¹ One judge of the circuit court has held that the amendment is not operative without additional legislation, and another judge of that court has maintained the contrary view. The assistant attorney early held that the amendment is self-operative, but the attorney general later decided that additional legislation is required to allow its operation.

² This was the result according to the actual returns. But the canvassers—the recalled officers—denied the legality of the election (they and their followers generally had therefore not participated in the election), and refused to canvass the returns. The decision of the court in mandamus proceedings brought to compel such canvass was delayed until it became useless by the intervention of the regular municipal election. At that time all the recalled officers stood for reëlection and were all defeated.

³ After the recall petition was filed the mayor resigned and was elected recorder by the council. One of the councilmen named in the recall petition resigned and was elected mayor by the council. The other two councilmen concerned resigned and were reëlected by the council. By this process a recall election at the time was avoided. And any further attack was prevented, because the date of the regular election came within the six months' exemption period which followed. “So you can see how easy it is to avoid the recall if the people interested will work together,” said one of those who worked together in this case. At the regular election the whole ticket which these officers represented—some of them stood for reëlection—was defeated on the recall issue.

⁴ County judges have been included with commissioners, but only in their administrative capacity.

⁵ A councilman reports that an agent of a corporation threatened to circulate recall petitions against him with the aid of the many employees of the company unless he dropped certain proposed legislation hostile to the interests of the company.