The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-16
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Notary Public.


Section g. All petition papers re-
ouesting any such election shall be as
sembled and filed with the city clerk
as one instrument, and the petition
shall be deemed sufficient if signed by
electors of the city equal in number to
at least twenty per cent (2OTo) OF
those who voted at the last preceding
general municipal election. Within
five (5) days after any such petition
is filed the clerk shall complete an
examination thereof to determine
whether it is signed by sufficient
number of qualified electors and he
shall certify the result of his exami-
nation to the legislative authority OF
the city at it's first regular meeting
held after the completion OF such eA-
animation. .r
:, Section 4. Whenever the city clerk
shall certify to the legislative author
ity of any city that sufficient petl-
ton has been filed requesting that the
question of adopting one OF the plans
OF government provided in this act be
submitted to the electors of the city.
such legislative authority shall order
a special election for that purpose to
be held not less than thirty 600 days,
or more than sixty (60) days after the
next succeeding LIST day OF May. The
hoard of election commissioners for
any such election shall consist of the
city clerk and two CD resident free
holders of the city, one OF them known
to be in favor of the adoption OF the
aproposed plan and one known to be
opposed to its adoption, both TO pc ap-
pointed by the chairman or president
of the legislative body of the city at
the time Of calling the special cleo
ton. The election commissioners
shall prepare and distribute the pal
lots and shall appoint, when possible,
on the election board of each precinct
one judge and one clerk in favor OF
and one Judge and one clerk opposed
10 the adoption of the plan. The COM
noissioners shall also appoint an in
spector and sheriff for each precinct.
If such special election is ordered to
he held in a year when such city
would hold its nominating primary
election for city officials, as now fixed
by law, then such city primary cleo
tion shall not be held until after the
date fixed for the special election, and
in the event that said city shall adopt
one of the plans of government herein
outlined. then no primary election as
heretofore provided by law, shall be
held in such city. In the event SAID
CITY at such special election fails to
adopt the proposed plan of govern
naent as voted on, then within 1--WE
DAYS of said election the legislative
body of such city shall meet on call OF
the MAYOR and fix date for holding
"a city primary election. which shall
be conducted in all things, as by law
now provided, and the date of such
primary election shall be. so fixed that
all provisions of law governing city
primaries may be observed.
Section S. The ballots used IN vot'
ing on the adoption of either OF the
plans OF government provided in this
act shall have printed thereon the
question: shall the city of. ......
adopt the (name of plan) plan of gov
eminent as provided in the laws OF. :
-, chapter. ......? immeoi'
ately below the question shall appear
the words ayes" and NO." one above
the other and in the order named. Al
the left of each of these words shall
be a square in which by making a
*, mark the voter can indicate his
choice for OF against the proposed
plan of government. Such ballots
shall be in form substantially as FOL:
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