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Section 9.01. M~n~e~pa~ So~t. District Courts. There shall be a ~eneral district court and a juvenile -~and domestic relations district court for the city of Portsmouth. Such courts shall have such jurisdiction and other judicial powers as conferred by 9eneral law. Section 10.08. Judicial Review. A petition, which complies with the requirements of this article as to form, number of signers, and manner of execution, shall be accepted as prima facie sufficient. The circuit er huee&m~s court of the city shall have summary jurisdiction upon complaint of anelector to determine the sufficiency of the pe- tition and the genuineness of the signatures thereon, and the qualifications of the electors signing the same, and may make such order in the premises as justice may require; but such proceedings shall be instituted within ten days after presentation of the pe- tition, and the burden of proof shall be.on the complainant. Section 10.09. Recall of Elective Officers. (a) Any elective officer of t. he city may be removed from office at any time after one year from the beginning of his term of office by the electors qualified to vote for a successor for such incumbent. The procedure to effect such removal shall be as here- inafter set forth. (b) A petition signed by electors equal in number to. at least thirty per centum of the electors of the city voting for governor in the last preceding gubernatorial election, and demgnding the election of a successor of the officer sought to be removed, shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court ~ h~s~ngs which petition shall contain a general statementof the grounds upon which the election of a successor is sought. Such petition may be filed at any time after one year has elapsed since ~he beginning of the term of the official s~u~ht to be removed. Each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving street and number if any, and the date signed. Such peti- tion may be in the form of separate papers, but each separate paper to which signatures are appended shall contain at the top thereof the original petition or a duplicate statement thereof, and when bound together and offered for filing, such separate papers shall -1D-