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CHAPTE~ X. SECTION 1. Any proposed ordinance or the question of the repeal of an existing ordinance, may be submitted to the council of said city by petition signed by the qualified electors of the city equal in number to the percentage hereinafter required. The signatures, veri- fication snd authentication upon such petition, presentation to the council, presmmptica of sufficiency and regularity, aud the summary re- view by the judge of the circuit or hustings court shall be ~s follows: The petition sahll be presented by filing the same with the city clerk, and shall be substantially in the following form: Form of petition: To the council of the City of Fortsmouth. We, the undersigned, qualified electors of this city, respectfully petition your honorable bo~y to cause to be submitted to a vote, the following question. (Signature of elector) (Residence by street and number. ) T~ execution of the petition by ~n elector shall be acknowledged by bim~ or mt may be proved by the ~th of a witness who shall swear that he knows the elector and that the petition was si~aed by the elector in the presence of the witness. The petition may be in the form of separate sheets, each sheet containing at the top thereof the petition as 8bove set forth, and when bound together and offered for filing, shall be deemed to constitute one petition~ Such a petition, which complies with the requirements of this article, both as to form and number of signers and maraner of execution shall be accepted as prima facie sufficient. The circuit or hustings court of the city shall have sunm~ry jurisdiction upon co~plaint of an elector 5o determine the sufficiency of the petition 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 sunmmry proceedings shall be instituted within ten days after presentation of the petitimu, and the burden of proof shall be on the complainant. No individual signature upon such petition shall be valid ~yaless the same shall have been placed thereon withLn three months prior to the presentation of such petition to the coancil~ The petition presenting the proposed ordinance, or proposed repeal, shall conta~ a statement in not more than two h~ndred words, reason for the adoption or the repeal ~ ~rdinance it be signed by electors