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RESOLUTION NO. 731
A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF A SPECIAL RUNOFF
ELECTION HELD WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 22ND
DAY OF APRIL, 1980, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A
COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT NO. ONE (1) TO SERVE A REGULAR
TWO-YEAR TERM; DECLARING THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION;
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 held on this 30th day of April ,
1980, 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 , 1980, for the purpose of electing a
Councilman from District No. One (1) ; said Election having
been held under and pursuant to the provisions of the Charter
of said City and an ordinance duly passed on the 10th day of
April, 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 DISTRICT NO. 1
Francis Portis 719 votes
Perry M. Simmons 915 votes
AND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown
finds the Election returns set out above to be accurate and
correct and no Election protest or contest having been filed
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with said Council or instituted in connection with said
Election returns ; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS :
Section 1 : That PERRY M. SIMMONS received a majority
of the votes cast at said Election for the office of Council-
man from District No . One ( 1) , and accordingly, the said
PERRY M. SIMMONS is hereby declared elected to the office of
Councilman from District No. One (1) .
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 , Texas, on this 30th
day of April , 1980.
'V/. '
4MIETLT 0. HUT Mayor
ATTEST:
EIEEN P HALL Cityrk
APPROVED:
S�w
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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