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<br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, Page 2. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 980 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />La Porte, Texas. Voting machines shall be used for the <br /> <br />casting of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk <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,S. Immediately after the close of the polls on <br /> <br />the 6th day of April, 1974, the election officials shall make <br /> <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 />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 majority of votes has been polled for each re- <br /> <br />spective office, a certificate of election. Such elected <br /> <br />officials shall assume their duties within ten (10) 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 />. <br /> <br />publication in the La Porte-Bay shore Sun, not less than ten <br /> <br />(10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date <br /> <br />of the said election, of the following notice: <br /> <br />"NOTICE OF ELECTIONII <br /> <br />III, E. A. Thomas, Mayor of the City of La Porte, <br />Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, <br />do hereby order that an election be held in the City <br />of La Porte, Texas, on the 6th day of April, 1974, <br />and a run-off election, if necessary, shall be held <br />on May 4, 1974, for the purpose of electing a Mayor; <br />a Commissioner for Position 2; and a Commissioner <br />for Position 4; and that said election shall be held <br />at the La Porte Civic Center, 618 San Jacinto Street, <br />La Porte, Texas, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. <br />and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on said date, and the <br />following named persons are the appointed officials <br />of said election, to-wit: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"Presiding Judge Mrs. Arbela Ralston <br /> <br />IIA1ternate Presiding Judge Mrs. Isadore Jenkins <br />