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December 9, 1969 (4) Such petition shall not be signed by any elector more than ninety days prior to the day of such election, and such petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the Hustings Court of said city not less than sixty days previous to the day of such election. (b) Any person whose name has been submitted for candidacy by any such petition, shall file his acceptance of such candidacy with the Clerk of the Hustings Court of said city at least sixty days previous to the date 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 filing the same. Election of Councilmen, (a) On the second Tuesday in May in nineteen hundred seventy and on the second Tuesday in May of every fourth year thereafter, there shall be a general election at which time the qualified voters of the City shall elect three councilmen for terms of four years. On the second Tuesday in May nineteen hundred seventy-two and on the second Tuesday in May of every fourth year thereafter, there shall be a general election at which time the qualified voters of the City shall elect four councilmen for terms of four years. All terms shall begin on the first day of July next following the date of their election. (b) The candidates at any municipal election for the election of councilmen equal in number to the places to be filled who shall receive a majority of the votes at such election shallbe declared elected. If the number of candidates at any such municipal election who receive a majority of the votes cast is less than the number of places to be filled than those who shall have received a majority of the votes at such election shall be declared elected, and a second municipal election shall be held on the second Tuesday in June, immediately following thereafter. The number of candidates at the second municipal election shall be two more than the number of places remaining to be filled on the council. The candidates at such second municipal election shall be those receiving the highest number of votes, but less than a majority, at the original municipal election. Those candidates who receive the highest number of votes at such second election shall be declared elected to the council. (c) The city clerk shall notify all successful councilmanic candidates of what is necessary for them to do immediately after their election has been certified by the proper officials. ~ 3.04. Vacancies in Office of Councilmen. Vacancies in the office of councilmen, from whatever cause arising, shall be Filled for the unexpired portion of the term by majority vote of the remaining members of the council, or, if the council shall fail to fill a vacancy in its membership within sixty days of the occurence of the vacancy, by appointment by a majority of the judges of the courts of record of the City. If any person elected to the council at a regular municipal election shall fail to Take the oath of office prior to the first day of July following such election, he shall be deemed to have declined the office, and his seat shall be deemed vacant. If any person appointed to the council to fill an unexpired term shall fail to take the oath of cffice within thirty days of such appointment, he shall be deemed to have declined the office, and his seat shall be deemed vacant. § ~.05. Induction of New.Members. Each member of the council, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath of office. The oath of office may be administered by the city clerk, the judge or Clerk of any Court, or by any other officer authorized by law. § 3.06. Election of Mmyor and Vice-Mayor. On the first day of July, 1970, and on the first day of July every second year thereafter, or if such day shall fall on Sunday, then on the following Monday, the council shall proceed to choose by majority vote of all the members thereof one of their number to be mayor and one to be vice-mayor for the ensuing two years. Until this business has been completed, the council shall not adjourn for a period longer than forty-eight hours. The city attorney shall preside over such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, until a mayor and a vice-mayor shall have been elected. ~ 3.07. Election of Mayor Pro Tempore. When from any cause both the mayor and the vice-mayor are absent from a meeting or are unable to preside, a mayor pro tempore shall be elected by the council to preside during the absence or disability of the mayor and vice-mayor. The city attorney shall preside over any such meeting until a mayor pro ~empore shall have been elected, which shall be the first order of business of any such meeting. 3.08. Vacancies in the Offices of Mayor or Vice-Mayor. Vacancy in the office of the mayor or vice-mayor, shall be filled by majority vote of all the members of the of the term. from whatever cause arising, council for the unexpired portion