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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1966-735 . . ~- w.. ORDINANCE NO. ?,4.:tr AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE REGULAR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; DESIGNATING AN ELECTION PRECINCT AND A POLLING PLACE; PROVIDING FOR THE ,USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPO+NTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF ABSENTEE VOTING; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF' VOTES OF ~AID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTIQE; PROVIDING FOR FILING DEADLINE AND FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE" TEXAS" THAT: Section 1. An election shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte" Texas" on the 26th day ~AIl of April" 1966; such day being the fourth Tuesday in April, 1966, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and Seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., for the purpose of electing a Mayor of said City; a Commissioner of said City for Position No.2; and a Commissioner of said City for Position No.4. Section 2. Th~ City Commission of the City of La Porte hereby designates and establishes all of the area encompassed within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, as one election precinct for this election" and the City Hall of the City of La Porte is designated as the one pollin~ place for such election. Voting machines shall be used in the conduct of such election. . Section 3. MRS. H. M. RALSTON is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of said election" and MRS. OTIS HARRISON is hereby appointed Alternate Presiding Judge of said election. The ,maximum number of clerks which may be appointed to serve at said election is three (3), who shall be selected by the Presiding Judge or the Alternate Presiding Judge, as the case may be. -~ ,., Section 4. Absentee voting by personal appearance shall begin on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th day preceding the day of the election. Absentee voting shall be conducted by the City Clerk at the same place as provided in Section 2 hereof. Voting machines shall be used for the casting of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk shall not ".,tc,c . e -2- '.' permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance on any day which is not a, ~egular working day for the Clerk's office, or at any time when the Clerk's office is not open to the pub- lic. The City Clerk of the City of La Porte is hereby authorized and directed to appoint deputy absentee balloting clerks, as necessary. Section 5. Immediately after the close of the polls on the 26th day of April, 1966, the election officials shall make due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of La Porte, , , and the City Commission shall canvass said returns at the earliest 4It practicable time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, declare the results of the election. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the greatest number of votes has been polled for each respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected officials shall assume their duties within ten (10) days thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the oath of office. Section 6. Notice of said election shall be given by publication in the LaPorte-Bayshore Sun, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the said election, of the following notice: :- "NOTICE OF ELECTION" I, H. P. Pfeiffer, M~yor of the City of La Porte, Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order that an. election be held in the City of La Porte, T~xas; on the 26th day of April, 1966, for the purpose of electing a Mayor; a Commissioner for Position 2; and a Commissioner for Position 4; and that said election shall be held at the City Hall in said City between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on said date, and the following named persons are the appointed officials ,of said election , to-wit: ..a. Presiding Judge Alternate '.Presiding Judge Absentee votin~ by personal appearance shall begin on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th day preceding the day of the. election and shall be conduc,ted at the City Hall of the City of .La Porte, between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M., except on Saturdays, and legal holidays. . ...... H. P. PFEIFFER, Mayor of the City of La Porte, Texas . e f.~ :- -3- and further notice of said election shall be given by posting a copy of this Ordinance at the City Hall for thirty (30) days next preceding said election. Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and . '. directed to give notice of said election in accordance with Section 6 hereof. Section 8. Upon a candidate tendering his application on the form prescribed, the City Clerk shall furnish to such candidate all information relative to the qualifications for the office being sought; the method of placing the candidate's name "_ on the ballot; the amount of the required filing fee; and any other pertinent information concerning said election. Section 9. The deadline for a candidate to make application to have his name appear upon the ballot for such election, is hereby designated and established as five o'clock (5:00) P.M. on Saturday, March 26, 1966, and the City Clerk of the City of La Porte is hereby directed to open office on said date, for the sole purpose of receiving any such applications as may be filed before said d_dline. The filing fee for each candidate for the office of Commissioner is hereby established at Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and the filing fee for Mayor is hereby tit established at the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The filing fees shall be used to defray the cost of the election, and said fees shall be pro-rated and any surplus shall be refunded to said candidates. Section 10. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter of the O~ty of La Porte, and the general election laws of the State of Texas governing general and municipal el~ctions, so far as same may be applicable thereto. ~ Section 11. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately con- sidered and passed by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed ~ .. ~.' . '. . e -4- without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in effect imme- diately upon its passage and approval. PASSED and APPROVED this the ?" ~ day of February, A . D. 1966. ATTEST: Texas ~aA~'~~!w' CITY C RK, Ci of La por ,Texas ".