§8-4-5. Approval of charter; effective date; certification;
judicial notice; recordation; effect of rejection.
If the proposed charter shall be approved by a majority of the
legal votes cast at the election thereon, the charter shall take
effect on July first next after the date of the election. If
approved as aforesaid, one of the signed copies of the charter on
file with the recorder of the city, together with a certified copy
of the declaration of the results of the election showing the total
legal votes cast for and against approval, shall be certified
forthwith by such recorder to the clerk of the House of Delegates,
in his capacity as keeper of the rolls. The same shall be
preserved by said clerk of the House of Delegates as an authentic
public record. After the effective date of a charter so filed, all
courts shall take judicial notice of its provisions.
If the charter is approved as aforesaid, a certified copy of
the declaration of the results of the election showing the total
legal votes cast for and against approval shall be forwarded by the
recorder of the city to the clerk of the county commission for
filing with the signed copy of the charter previously filed with
him.
Rejection of the proposed charter by a majority of the legal
votes cast shall have the same effect as a majority vote against
the question of framing a charter as specified in section two of
this article, and no further effort shall be made to have a charter
approved until the question of framing a charter is again submitted to the qualified voters of the city and is approved by a majority
vote, subject to the two-year limitation set forth in said section
two of this article.