Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
For Cornmis-ionsr.
fNHfne of Cnndidnts-l
Vote for finsert nuinberb
Official ballot attest
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city Clerk.

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city Clerk. j
Having caused snid ballot to ne
printed, the said city clerk shall cause
To be delivered at each polling place a
number of said ballots equal To twice
the number of votes cast I'm such polling !
precinct at tho last general election
The persons who were qualifed IN vote
at the last general election shnH be
qualified 10 vote at such munlcfpal oisc-
ton. and each person whose naue mp
pears on the ballot as candidate may
i'm writing appoint one person IN each
polling precinct, To act as challenger
on his behalf. At any election author
ized by this act the poig shall be open
from I O'Clock A. NJ. to o'clock J.. M.
The commissioners shall cause arrange
ments to be made as have heretofore
existed for the re-registering of all per
SONS whose places Of residence have
been changed since the last registra-
ton Judges OF the election shall I'm
nodiateiy upon the closing of the polls,
count the ballots and ascertain the
number of votes east In such precinct
for each Of the candidates and make re-
turns thereof upon proper blanks " be
furnished by the said city clerk, in du-
pIirate ono 70 the mayor and one
20 the city clerk within six hours Of
/ the closing of the polls Immediately
after the ballots are counted, the judges
of election shall return them to the bal
lot boxes. which shall thereup0n be
sealed hy the judges of election ana
by them returned to the city clerk on
or before noon Of tho first secular day
succeeding the day gf election. on the
fret secular day following the said
municipal election the said city clerk
shall canvass said returns 20 received
/ from all the polling precincts and shan
! Immediately make and Gle IN the office
i Of the city clerk the result thereof.
+ said canvass By the city clerk shall be
publicly made.
Removal Of Commissioners.
Sec. 10. any commissioner may he
removed by the qualified electors Of tho
said city Of Wilmington. The proce-
enre 70 effect the removal of a commits
sioner shall be as follows: a petition
for the removal N "A commissioner
signed - qualified electors equal in
number 70 at least twenty FIVE per cent
If the entire vote At the iaFt pTcced-
ing municipal election, shah 90 filed
with the city clerk. which petition shall
contain q general statement Of the
grounds upon whicn the removal j.
sought
The signatures to the petition need
not all be appended 70 one paper. but
eaeh slgner shall add 10 his signature
bis place ~ residence. giving the street
aud number. One 81 me signers of
eaeh such paper shall make on oath
before an officer competent 70 admin
ister nafhs that tho statement therein
made is true rs he believes. and that
eaeh signature 10 the paper appended
IS tho genuine signature of the person
whose name il purports n BE- Within
tn days from the date of fling such
petition the city clerk shall examine
ascertain whether or not said petition
Is signed by the requisite number of
qualified electors. and he shall attach
10 said petition his certificate. show
ing the result 81 said examina ton. IT,
~ the clerks certihcate. the petition
IS shown to he Insufficient il may be-
amended within ten days from the date
Of said certificate.
The clerk shall. within ten days at
ter such amendment. make like exam
nation ~ fhe amended petition. and il
his certificate shall show the same 70
be insufficient il shall be returned 10
the person Ming the same. without pref
udice 10 the filing 0f new petition
10 the same effect II the petition shat
De deemed 10 be sufficient. the clerk
shall submit the same with his certh-
cate attached to the Board Of Com
Inissioners without delay
II the petition shall oe found by the
Board Of Commissioners TO be sufti-
cient il shall. 4 the commissioner
sought 10 be removed shall not resign
within five days after The date OF sub
mission Of the said petition TO the
board. order and TX a date for holding
an election. not less than thirty days
nor more than forty days after the
date of submission of the said petition
70 the board.
The Board Of Commissioners shall
make. or cause TO be made. publication
of notice and ali arrangements for
holding such election. and the same
shall be conducted, returned and the
result thereof declared IN al respects
as regular municipal elections. except
as herein provided. The ballots used
at the said election shall be IN sub
stantially the following form;
Special Recall Election. City Of VII
mington. Delaware. date"
Shall -- (name) be re-
moved from the office OF Commissioners
of the City of Wilmington.
Upon said ballots shall appear the
word yes and the word no, with q
square at the left of each word. and
below shall appear the words Vote
yes or no. Place a cross IN one
square.
No commissioner shah be removed
from Office under this section, unless
at such recall election, the total oi
votes cast shall be at least sixty pei
eentum of the total OF votes cast al
the last municipal election. and unless
a majority of the votes 50 cast, shall
have voted yes" at said election. After
the city clerk shall have canyasse6
the votes as returned he shall mnedi-
ately certify the result To the Board OF
Commissioners. who shall thereupor
, have the same entered on the minutes
thereupon if the ma aiority Of the votes
east under the foregoing provisions
} favor the removal of the said commits
) sioner he shall be deemed removed from
} Office ana the fact of such remova
shall be entered on the minutes of the
! board. The same method Of remova
shall be cumulative and additional K
the methods heretofore provided by
! law. No person who has been recalled
from an elective office or who has re
signed from such office while REGAL
{ proceedings were pending against him
shall be appointed 10 any offfca within
! one year after such recall or resig
, nation.
: No recall petition shall be fileS
against any officer until he has actual,
held his office for at least twelv.
months, and but one recall petition
shall be filed against the same ofEicel
during his term of office.