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general election at special election be called
that purpose protested
section part thereof shall not go op
eratve unless majority of the qualified electors voting the
shall vote favor thereof and until the proclamation of
the Mayor made as provided in Paragraph As of this
Charter
The provisions Chapter of this Charter respecting
the form filing certficaon rejection and action recall
petitions shall apply petitions of the kind referred to in this
Chapter with such modification the nature of the
require but nothing in said Chapter VII shall be to
extend the time for completing and filing good and suf
cient petition for referendum beyond the said period of thirty
days
so. Any ordinance or measure Mapor Board
Of Aldermen the qualified electors of the city shall have the
authority to enact the Mayor and Aldermen
motion submit the electors for adoption
lection at general special municipal election in the same
chapter ordinances submitted petition
At special election called under the provisions of this
there shall be no bar to the submission of other
of the electors addition to the ordinances
herein provided for said other questions such
legally be submitted at such election If the prov-
of two ) approved adopted at The
election conflict then the receiving the highest
affirmative vote shall control
make such further regulations may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this chapter
CHAPTER VII.
THE RECALL
ST. Every public officer holding an elective office;
either by election appointment, is subject to recall
53 Any qualified eectcr of the city make and file
with the City Clerk affidavit containing the of the Of
removed statement not to exceed two
hundred 20O) words stating the grounds of removal The
City Clerk shall hereupon deliver to the eector making such
sufficient number of copies of petitions for such
call and removal printed forms of which he shall keep hand
Such petitions shall be issued by the City Clerk with his sigma
official thereto attached they shall be dated and
addressed the Mayor and Board of Adermen shall contain
the person whom issued the number of forms
issued the of the sought to be removed the Of
flee from which such removal sought the grounds of such
mova stated in said affidavit of which petition shall
be entered record book to be kept for that in the
office of the City Clerk Any defect said form record
shall not invaidate the petition.
sd Said petitions before being returned and filed shall
be signed by qualified electors to twenty-five 25)
the Of cast at the last preceding
era election for all of the candidates for the office held by
such officer sought to be removed and to each signature shall
be attached his her place of residence giving street and
and date Of signature Such signatures need not all
One of the sgners of petition, the
person circulating such Sheet must make and subscribe an
said sheet that the signatures thereon genuine
papers for the recall of officer shall be
fastened together and filed instrument with the
orsemen thereon of the and addresses OF three ~
persons designated as filing the same
55 Whenever recall petition has been filed with the
City Clerk and while said petition remains in his possession
certified and submitted by him to the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen signatures shall be added thereto
taken therefrom. ;,
Sc Within ten (10) days from the filing Of such recall
petition the City Clerk shall ascertain by examination thereof
and of the registration books and returns
petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors
and shall attach thereto his certificate showing the result OF
ST. If his certificate petition to be insufficient
he shall notify in writing of the persons
designated the petition filing the same additional sigma
10) days from the filing of the certificate The City Clerk
shall Immediately after such refing make like examination
the additional signatures and attach thereto his certificate
of the result still insufficient additional signatures
filed he shall return the petition to of the persons
designated filing it, without prejudice however to the fill
ing of petition for the same purpose.
So When the petition shall be found by the City Clerk to
sufficient he shall submit the with his certificate to
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen without delay and the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall Immediately notify the Of
sign within five days notification the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen shall forthwith after said five 90 day
PERIOD order and fix date for holding the said election not
less than twenty 2o) days more than thirty 3o days
from the date of the City Clerks certificate that sufficient