
after such recall or resignation.
SECTION 81. 1NErlAT1yE-Any
be submitted to the City Council by
2 petition signed by electors Of the
provisions of Section SO Of this
Charter, respecting the forms and con-
ditions OF the petition, mode of cert;
be substantially followed. with such
notifications as the nature Of the case
1.-The # The petition n: accompanying the
per centum of the total ballots cast
at the preceding general municipal
sad ordnance Se TIT
election. then the city Council shall
except as herein provided, either:
alteration within twenty 12o) days az
ter attachment of the City Clerks
certificate Of sufficiency to the accom-
panying petition or ~ >.r> $780,,
after such certification. proceed TO
call a special election to be held not
Les s1*. than 34d3 forty t;4o2 nor more than
alteration, shall be submitted to a
II the petition be signed by electors
per but s at
i2o) per centum. Of the total ballots
cast. at the last preceding general
municipal election and said ordinance
by th the cy
(a,) then such ordinance without al
iteration. shall be submitted to a vote
Of the people at the next general
time after txe%tyf,S "ee Us days a. fr raa
the date Of the City Clerks certificate
Of sufficiency attached to the petition
accompanying such ordinance.
ted to the city counci! as in this
mex wth IN ten EN- G days stte ce4 At
ficate Of sufficiency BASS s an alterna-
tive ordinance covering the same sub
Jet matter: II within ten !lo) days
after the passage Of such alternative
centum Of the petitioners Tor the sub
mitted ordinance shall file with the
City Clerk a petition for the with
drawal Of their names from such pc
shall not. be submitted to the vote Of
the people. as petitioned for. and the
alternative ordinance, shall thereupon
and after the same M til time eA as in this
adopted adopt by the City Council: Il = pc:
tione ay ts Of S the et
filed with the City Clerk within said
ten t19l days after tie passage Of
ted to q vote of the people. as in this
section providedR In such event the
City Council may at the same time
s snS the 'a reen~ the
number Of votes at said election shall
therefore become the ordinance of
s.id City:
ition is to be submitted to the voters
Of the City at any election, the City
Council shall cause the ordinance or
proposition, to be submitted to be
an: samp1e s sa,es to
register for the last preceding gen.
eral municipal election at least three
The City Council shall prepare suit
able ballots for the submission Of any
ordinance provided for in this section.
If a I'M majority Of the electors voting
ton vote in favor thereof. such or
dinance shaR thereupon become a
valid and binding ordinance of the
H vidsd. except as here'n otherwise pro-
Any number of presented ordinances
may be voted upon at the same cleo
ton. in accordance with the provi-
The City coancii may submit a prop
dinanee or f6r amendment a'{ thereto a to to
be- voted upon at any general munich
ton receive majority of the votes
cast thereon at such election such or
dinance shall be repealed or amended
nafif3nn NV 0f
the people. cannot be repealed or
amended except by vote of the peo-
There shall not be held under this
section of the Charter more than one (1)
special election in any period Of one
% year; nor shall any such special
election be called to be held within
municipal election.
SECTION So. REFERENDUM-
ordinance passed by the City Council
except emergency ordinancesf shall
60 int f5s effect te before ef re- Thirty s3 days
general laws of this State or BY the
provisions OF this Charter.
ter Ser paD sed thirty Ss o %ays f
petition signed by qualified electors
Of the City equal in number to at
least fifteen 05) per centum of the
ing general municipal election, pro-
testing against the passage Of said
ordinance be filed with the City Clerk,
the same shall thereupon be suspend
ed from going into operation and ef-
feet; and it shall be the duty of the
City Council to reconsider such ordi-
nance and if the same be not entirely
repealed, the City Council shall SUBJ
NIT the ordinance to vote of the
electors of the City, either at the next
general municipal election, or at a
special election called forthat purpose
and such ordinance shall not become
operative unless majority Of the
qualified electors voting on the same
shall vote in favor thereof.
The provisions of Section so Of this
charter respecting the forms, condi-
tons of the petition, the mode Of YER
if1catiOn, certification and fling, shall
be substantially followed, with such
notifications as the nature of the case
may require.
Emergency measures shall be SUBJ
ject to referendum, except that they
shall not be suspended from going
into effect while referendum proceed
ings are pending. II when submitted
to vote of the electors, an emer-
gency measure be not approved by q
majority of those voting thereon, it
shall be considered repealed, as re-
CARDS any further action there under,
and all rights and privileges conferred
by it shall be null and void, provided
however that such measure 80 re.
peeled shall be deemed sufficient au.