44.8 - HEARING BEFORE MAYOR.
44.8 HEARING BEFORE MAYOR.
Objections filed with the city clerk shall be considered by the
mayor and clerk and one member of the council chosen by the council
by ballot, and a majority decision shall be final; but if the
objection is to the certificate of nomination of either of those city
officials, that official shall not pass upon said objection, but the
official's place shall be filled by a member of the council against
whom no such objection exists, chosen as above provided.
The hearing shall be held within twenty-four hours of the receipt
of the objection if a primary election must be held for the office
sought by the candidate against whom the objection has been filed.
Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 1103; C24, § 654; C27, 31, 35, § 655-a8; C39, §
655.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 44.8]
Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1119, § 9
Referred to in § 362.4, 376.4