§ 722. Recall election ordered.

The City Clerk or election authorities shall examine such recall petition and any supplementary petition, and if found sufficient, the Clerk or they shall at once submit same to the Council with the Clerk=s or their certificate to that effect and shall notify the officer whose removal is sought of such action. If the officer whose removal is sought does not resign within five (5) days after such submission, the Council shall thereupon order and fix a day for holding a recall election in the City or district from which such officer was elected at the next available municipal or state election held not less than forty-five (45) days after the petition shall have been presented to the Council for which the City can lawfully provide required notices to the election authorities without seeking a court order.