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<br />Norman L, Malone
<br />Mayor
<br />City of Lomax. Texas
<br />ATTEST:
<br />BeUy T. Waters
<br />City Secretary
<br />
<br />Section 12, The City Council
<br />i olnc~any fiB,-s, de'ermines,'
<br />, r~its and declares th,t ".
<br />suffielent written notice of the
<br />date. hour. place and subject
<br />of this meeting of the City
<br />Council was posted at a place
<br />convenient to the public at the
<br />. City Hall of the City for the
<br />-I "Iiple required by law
<br />1~li ~ceding this meeting, as
<br />l~~u-ired by the Open
<br />,: ~eetings Law, Article 6252fl1.
<br />'i1&xas Revised Civil StatUilies
<br />Mtnotated; and that t~is
<br />,meeting has been open to Ihe
<br />public as required by law at
<br />aU times during which this
<br />ordinance and the subject
<br />matter thereof has been
<br />discussed, consIdered and
<br />formally acted upon. The City
<br />Council further ratlfles. ap-
<br />proves and confirms such
<br />written notice and the con-
<br />tents and posting thereof.
<br />Section 13, This Ordinance
<br />shall be In eff~ct immediately
<br />upon its passage and ap-
<br />proval.
<br />PASSED AND APPROVED
<br />this the lOth day of December,
<br />1979.
<br />
<br />Sedlon 4,_electlon shall taining a substantial co,y....
<br />be held In" Lomax City this ordlnanu at the Clty-Ha_
<br />Hall, 1508 Lomax School Road, and at one ollber public aClJlIlSS ..
<br />Lomu, Texas, and the plllce wlt'lID.ald City' not ~s
<br />following named persons a.re than fourteen (14) days prior
<br />hereby appointed as officers to the date UpOD which. ~ald
<br />of said election, to-wit: election Is to be held, aDd..~y
<br />Sara Armand, Presiding publishing such notice o~ :the
<br />Judge ~ same day In each of tW,o)2)
<br />The Presiding Judge at the succeslllve weeks In '. :rJle
<br />above-specified polling places . \ Bayshore SUD, the first lluCh
<br />shall appoint as many clerks ' publication Dot less, t,J:a.ah
<br />as she deems neccessary for I fourteen (14) days prior tp.\he
<br />the proper conduct of said 1 date set for said election, l~ I,
<br />election at said polling place, .. herebyfouncl. and . dec,Ia.I:ed!
<br />provided that at least two (2) \ that The Bilyshore SUD.,~ a .
<br />eierks shall be appointed. but '. newspaper of general ,cir.
<br />not more than four (4) clerks culation within said Cltf."
<br />shall be appointed. Section 9. Sald.election ~~I .
<br />lie~~on 5. Absentee voting I,n be held In accordance with, the
<br />~4election shall be. c~. ...' -p~ovlslons of the gen~fJll
<br />411G~d by the City SeCJ?llta~.. lll~ction laws of the Sta~e.of
<br />MIra, Betty T, Waters. 81th~r ,'lexas governing general .~nd
<br />regul..- office In the City HDf'OlIunlclpal elections. so far..as
<br />Of tbe City of Lomax, Tex!!:s, .. i sa,me may be appllc..~le
<br />which ballot applications a~ .tbereto. . .
<br />ballots voted by mail may &e! Section 10. Immediately
<br />sent. Paper ballots shall be after said election, the offtCflrs
<br />used for absentee voting,Such . holding the same sl1all make
<br />ballots shall conform to thie alnd deliver the returnsollhe
<br />requirements of Chapter II of .:' -. ._..:...::~-
<br />'the Texas Election Code, a. ~",lts thereof and the ac'
<br />amended. and. In. addIUo,,,, co...anylng records for use In .
<br />shall have printed thereon the the official canvass to the City
<br />following: Council of the City of Lomax.
<br />OFFICIAL BALLOT' and the City Council shall
<br />Place an "X" in the sqllare canvass sai.;l returns at the
<br />beside the statement In- earliest practicable time. and
<br />dlcating the way you wish to shall. Immediately a!ter
<br />vote. . canvassing the returns.
<br />FOR Consolidation with La declare the results of the
<br />Porte. election.
<br />AGAINST Consolidation Section 11. Each and every
<br />with La Porte. provision, paragraph, sen-
<br />Said clerk :.shall keep said tence and clause of this
<br />office open for absentee voting Ordinance has been
<br />during her regular working seperately considered and
<br />hours and In any event for at passed by the City Council of
<br />least eight (8) hours on each the City of Lomax, Texas, and
<br />day which Is not a Saturday, a each said provision would
<br />Sunday, or an official State have been seperately passed
<br />holiday. without any other provision,
<br />Section 8. Voting at said and if any provision hereof
<br />election shall be by the use of shall be ineffective. invalid or
<br />voting machines, and the ~nconstitutlonal. for any
<br />ballots of said election shall cause. It shall 'not Impair or
<br />conform to the Texas Election affect the remaining portion,
<br />Code, as amended. or any part thereo~, but_ the..
<br />Section 7. That all election valid portlonllhaIl be In force
<br />materials, Including notice of just as If it had been passed
<br />the election, ballots, in. alone.
<br />structlon cards, affadavlts
<br />and other forms which voters
<br />may be required to sign and
<br />all absentee voting materials
<br />shall be printed In both
<br />English and Spanish, or
<br />Spanish translations thereof
<br />shall be made available In the
<br />circumstances permitted and
<br />In the manner required by
<br />law.
<br />Section 8. That nodee of said
<br />election shall be given by.
<br />posting a copy thereof con-
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<br />ORDlNANClhfO,:U5
<br />AN ORDlNANCIJ'E:ALLlNG
<br />AN ELECTION OF THE
<br />CITY OF LOMAX' TO CON.
<br />SIDER THE CON.
<br />SOLlDATION OF THE
<br />CITIES OF LOMAX AND LA
<br />PORTE. TEXAS; FINDING
<br />THAT A PETITION
<br />CALLING FOR SUCH
<br />CONSOLIDATION HAS
<br />BEEN FILED WITH THE
<br />CITY SECRETARY;
<br />PROVIDING FOR THE USE
<br />OF VOTING MACHINES;
<br />APPOINTING ELECTION
<br />OFFICIALS; PROVIDlfl/G
<br />FOR METHOD AND DATES
<br />OF ABSENTEE VOTIN~:
<br />PROVIDING FOR THE
<br />IlETURN AND CANVASS OF
<br />VOTES OF SAID ELECTION;
<br />PROVIDING FOR NOTICE;
<br />FINDING COMPLAINCE
<br />WITH THE OPEN
<br />MEETINGS LAW;
<br />PROVIDING A SAVINGS
<br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE
<br />HEREOF.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
<br />CITY. COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF LOMAX:
<br />Section 1. The City Council
<br />of the City of Lomax, Texas,
<br />hereby finds. determines and
<br />declares that the last number
<br />of voters In the last general
<br />election of officials of the City
<br />was One Hundred Seventy-
<br />Eight (178) and that fifteen
<br />(15) per cent of that number Is
<br />Twenty-Seven (27). .-
<br />Section 2. The City <<;:ouncll
<br />of the City of Lomax, Texas,
<br />hereby finds. determines and
<br />declares that a petition con-
<br />taining the signatures of 71
<br />registered voters of the City of
<br />Lotnax has been duly fled
<br />r
<br />with the City Secretary' of the
<br />City of Lomax, Texas, and
<br />that said number of signatures
<br />of registered voters Is greater
<br />than fifteen (15) per cent of
<br />the number of voters In the
<br />last general election of the
<br />City.
<br />Section 3. An election shall
<br />be held within the corporate
<br />. limits of the City of Lomax,
<br />Texas, on the 19th day of
<br />January, 1980. such day being
<br />the third Saturday In January,
<br />1980. between seven o'clock
<br />(7:00) A,M. and seven o'clock
<br />(7:00) P.M" for the purpose of
<br />considering the question of
<br />whether the City of Lomax.
<br />Texas. should be consolidated
<br />with the City of La Porte,
<br />Texas.
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