Petition papers shall be procured only from the Clerk of the Council, who shall keep a sufficient number of such blank petition papers 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, stating the name and office of the officer sought to be removed. The Clerk, upon issuing any such petition paper to an elector, shall enter in a record, to be kept in the Clerk's office, the name of the elector to whom issued and shall certify upon each paper the name of the elector to whom issued and the date of issuance. No petition paper so issued shall be accepted as part of a petition unless it bears such certificates of the Clerk and unless it be filed as provided herein.