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Ordinance No. 2610 0 ORDINANCE NO. 261 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1955, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS NOS. 2, 3 AND 6, AND THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR FROM THE CITY AT LARGE; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS, DESIGNATING THE PLACES AND MANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION, PRESCRIBING THE HOURS AND PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. PURSUANT to Section 12 of Article II, of the Charter of the City of Baytown, 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 BAYTOWN: SECTION 1: THAT the regular municipal election of the City of Baytown prescribed 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 5th day of April, A. D., 1955, in said city for the purpose of electing the following members of the City Council: One councilman from District No. 2; one councilman from District No. 3; one councilman from District No. 6; and the Mayor from the city at large•. SECTION 2: THAT said city is hereby divided into election precincts and their polling places will be and election officials shall be, for the purposes of this election, as follows: Precinct No, Polling Place Officials No. 99 Thad Felton Automobile Agency No. 100 Wilkenfeld's Furniture Co. No. 101 City Hall T. L. Satterwhite Judge & Presiding cer Mrs. S. B. Herbert ss s n u ge Mrs. C. J. Bailey ssis n u ge Mr. H. T. Hulme Judge 7.Presiding Officer Mrs. Lela Mallory Assistant Judge C. M. Gartman Aslistant Uudge Mrs. E. E. Slagle Judge & Presiding OffIcer Mrs. Frank Moore Assistant Judge Mrs. G. L. Dabney Assi8tanE u ge C� Precinct No. PcUing Place Officials No. 102 Mexican Recreation Hall J. W. Sweeney Judge & FreslTing Officer J. A. Hul. Assistant Judge P. L. Deverter ss stant Judge No. 149 San Jacinto Elementary School J. Rodger Read Judge & Presiding icer John Henderson Assistant Judge B. G. Amerson Assistant Judge No. 218 Carver School J. C. Baldwin Judge & Presiding Offi. cer Mrs. Classie Reed Assistant Judge Mrs. C. A. McCloud Assistant Judge No. 249 Antle Plumbing Co. Mrs. C. G. Parsley Judge & FresiUlng 0 j`cer Mrs. Weldon Herring Ass scant udge Mrs. C. Stonger Assistant u ge 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 Mayor, City Clerk, or the City Council 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 commissioner's 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. 2, 3 and 6 and the Mayor from the City of Baytown at -large by a majority vote of the city at large; that said districts are and shall be as established, defined, outlined in the report of the commission appointed by the City Council for the purpose of dividing the City of Baytown into six (6) Districts of approximately equal 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., 1918; and as said report was amended on Tlebruary 3, 1950 and January 6, 1955. Each councilman so elected shall be a bona fide resident of the district represented by him; Districts 1p 4 and 5 as established and defined in the aforementioned report of said commission !FM are represented by three (3) holdover councilmen and none shall be elected at this election from these three (3) districts. Said three (3) councilmen and Mayor to be elected at this election shall hold office for a period of two years. SECTION 5: THAT the qualifications of the members of the City Council shall be as follows: The Mayor 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 resided for at least two years next preceding the election within the corporate limits of Baytown; shall be a bona fide owner of real estate within the corporate limits of Baytown; and shall not be in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other liability due the city. SECTION 6: THAT any eligible and qualified person may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an independent candidate for the office of councilman • from his respective district or for the office of mayor to be elected from the city at large by filing his sworn application with the mayor of the City of Baytown at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this election. 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 follows: ( "'To the Mayor of the City of Baytown, Texas, Greetings: "I, , do hereby make application to have my name printed on the o f cia ba of as an independent-cand date for the office of councilman representing District No. , to be voted upon at the city election to be held on the 5th day of Ap =I, 1955; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. "THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS , being duly swor►i, deposes and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. Signed 'tSubscribed and sworn to before me this the day of , 1955. (Seal) NoEgry Public -in an or Harris County, Texas." (b) the form of sworn application for candidates for the office of Mayor shall be substantially as follows: "To the Mayor of the City of Baytown, Texas, Greetings: "I, , hereby make application to have my name printed on the orficlal ballot as an independent candidate for the office of Mayor to be elected from the city at large and to be voted upon at the city election to be held on the 5th day of April, 1955; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. W13 • to THE S TA TE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS • ® " , being dully sworn, deposes and says that the statements conEa-inea in t5e foregoing application are true. Signed "Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day of , 1955. NoEiry PublIc in and for (Seat) Harris County, Texas (c) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is not required. (d) Such sworn applications for candidates for the office of councilman shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the "Loyalty Affidavit" as required by the Texas Election Code of 1951, in substantially the following form: 'II, , of the City of Baytown, County of Harris, State of Texas, -being a caid te for the office of Councilman, do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our present representative form of government • and will resist any effort or movement from any source which seeks to subvert or destroy the 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. NanaldaZels Signa re "Sworn to and subscribed before me at Baytown, Texas, this the day of , A. D., 1955. Notary Public in and for Harris County, Texas." (e) Such sworn application for candidates for the office of the Mayor shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the "Loyalty Affidavit" as required by the Texas Election Code of 1951, in substantially the following form: "I, , of the City of Baytown, County of Harris, State of Texas, being a candidate for the office of Mayor, do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our present representative form of government, • and if elected, I will support and defend our present representiative form of government and will resist any effort or movement from any source which seeks to subvert or destroy the 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 Sign a ire "Sworn to and subscribed before me at Baytown, Texas, this the day of , A. D., 1955. Notary Public in an or Harris County, Texas." SECTION 8: THAT the form of the ballot for said election shall be substantially as follows: 0 -4- OFFICIAL BALLOT • FOR MAYOR-* (FROM 'CITY AT LARGE) FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. 2 FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. 3 • FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT N0. 6 SECTION 9: THAT the names of all 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 public for at least ten (10) days before she orders the ballots to be printed. _ All objections 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 arty person eligible to the office of councilman or mayor • 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 -5- over his own signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No name so with- drawn shall be printed on the ballots. Not later than twenty (20) days before the date of this 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 provisions of the Texas Election Code of 1951. SECTION 12: The Chief of Police is hereby directed to post a properly executed 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 full days prior to the date set for said election. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 27th day of January, 1955. ATTEST: e. (26"'a� Ma Oliver, M77 Clerk • • a