A. Examination By Clerk Of The District Court; Petition Specifications: Before or at the time of beginning the circulation of any petition for initiative or referendum, the person or persons, organization or organizations under whose authority the petition is to be circulated shall send or deliver to the clerk of the district court a copy of such petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) electors qualified to sign such petition. The clerk of the district court shall immediately examine the petition and specify the form and kind and size of paper on which the petition shall be printed and circulated for further signatures. All petitions and sheets for signatures shall be printed on a good quality bond or ledger paper, on pages eight and one- half inches in width by thirteen inches in length (81/2" x 13"), with a margin of one and three-fourths inches (13/4") at the top for binding, and the sheets for signatures shall have numbered lines thereon from one to twenty (20) for signatures. The petition shall be prepared in sections, with each section numbered consecutively. Each section of a petition must have a printed copy of the petition as the first page, and each section shall have attached to it not more than ten (10) sheets for signatures.
B. Approval Or Requirement For Perfecting: The clerk of the district court shall indicate, in writing, on the petition that he has approved it as to form. The clerk of the district court shall inform the person or persons, organization or organizations under whose authority the petition is to be circulated, in writing, that the petition must be perfected with the required number of certified signatures within sixty (60) days following the date of approval as to form. Any petition that has not been perfected with the required number of certified signatures within the sixty (60) days allowed shall be declared null and void ab initio in its entirety. (Ord. 79-3, 10-10-1979)