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.,... .... ..... r """. . :. .1t. ~.:.:~ .... . . -2- of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working day for the Clerk's office, or at any time when the Clerk's office is not open to the public. The City Clerk of the City of La Porte is hereby authorized and direct- ed to appoint deputy absentee balloting clerks, as necessary. Section 5. Immediately after the close of the polls on the 23rd day of April, 1968, the election officials shall make due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of La Porte, and the City Commission shall canvass said returns at the earliest practicable time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, declare the results of the election. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the greatest number of votes has been polled for each respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected officials shall assume their duties within ten (lO) days thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the oath of office. Section 6. Notice of said election shall be given by publication in the La Porte-Bayshore Sun, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the said election, of the follow- ing notice: "NOTICE OF ELECTION" I, H. P. Pfeiffer,Mayor of the City of La Porte, Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order that an election be held in the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 23rd day of April, 1968, for the purpose of electing a Mayor; a Commissioner for Position 2; and a Commissioner for Position 4; and that said election shall be held at the City Hall in said City between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on said date, and the following named persons are the appointed officials of said election, to-wit: Presiding Judge Mrs. ArbeLa RaLston Alternate Presiding Judge Mrs. GLadys Harrison Absentee voting by personal appearance shall begin on the 20th day and shall -continue through the 4th day preceding the day of the election and shall be conducted at the City Hall of the City of La Porte, between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M., except on Saturdays, and legal holidays. H. P. PFEIFFER, Mayor of the . City of La Porte, Texas