A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF MAIZE, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, FROM SECTIONS 7 AND 44 OF CHAPTER 274 OF THE 1968 SESSION LAWS OF KANSAS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR A REGULAR CITY ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND FIVE COUNCILMEN, TIE VOTE, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, QUALIFYING, FAILURE TO QUALIFY OR ACCEPT OFFICE; FILLING VACANCIES AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND REPEAL OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 1 PREVIOUSLY PASSED HEREIN REGARDING THE SAME GENERAL SUBJECT.

Section 1. The City of Maize, Sedgwick County, Kansas, a mayor-council city of the third class, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to and exempts itself from and makes inapplicable to it Section 7 and Section 44 of Chapter 274 of the 1968 Session Laws of Kansas, and provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter provided.

Section 2. A regular city election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1970, at which time shall be elected a mayor and two councilmen whose terms expire in said year under the provisions of Charter Ordinance No. 1 of said city. At the election in 1970 the mayor and two councilmen shall be elected for a three-year term of office with their terms to expire in 1973.

A regular city election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1971, at which time shall be elected three councilmen for four-year terms of office. Another city election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1973, at which time a mayor and two councilmen shall be elected for a four-year term of office and thereafter regular city elections shall be held each odd numbered year for the mayor or councilmen whose terms expire at that time, for four-year terms or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Section 3. Whenever a tie vote shall occur in the vote of any of the aforesaid officers, the result shall be decided by lot by the board of canvassers. The city clerk shall, within three days after the canvass of the returns and determination by the board of canvassers of the persons elected, deliver to such persons elected, a certificate of election, signed by him with the seal of the city and such certificate shall constitute notice of election. The terms of the officers shall begin at the first regular meeting of the council in May following their election in April and they shall qualify at any time before or at the beginning of said meeting. If any person elected to the office of councilman does not qualify within the required time, he shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist and thereupon the mayor shall, with the consent of the majority of the remaining councilmen, appoint a suitable elector of the city to fill the vacancy for the term which the refusing person was elected. In case of a vacancy in the office of councilmen occurring by reason of resignation, death or removal from office, or from the city, the mayor, by and with the consent of the majority of the remaining councilmen, shall appoint some

suitable elector of the city to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from office or from the city, the president of the council shall become mayor until the next regular election for that office and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the councilman becoming mayor.

(Repealed by C.O. No. 28-16)