SECTION 40.  ELECTION TO ADOPT OR REJECT CHARTER.
   But this act shall not be effective unless the same shall be first submitted to the voters within the territory embraced and described in Section Two hereof, at a special election called for the purpose and adopted by the majority of the votes cast at such election.  Said special election shall be held on the first Tuesday in May, in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen, unless this act shall not have taken effect on that day, in which case such election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the day on which this act would go into effect but for this section.  The council of the Towns of Keyser and South Keyser shall provide for circulation of printed copies of this act or publication thereof in such manner as said council deems best.  The election shall be held in the election precincts at which the first primary and general election is to be held under this act, as provided in Section Three hereof, and the election officers shall be appointed for such special election and the result thereof ascertained, in the manner provided by Section Six of the act.  The ballot shall be prepared under the direction of the council of the Town of Keyser and shall be headed: “Special election for ratification or rejection of a new charter for Keyser,” and underneath said head shall be the words, in separate lines, “for new charter,” and “against new charter.”  Any voter desiring to vote for adoption of this act shall strike out the words “against new charter,” and any voter desiring to vote for rejection of this act, shall strike out the words “for new charter.”  And in the event that this act shall not be in effect on the second Tuesday preceding the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen, the first primary election hereunder shall be held on the second Tuesday of June, and the first general election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen.