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Ordinance No. 4610 ORDINANCE N0. 461 • . • AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE iUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 1958, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FW3 THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS NOS. 1, C AND 5; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS, DESIGNATING THE PLACES AND N7ANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION, PRESCRIBING THE HOURS AND PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING AND PUBLICA- TION OF NOTICE. PURSUANT to Section 12 of Article II, of the Charter of the City of Bay- tot-in, providing for the manner of election and the term of office of the members of the City Council of the City of Baytown: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 6AYT0!'1N: SECTION 1: THAT the regular municipal election of the City of Baytown pre- scribed in said Section of the Charter of the City of Baytown shall be held between the hours of seven o'clock a.m, and seven o'clock p.m, on the first (1st) day of April, A.D., 1958, in said City for the purpose of electing the following members of the City Council: One Councilman from District No. 1; One Councilman from Dis- trict No. n; and One Councilman from District No. 5. SECTION 2: THAT said City is hereby divided into election precincts and their polling places will be and election officials shall be, for the purpose of this election, as follows: Precinct No. Polling Place Officials No. 12 Alamo School T• L• Satterwhite Judge G Presiding Officer • J. F. Rhodes Assistant Judge rl s• J. F. Rhodes Assistant Judge No. 99 Thad Felton's Automobile Agency Jack G Hester Judge & Presiding Officer H. N. Love:: Assistant Judge Mrs. H. N. Love Assistant Judge No, 100 ! "ilkenfeld's Furniture Company H T Hulme Judge & Presiding Officer C. N. Gartman Assistant Judge Frs. J. B. Orton Assistant Judge No. 101 Firemen's Recreation Hall C. H. Olive Judge & Presiding Officer firs E E Slagle Assistant Judge i;rs G E Dabney Assistant Judge No. 102 W*MM&4Il+S6iuWffMT Nami Katribe Baytown M. High School Judge is Presiding Officer Drs, Nami Katribe • Assistant Judge Nrs L B. Guvnes Assistant Judge No. 149 San Jacinto Elementary School John P. Henderson judge Presiding Officer mrs. C. T. Hinton Assistant Judge Pars. E. L. hiller Assistant Judge No. 248 Career High School Voodrow W. Lewis Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. yiraie Devereaux Assistant Judge ilrs. C. D. Reed Assistant Judge No. 249 James Bowie Elementary School 17ayne McClurg Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. L. C. Barrow Assistant Judge K. K. Kitchpl Assistant Judge SECTION 3: THAT this election shall be held in accordance with and shall be governed by the election laws of the State of Texas. In all City elections the Hayor, City Clerk, or the governing body shall_ do and perform each act in other elections required to be done and performed respectively by the County Judge, the County Clerk or the Commissioners' Court. The notice or proclamation of this and • all other City elections shall be issued and posted at the polling places not later than 30 days before the date of said election. SECTION 4: THAT one Councilman shall be elected from each of the respective Districts Nos. 1, 4 and 5 of the City of Baytown by a majority vote of the City at large; that said districts are and shall be established, defined, and outlined in the report of the Commission appointed by the City Council for the purpose of divid- ing the City of Baytown into six (6) districts of approxi.mately.egnal population, the report of said Commission being dated the 5th day of February, A.D,, 1948, and adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of Baytown on the 5th day of February, A.D., 1948; and as said report has been amended. Each Councilman so elected shall be a bona fide resident of the district represented by him; Districts Two, Three and Six as established and defined in the aforementioned report of said Commission are represented by three (3) holdover Councilmen and none shall be elect• at this election from these three (3) districts. Said three (3) Councilmen to be elected at this election shall hold office for a period of two (2) years. There sh -2- • 0 be no election for i,;ayor until the year 1959, under the Charter of the City of i Baytown. • SECTION 5: THAT the qualifications of the members of the City Council shall be as follows: The i.;ayor and each of the six Councilmen shall be citizens of the United States of America and a qualified voter of the State of Texas; shall have re- sided for at least six months next preceding the election within t::e corporate limi` of Baytown; and shall not be in arrears in the paymer_ts of any taxes or other liabi: ity due the City. SECTION 6: THAT any eligible and qualified person may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an independent candidate 'or the c::fi-e of Councilman from his respective District by filing his sworn application with the i.;ayor of the City of Baytown at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this e_Dction. The application shall state the specific office or place being sought by the applicant and that the applicant is eligible and qualified under the laws of the State of Texas to become a candidate for and hold the office being sought, if elected. SECTION 7: (a) The form of the sworn application for candidates for the office of Councilman shall be substantially as fellows: "To the ?gayer of the City of Baytown, Texas, Gre W.ngs: hereby make application to yave my name printed on the official ballot as an independent candidate for the office of Councilman representing District No. — to be voted upon at the City Election to be held on the 1st day of April, 1956; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. "State of Texas i County of Harris X to , being duly sworn, deposes and Faye that the statements contained in the foregoing application are • (S :lined) "Subscribed and sworn to before me this the__day of Notary PA *5. -c in and for Harris On unty, T e .c a s (b) Such sworn application may be accompanied! wi.th a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is no'.. recaf.red, (c) Such sworn applications for candidates for thn offl.ce of Councilman shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the "Loyalty Af i.da�ri *." as required by the Election Laws of Texas, in substantially the following form: of the City of Bay$c; +In, Go-inty Harris; State of Texas, being a candi.d_ate fcr the officS • of Councilman, do solemnly swear the +. T. be.1live ir and p- prove of our present representative ::++ of - gcverrment, and if elected, I will support, and defend ;,-jr present represent- ative form of government and wi:'•.ircJ.r ° ar_y effort or move- ment from any source which seeks to Fsbvsx•t or destroy the -3- same or any part thereof, and I will support and defend the Constitution and Laws of the United States and of the State of Texas. • (Candidate's Signature) "Sworn to and subscribed before me at Baytown, Texas, this the day of A.D., 1958. Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s" SECTION 8: THAT the form of the ballot for said election shall be substan- tially as follows; and shall be in a form suitable for use in voting machines: OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. I • FOR COUNCILGIAN DISTRICT NO. 4 FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. 5 SECTION 9: THAT the names of those who have filed their sworn applications to have their names printed on the official ballot as candidates shall be posted by • the City Clerk in a conspicuous place at the City Hall for the inspection of the pub- lic for at least ten (10) days before she orders the ballots to be printed. All ob- jections to the regularity or validity of the application of any person shall be made within five (5) days after such posting, by written notice filed with the City Clerk, setting forth the grounds of objections. In case no such objection is filed within the time prescribed, the regularity or validity of the application of no person whose name is so posted, shall be thereafter contested. The City Clerk shall preserve in her office for a period of two years all applications, notice of objections and other related papers. SECTION 10: THAT any person eligible to the office of Councilman who has filed his sworn application in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance shall have his name printed on the official ballots. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots are actually printed by filing in writing with the City Clerk a request to that effect over his own signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No name so withdrawn shall be printed on the ballots -4- 0 Not later than twenty (20) days before the date of the election, the City Clerk shall have the official ballots printed. ® SECTION 11: Each qualified voter who desires to cast an absentee vote and who expects to be absent on the day of the City General Election shall be entitled to an official ballot and the right to cast such ballot in accordance with the absentee voting provisions of the Election Laws of Texas SECTION 12: The Chief of Police is hereby directed to post a properly exe- cuted copy of the election proclamation and notice at each polling place within the City. Said notice shall be posted not less than thirty (30) days before the date of said election. The Mayor is hereby directed to give further notice of said election by publishing a copy of the Election Proclamation and Notice in a newspaper of general circulation within said City, said publication to be made not later than thirty (30) • full days prior to the date set for said election. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this 23rd day of January, 1958. ATTEST: 0 r , d"Ilk� �J • Edna Oliver, City Clerk -5- I R. H. Pruett, i +layor