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city whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall sign his/her name and give his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered to vote. Any person whose name appears on a petition may with- draw his/her name by a statement in writing filed with the clerk-administrator before he/she advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition. Sec. 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the clerk-administrator. Within five days after the filing of the petition, the clerk-administrator shall ascertain by examination the number of electors whose signatures are appended thereto. The required number of signers shall be at least ten percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at .least twenty percent of the total number of electors who cast their votes at the last regular city election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the clerk- administrator shall examine the-petition- as to its suff-ic-iency and report to the --- ------- council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. Sec. 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the clerk-administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, -11-