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ORDINANCE NO. 3756
AN ORDINANCE ORDER;' THE h1jWS PAL ELECTION TD BE
HELD ON THE 7T14 DAY OF APRIL, 1994, FOR THE RAUCM
OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM 1HE RESPECTIVE
DISTRICTS NOS. ONE (1), FOUR (4), AND FIVE (5k pROVKgM
FOR THE ELECTION OFFICERS; DESIGNATING THE PLACES
AND MANNER OF HOLM4r. SAID F1 TZ" RWg3iMqG THE
HOURS; ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION;
PROYIOING FOR A SPECIAL CANVASSING BOARD FOR
ABSENTEE BALLOTS; AND PROVK*G FOR THE POSTM AND
PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.
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Pursuant to Article 11, Seclinn 12, of the Garter of the City of Baytown and
the Texas Election Code, 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,
TEXASa
Section 1: That the regular Municipal Election of the City of Baytown,
prescribed ir. said Section of said Charter of the City of Baytown, and pursuant to
Article 2.01 of the Texas Election Code, 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, 1984, 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;
Councilman from District No. Five.
Section 2: That said City is hereby divided into Election Precincts and their
polling places shall be and election c ials shall be, for the purpose-of this
election as [nlinwar
PRECINCT NO.
POLLING PLACE
OFFICIALS
NO. 12
YMCA
Ken Donovan
Judge 75 Ps :ding Officer
M = Hartrick
ternate Judge
NO. 13
Westminister
Presbyterian
A. L. Rieck
X PWa-iding
ge Officer
Church
Blanche Rieck
Alternate 3udge
NO. 28
Pumphrey Elementary
J. F. McChesney, Jr.
Judge & Presiding Officer
John L. Priddy
ternate Judge
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NO. 99
Lamar Elementary
Jack Hester
ud_tie 3 Presiding Officer
Ouida Hester
Alternate edge
NO. 100
Ashbel Smith
W. O. Tidmon
Elementary
Judge aiding
icer
Grace Tidmon
Alternate udge
NO. 101
Horace Mann Junior
Lou Venia Robberson
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Judge & Presi3ing Off
1Cer
S. V. Robberson
Alternate udge
NO. 102
Baytown Employees
Andres Contreras
Federation Bldg.
Mdg e X Kesiding Officer
(Nest to Brunson
Food Market)
Marie Garner
Alternate Judge
NO. 149
San Jacinto
Marie Kioeael
Elementary
Judge & Presiding Officer
Ciara Marti
Alternate cadge
NO. 165
Travis Elementary
Troy E. Peterson
Judge do Presiding
it er
Mary Hiebert
mate Judge
NO. 248
Carrrot -Jones
Atriss Lewis
Elementary
cadge & Presid-i-n-g-75—fficer
Johame Wilson
ternate
NO. 249
Redeemer
Philip D. Prater
Lutheran Church
Judge & Presidin-g-Wricer
JoAnn Prater
Alternate cadge
NO. 386
Stephen F. Austin
Mary
Elementary
u�dge & Presiding
icer
Henry M. Hunt
Alternate Judge
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Cedar Bayou
Junior
Charles M. Albright
Judge
& Presiding Officer
Mrs. Charles Albright
Alternate Judge
NO. 456 and
Harris County
Ed Frazier
that part of
Courthouse Annex
a & Presi-d'in-g-URI'cer
Harris County
No. 8, 701 Baker
Precinct #96
Road
Ann Frazier
inside the city
lte� age
limits
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NO. 532 James Bowie John R. McMillian
Elementary siding Officer
Ronald McCleod
Alternate Judge
NO. 533 Alamo Elementary Bambie Rios
iGave & Preai irtg :cer
Joe Roeder
Alternate 9e
. Section 3: inst 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 and City Clerk of the City Council shall do and perform each act as in
other elections required to be done and performed, respectively, by the County
Judge and the County Clerk of the Commissioners' Court. The notice of procla-
mation of this and all other City elections shall be issued and posted at the polling
places not later then thirty (30) days before the date of said election.
Section 4: That one Councilman shall be elected from each of the respective
Districts Nos. One (1), Four (4), and Five (5) from the City at large by a majority
vote; that said districts are as established, defined and outlined in Ordinance No.
3511 which divided the City of Baytown into six (6) districts of approximately equal
population, and was adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of
Baytown on the 22nd day of November 1982, and as said Ordinance has been
amended. Each Councilman so elected shall be a bona Fide resident of the district
represented by him; District Two (2), Three (3), and Six (6), as established in the
aforementioned Ordinance and as thereafter amended, are represented by three
holdover Councilmen and none shall be elected at this election from those throe
districts. Said three councilmen 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 (6) councilmen r' :all be citizens of
. the United States of America and qualified voters of the State of Texas; shall have
resided for at least six (6) months next preceding the election within the corporate
limits of Baytown; and shall not be in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other
liability due the City.
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Section 6: That any eligible and qualified person may have his name printed
upon the official ballot as an independent c "idate for the office of Councilman
fo-om his respective district, by filing his sworn application with the Mayor of the
iCity of Baytown at least thirty (30) days prior to the date �jf this election. The
applicants shall state the specific office or place being sought by the applicant and
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that tho applicant is eligible and qualified ender 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 the candidates for the
office of Councilman shall be substantially as follow=
"To the Mayor of the City of Baytown, Texas, Greetings:
1, , hereby make
application to have have my name panted on the official ballot as
an independent candidate for the office of Councilman repre-
senting District No, to be voted upon at the City election
to be held on the 7tfi —dey of April, 1984, and 1 hereby certify
that 1 am qualified to hold such office, if elected.
igreed by Applicant
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS
being duly sworn,
deposes and says t at the statements contained in the foregoing
application are true.
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME,at Baytown,
Texas, this day of , 1984.
NOTARY FORM IN W5TM
HARRIS COUNTY, T E X A S
(b) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by
qualifies eiectors, altnougn sucn petition is not re 4uu ud.
(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:
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"I, of the County of Harris, State of
Texas, being a candidate or the office of Councilman, do
solemnly swear that, if elected, I will support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of
Texas."
a 0 ate s Signature
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME at Baytown,
Texas, this the day of , 1983.
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NOTARY -PUBLIC IN FOR
HARRIS COUNTY, T E X A S
(NOTARY SEAL)
Section 8: That the form of the ballot for said election small be substantially
as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
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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 of at least ten (10) days before she orders the ballo'.s 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 not be thereafter contested. The City Clerk shall preserve
in her office, for a period of two (2) years, all applications, notice of objections,
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and other related papers.
Section 10: That any person eligible for the office of Councilman or Mayor
who has filed his own sworn application in accordance with the provisions •-f this
ordinance shall have his name printed on the official t.allot. Any such person may
cause his name to be withdrawn at anytime before the official ballots are actually
printed by filing, in writing, with the City Clerk, a request to that effect over his
owr signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No names so withdrawn shall
be printed on the ballot. No later than twenty (20) days before the date of the
election, the City Clerk shall have the official ballot printed.
Section 11: Each qualified voter who desires to cast an absentee vote and a
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 provisions of the Texas Election Code of 1451, as amended,
Section 12: The City Council Chamber and Conference Room area in City
Hall of the city of Baytown, 2401 Market Street is hereby established as the Central
Counting Station to receive and tabulate voted ballots. The City Clerk is hereby
appointed Manager of the Central Counting Station and also Tabulation Supervisor.
Edna Oliver is hereby appointed Presiding .fudge for the Central Counting Station,
and J. Rodger Reed is appointed as Alternate Judge.
Section 13: There is hereby created a Special Canvassing Board which shall
count all absentee ballots. Edna Oliver is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of the
Ek,*M: and J. Rodger Reed is appointed as Alternate Judge.
Section 14: 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, aid Notice shall be
Y� posted not less than thirty (30) days before the data
of 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; said publication to be made no later than
twenty- five •(25) full Gays prior to the date of said election.
Section 15: This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on this the 26th day of January,
1984.
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