Ordinance No. 991(
ORDINANCE NO. 991
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ON THE QUESTION OF THE ADOPTION OF
A ONE PERCENT (1 %) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN SAID CITY;
DESIGNATING THE HOURS AND THE DAY OF THE ELECTION AND THE
POLLING PLACES THEREFOR; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS
THEREFOR; PROVIDING THAT ALL DULY QUALIFIED RESIDENT ELECT-
ORS SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE; PRESCRIBING FORM OF BALLOT;
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION; CONTAINING OTHER PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO SAID ELECTION AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Whereas, Article 1066c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes (Acts 1967, 60th
Legislature, Regular Session, Chapter 36, Page 62, as amended by Chapter 57,
Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, authorizes the governing body
of any city, town or village in Texas to call an election for the purpose of adopting
a local sales and use tax within such city, town or village; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That a special election shall be held in and throughout the City
of Baytown, Texas, between the hours of seven (7:00) o'clock a. m. and seven (7:00)
o'clock p.m. on the 23rd day of September, 1969, at which election there shall be
submitted to the resident qualified voters of said City of Baytown, for their action
thereupon, the following propositions:
"FOR adoption of a one percent (1 %) local sales and use tax within
the city. "
"AGAINST adoption of a one percent (116) local sales and use tax
within the city. "
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
Number 12
Alamo Elementary School Bill G. Rogers
Judge & Presiding Officer
C. C. Laughlin
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Charles E. Gates
Assistant Judge
Precinct No.
Polling Place
Officials
Judge & Presiding Officer
Number 13
David G. Burnet Elementary
Irving St. J o h n
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Assistant Judge
Number 103 Stephen F. Austin
Dorothy St. John
Elementary School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Assistant Judge
Mrs. W. A. Goodrich
W. D. Smith
Mrs. R. L. Tolleson
Assistant Judge
Number 99
Courtesy Ford Company:
Jack G. Hester
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. Fred J. Marti, Jr.
Mrs. Ouida Hester
Assistant Judge
Mrs. C. W. Grantham
Assistant Judge
Number 100
Ashbel Smith Elementary
W. 0. T i dmo n
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. E. R. Rutledge
Assistant Judge
Frank Fields
Assistant Judge
Number 101
Horace Mann Junior High
Mrs. G. E. Dabney
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. S. V. Robberson
Assistant Judge
Eugene Slagle
Assistant Judge
Number 102 Baytown Junior High
A. Contreras
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. J. W. Sprayberry
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Nami Katribe
Assistant Judge
Number 103 Stephen F. Austin
Mrs. Claude Tompkins
Elementary School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. W. A. Goodrich
Assistant Judge
Mrs. R. L. Tolleson
Assistant Judge
Number 149 San Jacinto Elementary
Mrs. Ted Kl oesel
School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. Fred J. Marti, Jr.
Assistant Judge
Mrs. I. G. Treat
Assistant Judge
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Precinct No. Polling Place Officials
Number 165 Travis Elevemtary School Mrs. J. Rodger Read
Judge & Presiding Officer
Number 248
Number 249
Carver High School
James Bowie Elementary
School
Mrs. C. J. Brieden
Assistant Judge
J. F. McChesney
Assistant Judge
W. W. Lewis
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. C. D. Reed
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Johanna Wilson
Assistant Judge
Wayne McClurg
Judge & Presiding Officer
Marie McClurg
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Modine Baker
Assistant Judge
Section 3: That said election shall be held in accordance with the Constitu-
tion and laws of the State of Texas, and all duly qualified resident electors of the
City of Baytown, Texas, shall be qualified to vote.
Section 4: That the ballots of said election shall conform to the requirements
of Section 2, Subsection G, of Articles 1066c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes (Acts
1967, 60th Legislature, Regular Session, Chapter 36, Page 62) and to the require-
ments of Chapter 6 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and the
language to be printed thereon shall include the following:
"FOR adoption of a one percent (1 0/6) local sales and use tax
within the city. "
"AGAINST adoption of a one percent (1 %) local sales and use
tax within the city. "
Section 5: That notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be
given: (a) by publication on the same day of two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation published within said City of Baytown, the date of the first
publication to be at least twenty -one (21) days prior to the date set herein for such
election; and (b) by posting of such notice at the polling place in each of the election
precincts of the City of Baytown not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set
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herein for such election. it is hereby found and determined that the Baytown Sun
is a newspaper published within the City of Baytown, Texas, and is a newspaper
of general circulation within said City of Baytown.
Section 6: If any provision, exception, section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any per-
son or act of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of
this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and
to this end they are declared to be severable.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, this 22nd day of August, A. D. ,
1969.
Ecffia Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED-
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i5far"n R. Laughlin, tity At rney
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C. Glen Walker, Mayor