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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 911 <br /> <br />, Page 2. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appear- <br /> <br />ance on any day which is not a regular working day for the <br /> <br />Clerk's office, or at any time when the Clerk's office is <br /> <br />not open to the public. The City Clerk of the City of <br /> <br />La Porte is hereby authorized and directed to appoint deputy <br /> <br />absentee balloting clerks, as necessary. <br /> <br />Section 5. Immediately after the close of the polls on <br /> <br />the 1st day of April, 1972, the election officials shall make <br />due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of <br /> <br />La Porte, and the City Commission shall canvass said returns <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />at the earliest practicable time, and shall, immediately after <br /> <br />canvassing the returns, declare the results of the election. <br /> <br />The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate <br /> <br />for whom the greatest number of votes has been polled for each <br /> <br />respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected <br /> <br />officials shall assume their duties within ten (lO) days <br /> <br />thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the oath of <br /> <br />office. <br /> <br />Section 6. Notice of said election shall be given by <br /> <br />publication in the La Porte-Bayshore Sun, not less than ten <br /> <br />(10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />of the said election, of the following notice: <br /> <br />"NOTICE OF ELECTION' <br /> <br />"I, H. Carlos Smith, Mayor of the City of La Porte, <br />Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, <br />do hereby order than an election be held in the City <br />of La Porte, Texas, on the 1st day of April, 1972, <br />for the purpose of electing a Mayor, a Commissioner <br />for Position 2; and a Commissioner for position 47 <br />and that said election shall be held at the City Hall <br />in said City between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and <br />seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on said date, and the fol- <br />lowing named persons are the appointed officials of <br />said election, to-wit: <br /> <br />"Presiding Judge <br /> <br />Mrs. Arbella Ralston <br /> <br />"Alternate Presiding JudgeMrs. Isadore Jenkins <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />"Absentee voting by personal appearance shall begin <br />on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th <br />day preceding the day of the election and shall be <br />conducted at the City Hall of the City of La porte, <br />