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CC Resolution No. 620 979 RESOLUTION NO. 620 A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF A SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION HELD WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1978 , FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT NO. FOUR (4) TO SERVE A REGULAR TWO-YEAR TERM; FINDING THAT NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND PROPERLY GIVEN AND THAT SAID ELECTION WAS PROPERLY HELD AND THE RETURNS THEREOF MADE BY THE PROPER OFFICIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS . WHEREAS , pursuant to Article IX, Section 96 of the Charter of the City of Baytown , the City Council of said City, at a Special Meeting on this 1st day of May, 1978, proceeded, as required by law, to canvass the returns of a Special Runoff Election held in the City of Baytown on the 22nd day of April , 1978 , for the purpose of electing a Councilman from District No. Four (4) ; said Election having been held under and pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of the City and an ordinance duly passed on the loth day of April , 1978, calling said Election ; and WHEREAS, said Election having been duly and regularly had and held as called in said ordinance and according to law, and the returns thereof having been duly made and the Election Judges having certified the results of said Election , as hereinafter set out , and the City Council having duly and regularly canvassed the returns of said Election and finding that the total votes cast at said Election were as follows, to wit : FOR COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT NO. 4 LEON COX, JR. 593 votes J. S . "JIMMY" JOHNSON, JR. 785 votes WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Baytown finds the Election returns, as set out above , to be accurate and 980 correct and no Election protest or contest having been filed with said Council or instituted in connection with said Election; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS : Section 1 : That J. S . "JIMMY" JOHNSON, JR. received a majority of the votes cast at said Election for the office of Councilman from District No. Four (4) , and accordingly, the said J. S . "JIMMY" JOHNSON, JR. is hereby declared elected to the office of Councilman from District No. Four. Section 2 : That the City Council of the City of Baytown further finds that the notice of said Election was duly and properly given as required by law and as provided in the ordinance calling said Election and that said Election was duly and regularly held and the returns thereof duly and regularly made by the proper officials of said Election, and in all things according to law. INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 1st day of May, 1978. A.I . 02:�� 'FMMETT O. HUTTO, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: n SCOTT�BOUN S, City Attorney -2-