The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-01-20
Chapter XVIII
INITIATIVE.

SECTION 178. DIRECT LEGISLATION.
% Any proposed ordinance may be submitted
to the Council by petition signed by the qualified
electors of the City equal in number to the percentage
hereinafter required.
(2) PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER FOURTEEN
APPLY. The provisions of Chapter Fourteen re-
speeding the forms and conditions of the petition the
mode of verifcation certfcaton and filing shall be
substantially followed, with such modification the
nature of the requires.
90 FIFTEEN PER CENT PETITION. If a
petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be
signed by electors equal in number to fifteen per
centum of the entire vote cast for all candidates for
mayor at the last preceding general municipal cleo
ton at which mayor was elected, and contains a
request that such ordinance be submitted forthwith
to vote of the people at special election then the
Council shall either:
(a) Pass said ordinance without alteration with
in twenty days after attachment of the clerks cerf-
cate of suficiency to the accompanying petition
(b) Within twenty-five days after such certif-
cation, proceed to call special election at which
said ordinance without alteration shall be submitted
to vote of the people.
(4) TEN PER CENT PETITION. If the petition
be signed by electors equal in number least ten
but less than fifteen per centum of the entire vote
cast for all candidates for Mayor at the last preced-
ing general municipal election at which the Mayor
was elected and said ordinance be not passed by the
Council provided, in the preceding subdivision,
then such ordinance, without alteration, shall be
submitted to vote of the people at the next general
municipal election occurring at any time after twenty
days from the date of the City Clerks certificate of
sufficiency attached to the petition accompanying
such ordinance.
(5) PUBLICATION OF POPULAR 7ORDIN-
ANCE Whenever any ordinance proposition is
to be submitted to the voters of the City at any cleo
ton, the Council shall cause the ordinance or pro-
position to be published in the official news
paper of the City,
(6) ELECTION. The ballots used in voting
shall state the nature of such proposed ordinance and
shall contain the words 'for the ordinance" and
against the ordinance" If majority of the
qualified electors voting said proposed ordinance
vote in favor thereof such ordinance shall thereupon
become valid and binding ordinance of the City
CD SEVERAL ORDINANCES AT ONE ELEC-
TON. Any number of proposed ordinances may be
voted upon at the election in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
(8) REPEAL OF POPULAR ORDINANCE. The
Council may submit proposition for the repeal of
any such ordinance, or for amendments thereto, to
be voted upon at any general municipal election
and should such proposition receive majority of the
votes cast at such election such ordinance shall be
repealed or amended accordingly An ordinance
adopted by vote of the people cannot be repealed
amended except by vote of the people.
(9) FURTHER REGULATIONS. The Council
may by ordinance make such further regulations as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter.