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Ordinance No. 718ORDINANCE X10. 718 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 1964, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS MS. 1, 4 AND 5; 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 Article II, Section 12, 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 ORDhINED 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 said Charter of the City of Baytown shall be held between the hours of seven (7:00) o'clock a.m. and seven (7:00) o'clock p.m. on the seventh (7th) day of April, 1964, in said City for the purpose of electing the fol- lowing members of the City Council: One Councilman from District No. One (1); One Councilman from District No. Four (4); and One Councilman from District No. Five (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 No. 12 Alamo Elementary School No. 13 David G. Burnett Elementary School No.. 99 Thad Felton Ford Company Officials Walter B. Mabe Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge W. F. Walsh Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge Jack G. Hester _ Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge Precinct No. Polling Place Officials No, 100 Ashbel Smith Elementary School W1. 0. Tidmon Judge and Presiding Officer Mrs. E. R. Rutledge -- Assistant Judge Gerald Atkinson Assistant Judge No. 101 Volunteer Firemen's Recreation Hall Mrs. G. Is. -Dabney Judge and Presiding Officer Mrs. Alma tiloore Assistant Judge Mrs. S. V. Robberson Assistant Judge No. 102 Baytown Junior High School A. Contreras Judge and Presiding Officer Mrs. J 11. S ra berr Assistant Judge 119rs, Nami Katribe Assistant Judge No. 103 Stephen F. Austin Elementary School Mrs. JV. A. Goodrich Judge and Presiding Officer Mrs. J. B. Hollawa Assistant Judge Mrs. Henry Woote_n_____ Assistant Judge No. 149 San Jacinto Elementary School Theodore L. Kloesel Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge No. 165 Travis Elementary School John W, Pierce Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge No. 248 Carver High School Woodrow W. Lewis Judge and Presiding Officer Mrs. C. D. Reed Assistant Judge Mrs. Virgie Devereaux Assistant Judge No. 249 James Bowie Elementary School Wayne McClurg Judge and Presiding Officer Assistant Judge 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 elections required to be done and performed respectively by the County Judge, the County Clerk or the Com- missioner'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 thirty (30) days before the date of said election. Section 4: That one Councilman shall be elected from each of the respective Dis- tricts Nos. one (1), four (4) and five (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 said Commission appointed by the City Council for the purpose of divid- ing the City of Baytown into six (6) Districts of approximately equal population, the report of said Commission being dated the 5th day of February, 1948, and adopted and ap- proved by the City Council of the City of Baytown on the 5th day of February, 1946; and as said report has been amended. Each Councilman so elected shall be a bona fide resi- Oent of the District represented by him; Districts two, three and six, as established in the aforementioned report of said Commission, are represented by three holdover Council- men and none shall be elected at this election from those three Districts. Said three Councilmen to be elected at this election shall hold office for a period of two (2) years. There shall be no election for Mayor until the year 1965 under the Charter of the City of Baytown. 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 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 payments 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 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 applicants 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, , hereby make application to have 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 seventh (7th) day of April, 1964, and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. Signed by ARplicant _ 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 by ,Ipplicant Subscribed and sworn to before me at Baytown, Texas, this day of , 1964. (Seal) Notary Public in and for Harris County, T e x a s" (b) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is not required. (c) 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 Election Laws of Texas, in substantially the following form: "I, , 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 repre- sentative form of government 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. Candidates Signature Subscribed and sworn to before me at Baytown, Texas, this day of , 1964. (Seal) 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 substantially as follows: OFFICIAL BALLOT For Councilman District No. 1: For Councilman 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 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 (S) days after such Posting, by written notice filed with the City Clerk, setting forth the grounds of objec- tions. In case no objection is filed within the time prescribed, the regularity or validi- ty of the application of no person posted, shall be thereafter contested. The City Clerk shall preserve, in her office, for a period of two (2) years all applications, notices 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. No 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 ex- pects to be absent on the day of the City's general election shall be entitled to an of- ficial ballot and the right to cast such ballot in accordance with the provisions 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 publishing a copy of the Election Proclamation and Notice in a newspaper of general circulation within said City, A said publication to be made no 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 members of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this 23rd day of January, 1964. L. Liggett, R.D., Mayor ATTEST: Edna Oliver, City Clerk APPROVED: A6112'� IZ�1� /. Geor a Chandler, City attorney