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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1954-461 ---.. ..:..:* . ..' . ORDINANCE NO. ~ -461 TE:E STATE OF TEXAS I CCIUNTY OF HARRIS I C1TY OF LA PORTE I e AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE REGULAR :BIENNIAL ELECTION OF CITY OFFICIALS PURSUANT TCi ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 12 et seq, AND ARTICLJ: NINE:, SECTIONS 83, et seq, OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF IA PORTE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF' SAID ELECTION AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAME NOT COVERED IN SAID CHARTER. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF T HE CITY OF IA PORTE: SECTION ONE: 'l'hat an election be held within the corporate limits of the City of :La Porte, Texas, on the 27th day of April, 1954; such day being the fourth Tuesday in said month, between the hours of seven (1 :00) 0' clock A. M. and seven (1:00) o'olook p. M., for the purpose of electing offioials for said Ci~, as follows: ,~ "e,' A Mayor, and Two (2) Commissioners SECTION TWO: There shall be but one polling plaoe, whioh shall be the City Hall, looated within the oorporate limits of the City of La ~ orte, Texas; SECTION THREE: Mrs. Arbela Ralston is hereby appointed presiding offioer of said eleotion, Mrs. Lois Compton an.! Mrs. Otis Harrison Assistant Judges thereof. and Frank Baker and Ali~e Stabs, SECTION FOUR: Every person who has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years ani has resided within the limits of said City of La Porte, Texas, for six (6) ......---.. '. a "w. '., m~nths next preceding the eleotion, and is otherwise qualified as a voter under thiS laws of this State, shall be entitled to vote in the eleotion; SEJTION FIVE: On eaoh official ballot the voter must write, or cause to be written, or printed thereon, the name of the individual for whom he desires to vo'be for the office of Mayor, and the names of the individuals, respectively, fOl:- whom he desires to vote, as Commissioner. SEGTION SIX: Promptly after the said election, the offioials holding the elec- ti,:>n shall make due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of La Pa:-te, Texas, certifying to said Commission the name of the Candidate receiving ___. th'3 highest number of votes for the office of Mayor, and the names of the two 1,_: Calldidates receiving the highest number of votes for Commissioners, and the Ma;,or of the City of La Porte will immediately thereafter commission the Candidate ....w... c. "'$"........ . . ~LO reoeived the highest numberlof votes for the offioe of Mayor and shall de- llver oertifioates of eleotion to the other offioers eleoted; and such eleoted o1~fioials shall assume duties within ten (10) days thereafter, SWldays exoluded, .~.~...... ",_ SI~CTION SEVEN: Notioe of said eleotion shall be given by publioation in the Le. Porte "Liberal" not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date thereof of ,"'--', " . :~>" ':e /-....... :e the following fom of notioe: "NOT Ie E OF ELFX::T I ON I, M. D. BURGIN, M~or of the City of La Porte, Texas, by virtue of the power v..ested in me by law, do hereby order that an eleotion be held in the City of La Porte, Texas, on Apr.1l 27th, 1954, being the fourlih Tuesday thereof, for the purpose of eleoting the following offioers of said City: Mayor and Two (2) Commissioners: that said eleotion shall be held at the City Hall in said City, and the following :eamed persons are hereby appointed judges thereof, to-wit: Mrs. Arbela Ralston Mrs. Lois Compton Frank Baker Mrs. Alioe Stabs Judge and Presiding Offioer Ass istant Judge Assistant Judge As.i.tant ~ ~i'ty 0 ~ t'-.. anli further notioe of said eleotion shall be given by po'sting a oopy of this ordinance at the City Hall for thirty (30) days next preceding said eleotion. SEGTION EIGHT: Said election shall be held in aooordanoe with the provisions of sa:ld Charter; the provisions of this Ordinanoe; and the provisions of the General ElElotion Laws (as amen,ded) of 1: he State of Texas; such laws of the ::itate of Texas be:mg applicable only where neoessary rules and regulations governing the oonduot of suoh eleotions are not provided for either by said Charter, or this Ordinanoe inoonsistent with suoh laws of the State of Texas; SEC:TION NINE: Upon a Candidate tendering his applioation on the form presoribed, thE! City Clerk of the City of La Porte, Texas, shall furnish to 8IlY prospeotive Candidate all information relative to the qualifications for the offioe being ....,...., ~.'_"::"Iy . . sClught; the method of placing the Candidates name on the ballot; the amount of the required filing fee; and any other pertinent information contained in the Charter of' said City. ?-'" .', I"~ .' ",=" SI~TION TEN: That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of said election, in accordance with Seotion Seven hereof, and to receive tl:,e affidavit of publication of' this ordinance fram said newspaper publisher. SE:CTION ELEVEN: If any Section, or any part of this Ordinanoe shall be' held to be invalid; suoh invalidity shall not affeot the remaining portions thereof, and any irregular proceedings in the oonduot of said election, beginning with the passage of this Ordinanoe and ending with the final oanvass of votes and oerti- fication of offioers, shall not void said eloction, unless the fair results thereof might be ohanged by such irregularity, and to such an extent that the r':"-..." '" of~ioers elected thereby vrould not have been elected; it being the express inten- tion of the City Commission to enact this Ordinance without respect to suoh Section, or sections, held to be invalid and to effectuate such election without respect to any irregularities in the conduot of said election proceedings. SECTION TWELVE: The filing fee for each Candidate shall be as follows: For N.ayor ~hoo.oo For Commissioner $ 50.00 r- -I- ../ oM 611: <'# PASSED this ~--=./~:...~ day of ..FeliFlJ8l'Y' A. D., 1954, by a vote of two (2) AYES and no (0) NOES. APPROVED by the Mayer and attested by the ~"" C~by Clerk on said date. ~, .W. WIJ, 4~, Mayor, City of La: rte, Texas --:--'" .