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Section Results of election. If a m ority of the electors voting on a proposed initiative ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, it shall thereupon be a'n ordinance of the city. A referred ordinance which .is not ap, proved by a majority of the electors voting .thereon shall thereupon be deemed repealed. If conflicting urdinanees are approved by the. electors at the same election, the one receiv- ing the greatest number of affirmative votes shall prevail td the extent of such conflict. Section 99. Repealing ordinances; publication. Inktiative 'and referendum ordinances adopted or approve8 by the electors shall be published, and may be amended or repealed by the commission, as in the case of other ordinances. Section 100. Recall; general. The mayor or any member of the commission may be re- moved from office by recall. Section 101. Recall procedure. Any elector of the City of La Porte may make and file with the city clerk an affidavit containing the name or names of the officer or officers whose removal is sought and state- ment of the grounds for removal. The clerk shall thea reupon deliver to the elector making such affidavit copies of petition blanks demanding such removal. The city clerk shall keep a sufficient number of such printed petition blanks on hand for distribution. Such blanks when issued by the city clerk shall bear the signature of that officer and be addressed to the commission, and shall be numbered,, dated and indicate the name of the person to whom issued. The petition blanks when issued shall also ' indicate the- name of the person to whom issued. The petition blanks when issued shall also indicate the number of such blanks issued and the name of the officer whose removal is sought. The city clerk shall enter in a record to be kept in his office the name of the elector to whom the petition blanks were issued and the number is- sued to said person. Section 102. Recall petitions. The recall petition to be effective must be returned and filed with the city clerk within thirty (30) days after the filing of the affidavit required in section 101, and it must be signed by qualified electors of the city' equal in number to at least fifty per cent (5091o) of those who were qualified voters and voted on the date of the last regular municipal election, and at least one-half of the qualified voters consti- tuting such fifty per cent (509-) signing the petition shall make affidavit, to be filed with the petition, to the effect that they voted for the person whose recall is sought, in th6 elea- tion at which he was last elected. Such recall petition shall con- form to the provisions of section 91 herein, and no petition papers shall be accepted as a part of a petition unless it bears the signature of the city clerk, as required in section 101 herein.