Under the initiative and the referendum it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to assemble all copies of any petitions filed as one instrument and to examine the same and ascertain and certify within twenty (20) days whether the signatures thereon amount to at least twenty (20) percent of the qualified registered voters who signed same. If the petition does not meet the requirements, notice of such shall be given to the party submitting the petition at once.
(Adopted by electorate 11-6-73)