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AN ORDINANCE TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO PLACE THE REPEAL OF THE JONESBORO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 105-2 ON THE BALLOT FOR A VOTE OF THE CITIZENS OF JONESBORO ON MAY 10, 2016 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION 1: That the Jonesboro Property Maintenance Code 105-2 shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Jonesboro on May 10, 2016.
SECTION 2. That the question shall be placed on the ballot for election in substantially the following form:
Vote on measure by placing an X in the square opposite the measure either for or against:
FOR repealing of the Jonesboro Property Maintenance Code 105-2 . . . . [ ]
AGAINST repealing of the Jonesboro Property Maintenance Code 105-2. . . . . [ ]
SECTION 3. That the election shall be held and conducted and the vote canvassed and the results declared under the law and in the manner now provided for municipal elections. The results of the election shall be proclaimed by the Mayor, and the Proclamation shall be published one time in a newspaper having a general circulation in the City, which Proclamation shall advise that the results as proclaimed shall be conclusive unless attacked in the courts within thirty days after the date of publication.
SECTION 4. A copy of this Ordinance shall be filed with the Craighead County Clerk at least 70 days prior to the date of the election. A copy of this Ordinance shall be given to the Craighead County Board of Election Commissioners so that the necessary supplies may be provided.
SECTION 5. The Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City, are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary to call and hold the election as herein provided and to perform all acts of whatever nature necessary to carry out the authority conferred by this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. That all ordinances and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to ...
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