The signatures to initiative, referendum or recall petitions need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. Each signer of any petition paper shall sign his/her name in ink or indelible pencil and shall indicate after his/her name place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. There shall appear on each petition the names and addresses of five voters of the city, and on each paper the names and addresses of the same five voters, who, as a committee of the petitioners, shall be regarded as responsible for the circulation and filing of the petition. The affidavit attached to each petition shall be as follows:
STATE OF TEXAS )
ss.
COUNTY OF GALVESTON )
, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he/she, and he/she only, personally circulated the foregoing paper, that all the signatures appended thereto were made in his/her presence, and that he/she believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
Signed (Signature of Circulator)
Notary Public
(or other officer authorized to administer oaths)
The foregoing affidavit shall be strictly construed and any affiant convicted of swearing falsely as regards to any particular thereof shall be punishable in accordance with existing law.