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ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE CALLING TfiE REGULAR ANNUAL ELECTION- OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS; CALLING A RUN-OFF ELECTION, IF NECESSARY; DESIG- NATING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING p~1ACHINES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; PRO- VIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF ABSENTEE VOTING; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; , PROVIDING FOR FILING DEADLINE AND FILIPIG FEES FOR CANDI- DATES; PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF A JOINT ELECTION WITH THE LA PORTS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: Section 1. An election shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 2nd day of April, 1983, such day being the first Saturday in April, 1983, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.I. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., for the purpose of electing the following City officials: Councilperson--District 4, for a 3 year term Councilperson--District 5, for a 3 year term Councilperson-at-large--Position A, for a 3 year term A run-off election, if necessary, shall be held on April , 1983, between the same hours. Said election, and said run-off election, if necessary, shall be held in conjunction with a Trustee's election to be held on the same date(s) by the La Porte Independent School District. Section 2. Said election shall be held at each of the following voting places within said City, and the following named persons are hereby appointed as officers of said election, to-wit: Election Precinct No. 1: All voters living in such Pre- cinct No. 1 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which is located north of an imaginary line 900 feet south of and parallel to Avenue "H", and :vest of the Southern Pacific Railroad) shall vote at the Lomax Elementary School, which is located at 10615 North Avenue "L" in the City of La Porte, Texas, with the following election officers: