At the expiration of the thirty (30) day period provided for in section 77, the City Clerk shall assemble the original petition and all copies thereof in his office as one instrument. Within five (5) working days he shall examine the same and ascertain and certify thereon whether the signatures thereto amount to at least fifteen (15) per cent of the registered electors of the city. If such signatures do amount to said fifteen (15) per cent he shall at once serve notice of that fact upon the City Commissioner designated in the petition and also deliver to the City Commission a copy of the original petition with his certificate as to the percentage of registered electors who signed the same and a certificate as to the date of his last mentioned notice to the City Commissioner designated in the petition.
(Special Acts, Ch. 67-2712, § 18; Ref. of 3-9-76)