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Ordinance No. 620is L J • Id . i ORDINANCE NO. 820 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 9, 1961, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECT- ING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM THE-JESPECTIVE DIS- TRICTS NOS. 2, 3 AND 6, AND THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR FROM THE CITY AT LARGE; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFI- CERS, DESIGNATING THE PLACES AND MANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION, PRESCRIBING THE HOURS AND PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING AND PUBLICATION OF ?')TICE. 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 ofithe 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 be- tween the hours of 7 :00 o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m, on the 9th day of April, 1961, in said City for the purpose of electing the following members of the City Council: One (1) Councilman from District No. Two (2); One (1) Councilman from District No. Three (3); One (1) Councilman from District No. Six (6); and A 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 purpose of this elec- tion, as follows: • Precinct No Polling Place Officials No, 12 Alamo School R. F. Rhodes Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. R. L. Lawhon Assistant Judge Mrs. J. D. Sirratt Assistant Judge No. 99 Thad Felton's Automobile Agency Mrs. Ouida W. Hester Judge & Presiding Officer Jack G. Hester Assistant Judge P. S. Viles Assistant Judge ® No. 100 Wilkenfeld's Furniture Company W. O. Tidmon Judge & Presiding Officer Gerald G. Atkinson Assistant Judge Mrs. Conrad Matysiak, Assistant Judge : • Precinct No. Polling Place Officials No. 101 Firemen's Recreation Hall No. 102 No. 149 No. 248 No. 249 Community House No. 2 J. J. Strickling Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. G. L. Dabney Assistant Judge Mrs. Alma Moore Assistant Judge J. W. Sprayberry Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. Nami Katribe Assistant Judge Mrs. J. W. Sprayberry Assistant Judge San Jacinto Elementary School A. R. Stark l Judge G Presiding Officer Carver High School James Bowie Elementary School John Henderson Assistant Judge Mrs. C. R. Hinton Assistant Judge Woodrow Lewis Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. Virgie Devereaux Assistant Judge Mrs. C. D. Reed Assistant Judge Wayne McClurg Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. Kathryn Alford Assistant Judge Mrs. J. E. Baker 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 Mayor, City Clerk or the City Council shall do and perform each act in other elec- tions 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 b, 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 estab- lished, defined, outlined in the report of the Commission appointed by the City Council for the purpose of dividing the City of Baytown into six (b) Districts of approximately equal population, the report of said Commission being dated the 5th day of February, 1948, and adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of 2- 0 • E • Baytown on the 5th day of February, 1948, and as amended. Each Councilman so elected shall be a bona fide resident of the District represented by him; Districts One (1), Four (4) and Five (5) as established and defined in the aforementioned re- port of said Commission 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 (2) 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 six (6) months 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 ap- plicant 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 official ballot as an independent candidate for the office of Councilman representing District Nom , to be voted upon at the City Election to be held on the 4th day of April, 1961; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. THE STATE OF TEXAS I COUNTY OF HARRIS I , being duly sworn, deposes and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. Signed: - Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day of , 1961. (Seal) Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s" (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 official 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 4th day of April, 1961; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. THE STATE OF TEXAS I COUNTY OF HARRIS I being duly sworn, deposes and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. Signed: Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day of , 1961. (Seal) Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s" ® (c) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is not required. (d) Such sworn application 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: tit, , of the City of Baytown, County of Harris, State of Texas, being a candidate for the office of Councilman, 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 re- presentative 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 Signature) • Sworn to and subscribed before me at Baytown, Texas, this the day of , 1961. Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s" (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: 'II, , 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 govern- ment, and if elected, I will support and defend 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. (Candidate's Signature) Sworn to and subscribed before me at Baytown, Texas, this the day of , 1961. Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s -4- Section 8: That the form of the ballot for said election shall be substantial- 0 ly as follows: OFFICIdL BALLOT For Mayor (From City at Large) For Councilman District No. 2 • For Councilman District No. 3 For Councilman District No. 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 pub- lie 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 objections. In case no 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 or Mayor who 9 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, -5- • by filing in writing with the City Clerk a request to that effect over his own signa- ture, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No name so withdrawn 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's General Election shall be entitled to an official ballot and the right to cast such ballot in accordance with the provi- sions of the Texas Election Code of 1951, as amended. 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 notice of said election by publish- ing a copy of the Election Proclamation and Notice in a newspaper of general circu- lation 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 a majority of the mem- bers of the City Council of the City of Baytown this 26th day of January, 1961. ATTEST: C Edna Oliver, City Clerk 0 1 R. H. Pruett, Mayor