If, prior to the date when an ordinance or resolution shall take effect, or within thirty days after the publication of same, a petition signed and verified as required for recall petition in Article IVa and by section 2 (a) hereof, by the qualified voters of said city equal in number to twenty percent of the total qualified voters of said city, as shown by its latest poll tax list, shall be filed with the person performing the duties of City Clerk or Secretary, protesting against the enforcement or enactment of such ordinance or resolution, it shall be suspended from taking effect and no action theretofore taken under such ordinance or resolution shall be legal and valid. Immediately upon the filing of such petition, the person performing the duties of City Clerk or Secretary shall do all things required by section 2 (a) of this Article. Thereupon the Board of Commissioners shall immediately re-consider such ordinance or resolution and, if it does not entirely repeal the same, shall submit it to popular vote at the next municipal election, or said Board may, in its discretion call a special election for that purpose; and such ordinance or resolution shall not take effect unless a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor thereof.
(Adopted May 8, 1923)