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Section 5. That initiative and referendum. petitions shall consist II Of sheets, having , such general form printed or written""'at-the: top thereof' as -shall- be' designated-or- preseribed� by l&Wn' or,"iii the ab- seiic'e Of such` statutory"provisi.bii, vby the"To?n?ii Clerk; eU h 'petitions shali'be . signed -by' q ialified-electors 'in:' their proper' person only. To 'such' signature " shall' be attached` the' residence address of such person and the date of signing the same. , To each of such petitions which May- consist of one or "more sheets, shall be -attached an affi- davit Of some qualified elector" that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be, and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant, each of the persons signing said petition was at the time of signing a qualified . elector, The style of all ordinances adopted by the people of the Town of Louisville, through the initiative , shall be ; " BE. IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE TON OF 'LuUISVILTE. " All proposed initiative and •referendum measures shall become law or ,ordinances in the Town of- Louisville, Colorado., when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon and not, otherwise; and shall take effect from and after the date of the offical canvass of the vote thereon and the publication thereof for the time required by law for the publication of ordinances in incorporated towns. The canvass of the vote on measures referred or submitted to the people of the Town of Louisville shall be made by the Town Clerk in the manner prescribed by law for canvassing the vote cast for municipal of- ficers in incorporated towns.' The veto power of the Mayor shall IIInot extend to measures initiated by or referred to the people. Section 6. All petitions . when so signed and sworn to shall be deemed and held to be sufficient. If they appear to be signed by the re- quisite number of signers, and all such signers shall be deemed and held to be qualified electors, unless a protest in writing, under oath shall be filed with the Town Clerk within Ten (10) days after such petition is filed setting forth the name of each signer protested against and the ground or grounds of such protest. The Town Clerk shall fix a time not less than Twenty four ( 24) hours nor more than Five ( 5) days after the filing of said protest for hearing evidence in support of the same, at such hearing which shall be held by said Town Clerk all evidence shall be under oath,which oath may be administered by the Town Clerk and any signer present at the hearing may be called as a witness by the protestant Or may testify in his own behalf. All signers protested against shall be notified by the Town Clerk in writing of the time and place of such hearing which notice may be given by mailing a copy thereof of such signer or signers in a properly addressed envelope or en- velopes and with the proper postage prepaid thereon, at least three ( 3) days before the date of such hearing. Such notice or notices to be deposited in the Post Office in said Town of Louisville. Akl hearings shall be summary and not subject to delay, and shall be concluded within Ten ( 10) days after such testimony is taken. IIIIn case the petition is held sufficient it shall be filed as Of the date of its original presentation and if held insufficient in form it may be corrected as to insufficienty inform by a majority irvuumber of the persons named. therein as representing the signers and if no person or persons .are named as representing the signers then by a majority of the signers.