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Ordinance No. 1,012ORD I NANCE NO . 1012 11"fall AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 1970, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS NOS. ONE (1), FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5); PRO- VIDING 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 ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Sect i oil 1 : That the regular Municipal Election of the City of Baytown, prescribed in said Section of said Char- ter 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 7th day of April, 1970, in said City for the purpose of electing the following members of the City Council: Councilman from District No. One; Councilman from District No. Four; and Councilman froffl District 11o. Five. Section 2: That said City is hereby divided into Election Precincts and their polling places will be and elec- tion officials shall be, for the purpose of this Election, as follows: Precinct N o . P o l l i n P1 ace Official s No. 12 Alamo Elem. School Bill G. Rogers Judge & Presiding Officer Assistant Judge Assistant Judge W W Precinct No. Polling Place Officials__ No. 13 David G. Burnet Elem. Irving St. John Judge & Presiding Officer Dorothy St John Assistant Judge W. D. Smith Assistant Judge No. 99 Courtesy Ford Co. Jack G. Hester Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. Ouida Hester Assistant Judge Mrs. C. W. Grantham Assistant Judge No. 100 Ashbel Smith School W. 0. Tidmon Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. E. R. Rutledge Assistant Judge E. R• Rutledge Assistant Judge No. 101 Horace Mann Jr. High Mrs. G. E. Dabney Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. S. V. Robberson Assistant Judge Mrs. B. B. Elliott, Sr Assistant Judge No. 102 Baytown Junior High A. Contreras Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. J. W. Sprayberry Assistant Judge Mrs. Nami Katribe Assistant Judge No. 103 Stephen F. Austin Elem. Mrs. Claude Tompkins Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. W. A. Goodrich Assistant Judge Mrs. J. B. Holloway Assistant Judge No. 149 San Jacinto Elem. r4rs. Fred J. Mart -' Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. I. G. Treat Assistant Judge Mrs. Marjie Kloesel Assistant Judge -2- 5W W Precinct No. Polling Place Officials No. 165 Travis Elementary School No. 248 Carver -Jones Elem. No. 249 James Bowie Elem. J. Rodger Read Judge & Presiding Officer J. F. Mccheney, Jr Assistant Judge Mrs. C. J. Brieden Assistant Judge Woodrow W. Lewis Judge & Presiding Officer Mrs. C. D. Reed Assistant Judge Mrs. Johanna Wilson Assistant Judge Wayne McClurg Judge & Presiding Officer M. J. Stein 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 as in other elections required to be done and performed, respectively, by the County Judge, the County Clerk or the Commissioners' Court. The notice of proclamation of this and all other City Elections shall be i.ssued 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 Districts Numbers 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 the Commission appointed by the City Council for the purpose of dividing the City of Baytown into six Districts of approximately equal population, the report of said Commission being dated the 5th day of —3— February, 1948, and adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of Baytown on the 5th day of February, 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 (2), Three (3) and Six (6), as established in the aforementioned report of said Commission, are repre- sented by three holdover Councilmen 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 years. There shall be no Election for mayor until the year 1971 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 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 in- dependent 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 -4- 91MMI a "To the Mayor of the City of Baytown, Texas:, Greetings: I, . hereby make application to have my name printed oil 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 7th day of April, 1970, and I hereby certify that I am qualified to hold such office, if elected. Signed by Applicant THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS , being duly sworn, de- poses and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. Signed by Applicant Subscribed and sworn to before me at Baytown, Texas, this _ day of 1 1970. [SEAL] Notary {pub 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 (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 tile Ci ty of Baytown, County of Harris, State of Texas, being a can- didate for the office of Councilman, do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our pre- sent representative form of government and, if elected, I will support and defend our present representative form of government and will re- sist 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 Subscribed and sworn to before me, at Baytown, Texas:, this day of 1970. [SEAL] Notary Public in and for Harris County, Texas" -5-- Wi G: 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 inspec- tion 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 objections. In case no such objection is filed within the time prescribed, the regularity or validity of the application of any person whose name is so posted, shall be thereafter contested. The City Clerk shall preserve in her office, for a period of two (2) 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 ballot. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots ,�///101/111111 1,101311ml, 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 names so withdrawn shall be printed on the ballot. No later than twenty days before the date of the Election, the City Clerk shall have the of- ficial ballot 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 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 be-fore the date of said Election. The Mayor is hereby directed to give notice of said Election by publishing a copy of the Election Proclai,iiation and Notice in a newspaper of general circulation within said City; said publication to be made no later than thirty (30) full days prior to the date of said Election. vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, this 22nd day of January, 1970. C CLEW WALKER, Mayor C) 6, E-DNA OLIVER - -­City Clerk mgmmm� CIO A If I W I El- I'-A M P. L A U G H L I N `,_ �-f ty 9 t,"t o r n e y -7-