The initiative shall be exercised in the following manner:
(a) PETITION: A petition signed and verified in the manner and form required for recall petition in Article IVa by qualified electors equal to twenty percent of the total qualified electors of said city, as shown by its latest poll tax list, accompanied by the proposed legislation or measure in the form of a proposed ordinance or resolution, which must be written or printed, and requesting that such ordinance or resolution be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors, if not passed by the Board of Commissioners, shall be filed with the person performing the duties of City Clerk or Secretary.
(b) CERTIFICATE: Within five days after the filing of such petition the person performing the duties of City Clerk or Secretary shall certify the number of qualified voters residing in said City of Burkburnett, as shown by its latest poll tax list, and the number of signers of such petition, and shall present said certificate, petition and proposed ordinance or resolution to the Board of Commissioners.
(c) ACTION UPON PETITION BY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Upon presentation to it of the certificate, petition and draft of proposed ordinance or resolution, as in this Charter provided, it shall become the duty of the Board of Commissioners, within ten days after the receipt thereof, except as otherwise provided, in this Charter, to pass and adopt such ordinance or resolution without alteration or to submit same to a popular vote at a special election to be held within thirty days from the date of such presentation; provided, however, that if any other municipal election is to be held within sixty days after the filing of the petition, said proposed ordinance or resolution shall be submitted without alteration to the qualified voters of said city at such election.
(Adopted May 8, 1923)