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(I) Such petition shall state the name and place of residence of each person whose name is presented for a place upon the ballot, and~shall request such person or persons to become a candidate or candidates for the office of mayor or councilmen for the city of Portsmouth. (2) Such petition shall be signed by at lease one hund- red and twenty-five qualified electors of the city and shall con- ..... rain the resideh-d~-~ddress of'each'~uch elector and an affidavit of any other such qualified voter who witnessed said signatures, (3) Each elector signing a petition may subscribe to one nomination for each of the places to be filled at the ensuing election, and no more. (4) Such petition shall not be signed~by any elector prior to the first Tuesday in January of the year of such election, and such petition shall be filed with the clerk of the ~me%~qs circuit court of said city not later than the time fixed for the closing of the polls on the first Tuesday in March of the year of such election. (b) Any person whose name has been submitted for candi- dacy by any such petition, shall file his acceptance of such candi- dacy with the clerk of the h~n~s circuit court of said city not later than the time fixed for the closing of the polls on the first Tuesday in March of the year of such election, otherwise his name shall not appear on the ballot. The filing of such acceptance shall be deemed equivalent to the filing of notice of candidacy under the general election laws of the State, and no other notice of candidacy need be given by the person filinq the same. (c) No person may be a candidate for the office of mayor and for the office of councilman in the same election. (d) Candidates for the offices of mayor and councilmen shall appoin~ one campaign treasurer and file the name and address of said campaign treasurer with the Portsmouth Electoral Board and the State Board of Elections not later than the first Tuesday of March of the year of such election. Any candidate who fails to appoint and report the appointment of a treasurer shall be deemed to have appointed himself treasurer. All candidates for such offices shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Fair Elections Practices Act of Chapter 9, Title 24.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Section 3.03. Election of Mayor and Councilmen - (a) On the first Tuesday in May in nineteen hundred seventy-four, and on the first Tuesday in May of every fourth year thereafter, there shall be a general election at which time the qualified voters of the city shall -4-