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equal in number to at least twenty-five per centare of electors voting for governor in the last prece~ir~o~ gubernatorial election and contain a re- quest that the said ordinance be sub~itte~ to a vote of the people, the council shall either (a) pass such proposed ordinance without alteratic~, or repeal such existing ordinance within ten days after determining the sufficiency of the petition, or (b) call a special election at least 30 but not more than 90 d~vs thereafter (tmless a general election is to be held at least thirty and within ninety days thereafter), and at such special or succeeding general election sucln pro~sed ordinance, or the repeal of such exist~ ordinance, shall be submitted without alteration to the vote of the electors of the c~oy. ~ae council may, in its discre- tion, propose an ordinance for substitution, and m~ submit the same to the electors at the same election. If a majority of the qualified electors votir~ on a proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, it shall thereupon become a valid and bindi~m~ ordinance of the city, and the same shall not be repealed or amended, excep~ by a vote of the electors within two years thereafter~ If the majority of the qualified electors voting on the repeai of an existing ordinance shall vote in favor of its repeal, it shall thereupon become of no force and effect~ When there are two or more ordinances preposed to accomplish the same purpose, the council sb~ll cause a statement to this effect to be printed upon the ballot, and t~e ballot shall be so arranged that the voters may (first) vote for or against the adoption of any and ail ordinances for the sa~e pttrpose, and (second) may express a preference for any one of such ordinances. If a majority of the voters on the first question is affirmative, th~n the ordinance receiving the ~highest number of votes shall become law~ and the others shall fall of passage~ In case t~o or more ordinances of the sam~ tenor are tied for the high- est vote, they shall be re-submitted at the next general A~ election. The council may submit the rspeai or modification of any ordinance adopted hereunder, to be voted upon at any general election succeeding its adoption. CHAPTER X. SECTION 2. If at any time withLn thirty days fol- lowing adoption of an ordinance, a petition sigr~d by electors equal in number to at least twenty-five per centum of the electors voting for governor in the last preceding gubernatorial election, protesting against the enactment of such ordinance and requesting its repeal, or requesting its adoption in a proposed amended form, be presented to the council, it shall be the duty of the council to reconsider such ordinance. If upon reconsideration thereof, said ordi~mace is not entirely repealed, if so requested, or adopted in the amended form, as proposed, the council shall submit the question of the repeal, or the adoption of the ordinance in its proposed amended fo_rm, in vhe ~ma~n. er prodded by ~se~c~ione~n~r~.f- this chapter; if the repeal~ of such ordinance was reques~e~, such nance shall stand repealed if a majority of the electors voting th~.reon at such election sh~ll vot~ for its repeal; if the amendment of ssmd