Petition papers shall be procured only from the Clerk of the Council, who shall keep a sufficient number of such blank petitions on file for distribution as herein provided. Prior to the issuance of such petition papers, an affidavit shall be made by one or more qualified electors and filed with the Clerk of Council, stating the name of the member or members of the Council, whose removal is sought. The Clerk of the Council, upon issuing any such petition papers to an elector, shall enter in a record, to be kept in his office, the name of the elector to whom issued, the date of such issuance and the number of papers issued and shall certify on each paper the name of the elector to whom issued and the date of issue. No petition paper shall be accepted as part of the petition unless it is so issued and bear such certificate and unless it be filed as provided herein.