HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1281

of................, 19.......

....................... Notary Public (or other officer

authorized to administer oaths).

This petition is filed by.................... whose address

is.................... Street.

All nomination papers comprising a petition shall be assem-
bled and filed with the town clerk as one instrument, not earlier
than sixty days nor later than fifteen days before the election.
The town clerk shall make a record of the exact time at which
each petition is filed and shall take and preserve the name and
address of the person by whom it is filed. Within three days
after the filing of a nomination petition the town clerk shall
notify the candidate and the person who filed such petition
whether or not it is found to be signed by the required num-
ber of qualified electors. If a petition is found insufficient,
the town clerk shall return it immediately to the person who
filed it with a statement certifying wherein the petition is
found insufficient. Within the regular time allowed for the
filing of petitions such a petition may be amended and filed
again as a new petition or a different petition may be filed for
the same candidate. Any eligible person placed in nomina-
tion as hereinbefore provided shall have his name printed on
the ballots if within three days after notification to him by
the town clerk he shall have filed with the town clerk a writ-
ten acceptance of the nomination in the following form:

Acceptance of Nomination

I hereby accept the nomination for Councilman and agree to
serve if elected.

Signature of Candidate...........................

Date of filing....................

The petition of each person nominated to be a Councilman
shall be preserved by the town clerk until the expiration of the
term of office for which he has been nominated.

SEC. 22 BALLOTS. The full name of candidates nominated
for the Council in accordance with the provisions of this
charter, except such as may have withdrawn, died or become in-
eligible, shall be printed on the official ballots in the alpha-
betical order of their surnames without any parly designation.

SEC. 23. ELECTION OF COUNCIL. All Councilmen shall be
elected at large. Every voter shall be entitled to vote for five
candidates. All candidates, up to five, who receive votes
numbering a majority of all electors voting at the election-
shall be declared elected. If five Councilmen are not thus
elected, a second election shall be held to fill the vacancies re-
maining, on the Tuesday following the first election. In the
second election there shall be printed on the ballot twice as
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