(a) On the 10th day of April, A.D. 1893, and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at a place to be appointed by the City Council of said City, of which notice shall be posted in at least 3 public places within the limits of said City, and at least 12 days previous thereto, which notices shall be signed by the City Clerk and in case of his or her failure by the City Council, provided that if the annual meeting shall fail to be holden for want of notice herein before mentioned, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the several officers hereafter mentioned may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as herein before provided.

(b) The Clerk of said City shall at any time when directed by the City Council or when requested in writing by 12 legal voters of said City, call a special meeting of the citizens of said City in the same manner as is provided for the annual meeting; in case of the failure of the Clerk to call the meeting as aforesaid, that duty shall be performed by the City Council or a majority of them.