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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 0147 ORD' NANCE NO. llq AN ORD!NANCE CALL'NG REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD W THIN THE CORPORATE L'MITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH R CHLAND H LLS. TEXAS. ON THE 1ST TUESDAY IN APRIL, BEING APRiL ~ 1166 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND SEVEN CITY COUNC'LMENt ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING POLL'NG PLACES: NAMING AND DESIGNATING THE ELECTION OF OFFiCERS AND/6R OFFiCIALS CHOSEN TO HOLD AND CONDUCT SAID ELECT ON· PROVID NG FOR THE PAYMENT BY SAID CITY OF THE EXPENSES OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION- PRESCRIBING THE HOUR SAID POLLS SHALL BE AND REMAIN OPEN FOR THE CASTING OF BALLOTS AND PROVIDING FOR ABSENTEE VOTING~ PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION BY THE CITY SECRETARY OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING SEATS FOR CANDIDATES AND DEADLINE FOR Fill NG; PRES"~ I BING THE r.oRMH Of BALLOT TO BE USED; DEFINING QUALIFIED VOTERS FOR SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE MAKI NG AND DELI VER I ~;G OF THE RETURNS OF SA I D ELECTION, AND FOR TH~ DELIVERY OF THE STUBS OF BALLOTS USED IN SAID ELECTION TO THE DISTRICT CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE CANVASSING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY OF THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AND CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE HOLDING AND CONDUCTING OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR STA TE I\~m C0UiJTY OFF I CERS EXC~PT AS OT: :~Ri:J I SE PROV I DED UiJC::::R n:::: AUTHOR I TY CRAinED r';Uin C I PAll TIES. BE IT ORDAIN~D BY TiE CITY COU~~CIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1: THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE V., SeCTION 3 OF THE CH~RTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH RCIHLAND HILLS, TEXAS A'JD SUCH ELECTION IS HER~BY CALLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1966, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS FOR THE PRUPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND SEVEN CITY COUNCILMEN; SECTION 2: THAT POLLING SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED AT AND THE FOLLOWING ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AND ESTABLISHED AS POLLING PLACES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY: COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NAME AND NUMBER 41 SMITHFIELD 72 WATAUGA 42 HALTOM CITY 131 RICHLAND HILLS 140 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS POLLING PLACE NAME AND ADDRESS SMITHFIELD FIRE HALL, SMITHFIELD, TEXAS NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN CIRCLE ALL WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS. SECTION 3: THE NAMES OF THE JUDGES AND CLERKS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: MRS. J.F. HEWITT PRESIDING JUDGE MRS. ZONA PYRON ASSISTANT JUDGE MRS. RAY RHINE CLERK MRS. D.P. SIMS CLERK MRS. F.C. COOK CLERK MR. I.B. McGEEHEE PRESIDING JUDGE MR. JAMES R. HUBBARD ASSISTANT JUDGE MRS. ARTIE H. FIELDS CLERK MRS. LOUISE STICKNEY CLERK MRS. ANN TRAYWICK CLERK AND THAT THE HEREINABOVE NAMED SHALL SERVE IN SAID CAPACITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOLDING OF SAID ELECTION AT THE POLLING PLACE OF THE ELECTION PRECINCT IN WHICH EACH OF THEM RESPECTIVELY RESIDES, AND THAT ALL OF SAID DESIGNATED PARTIES SHALL BE QUALIFIED VOTERS RESIDING IN SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS. SECTION 4: THAT SAID CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, SHALL PAY AND EXPEND OUT OF THE FUNDS OF SAID CITY ALL EXPENSE INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH AND FOR THE HOLDING OF SAID ELECTION AS HEREIN PROVIDED. SECTION 5: THAT SAID POLLS AND POLLING PLACES SHALL BE OPENED AT 7:00 A.M. AND REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M. ON THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION, TO-WIT: APRIL 5, 1966, DURING WHICH HOURS BALLOTING SHALL BE PERMITTED BY ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS WHO PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR SAID PURPOSE BETWEEN SAID HOURS. ABSENTE£ VOTING MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE CITY HALL BV ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS RESIDING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY UPON APPLICATION DULY MADE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, BETWEEN MARCH 16, 1966, AND APRIL 2, 1966, DURING OFFICE HOURS, FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M., SUCH ABSENTEE BALLOTING TO TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY HALL, LOCATED AND SITUATED ON THE CORNER OF GLENVIEW DRIVE AND MORGAN CIRCLE IN SAID CITY. SECTION 6: THAT THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, SHALL POST A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE IN AT LEAST FIVE (5) PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMWS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AFTER WHICH SHE SHALL CERTIFY AS TO THE DATE AND PLACE OF POSTING EACH OF SAID COPIES OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND MAKE OATH THERETO. SECTION 7: CANDIDATES SHALL FILE FOR MAYOR OR CITY COUNCILMAN ANO, AS TO CITY COUNCILMAN, SHALL RUN FOR PLACE NUMBER ONE, PLACE NUMBER TWO, PLACE NUMBER THREE, PLACE NUMBER FOUR, PLACE NUMBER FIVE, PLACE NUMBER SIX, PLACE NUMBER SEVEN, AS THE CASE MAY BE AND SHALL BE VOTED ON AND ELECTED ACCORDINGLY, BY THE VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF T HE CITY AT LARGE. IN ORDER THAT A CANDIDATE HAVE HIS NAME PLACED ON THE BALLOT AS MAYOR OR ONE OF THE SEVEN CITY COUNCILMEN, HE MUST HAVE FILED FOR SAID PLACE ON THE BALLOT NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. OF MARCH 5, 1966. SECTION 8: THE OFFICIAL BALLOT SHALL BE DRAWN UP BY THE CITY SECRETARY AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WILL CONTAIN THE NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE, EXCEPT THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR BECOME INELIGIBLE. NAMES WILL BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT WITHOUT PARTY DESIGNATION AND THE POSITION ON THE BALLOT WILL BE DETERMINED BY A DRAWING HELD BY THE CITY SECRETARY. SECTION 9: ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS WITHIN THE MEANING AND AS PRESCRIBED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHO HAVE r.ESIOED WITHIN THE CORþORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILS, TEXAS, FOR SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION CALLED HEREIN AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR THERETO SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ENTITLED TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTION. SECTION 10: ELECTION OFFICIALS ABVOE NAMED SHALL MAKE AND DELIVER THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION IN TRIPLICATE, ONE BEING RETAI~ED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE, ONE DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AND ONE TO THE CITY SECRETARY OF SAID CITY. THE STUB BOX CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE STUBS FROM BALLOTS USED IN SAID ELECTION SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND OTHER BALLOT BOXES AND ELECTION R~CORDS AND SUPPLIES SHALL BE PRESERVED BY THE CITY SECRETARY AS PROVIDED BY LAW. SECTION11: THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE THE JUDGE OF THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF ITS OWN MEMBERS AND OF THE MAYOR, SUBJECT TO THE COURTS IN THE CASE OF CONTEST. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL, AS SOON AS PRACTICAL AFTER THE ELECTION, EITHER AT A CALLED MEETING, CALLED FOR THAT PURPOSE OR AT ITS NEXT REGULAR MEETING AFTER SUCH ELECTION, CANVASS THE RETURNS AND DECLARE THE RESULTS OF SUCH ELECTION. SECTION 12: THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE AND BECOME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PASSABE AND ADOPTION. SECTION 13: IF ANY WORK, SENTENCE, CLAUSE, SECTION AND/OR PROVISION HEREOF SHALL FOR ANY REASON BE HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID, SAID HOLDING SHALL NOT IN ANY MANNER AFFECT THE REMAINING PORTIONS HEREOF, BUT SAME SHALL REMAIN AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. THIS ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AND CONDUCTED IN ACCRODANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE HOLDING AND CONDUCTING OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED MUNICIPALITIES. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THIS 24 DAY OF JANUARY, 1966, THERE BEING 5 COUNCILMEN P RESENT, AND 5 COUNCILMEN VOTING FOR THE PASSAGE AND ADOPTION HEREOF, AND 0 COUNCILMEN VOTING AGAINST THE PASSAGE AND ADOWTION HEREOF. /S/ JOHN P. HUNTER. MAYOR ATTEST: /S/ RITA J. RALSTON. CITY SECR~TARY LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally appear:edNi ta Thurman known to me to be a credible person, who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: Bookkeeper That .. she is the of the Mid Cities News Texan , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulatich1-in the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Le~a1 Notice and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 1-28-66 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lished on said date/s in said Mid Oi ties Daily News Texan y/~/7~ ./ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this theL.day of~1 1~6...2- County , ATTACH LEGAL COpy HERE ct' Y SAn> cri'YOF' " !'fl, a.~' MA,'EN Folt . "., ,", ",'", "13~Et, 'voTtNòf ' INO 01l'NOTICE, Of.Am a:t,.':CTlOtf TARY OF SAID9I'fYLJlROVJDINO SEATS ND DEADLINE FOR'F1LINO; PRESCRJB- .'\:,$ BALLOT TO BE USED; DEFINING QUALI- I øcn:>N" fte names ot" JUdges and C1erU"'be SAtt> ELECTION; PRüVB>ING FOR -THE tM f61lows: ,u.INGOF THE RETURKSOF SAJPELEC-,' E:>QELlVERYOF THE ST'PBS OF BALLOTS;( 'JØS. J. F. N~rrT E:ÇTIOl4'; TO THr::DETIt~T 'Ç:LERK OF:; JI...tcSJ,Qc Judce , TEXAS; PRüVID[N(JFORTHE CANV AS- " ,Co,UNCIL OF SAID C1TY QF THE. RETURNS ,'I, M1tS" aAYaBINE N; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND ' ~rIc INGCLAUSEj PROVIDING THAT SUCH ELEC- 'ff'? H=S~~Ecg~~~:~O~TAii~~~:=¿: ,':' ,.~.C.~K ~ ,.OFGENERAL AND SPECIAL ELEC OfjNTY OFFICJm$J~XCEPT AS TØE AUTHOR -BI)MUNICIPALI- ~ ' !;¡ ',-)- 'Bt~Ç H~,TEX MRS. D. P. SIMS Clerk , MR. loB. McGEEHEE presidblr Judge ,; regUlar munl I. V." Section 3 'of . Texu, andsu~ election Is of the City of NorthRtcb1andHI1IS~ Texas, 5th - 1'11$' of Apr11, 1966, wttbtn. the corporate orth Ricblµd HIDs, "au, ,for the purpose' sewn city COUQc11men; . .......!r... , '¢Writ ',- SECTt:> Pco"'ce or North Rte 1W the City tc> be, held ò it... of the C ., .~cttng ama ,..{,,', >Qme4 .....n..1'1'8 In I&1d eQIdtf ..: ,.. el.ct1oD at, the poUIDI " .. 1Wbtch øeh of them reapecthe- ....... tJfd,tWa11 of I&1d _lCDated parties ahal1 be qaa- ,Witn "PUle'. _ ..-cttoD preolnot¡s. SECTION t,pol11ng sba11 bei~~~mp1tsbed at and .. ' fol1owtnJ "a ,"., ", by designated and., ,~ed as polling ~s',Yijth the co~te limits of saldcìty: , ;.~ ,~EC'fI)lf4: ,'1'bat .A1dC1ty orNort1t.ak:ÌP1~"" HIDs.. Texas, . _ " .~.......ortbe fUDIfs of øId CitJ aUu¡18DSe incur- .. IIT1f ì~Þ ._"_boId_or I&1d _cüon as herein '>ÇòUNTY VOT~(JtÅECINCT NAME AND ADDRESS 'HUMBER AND NÀl«. .,011' POLLING PLACE 41 Smithfield 72 ·Wataup Smithfield Fire Hall, SmUbtleld, Texas '.. Haltom City 181R1cbland HUls 140 North Rlcbland all within the corporate Texas. 1$!~1Uêbl~H111sClty k~, 4101 Morgan Circle ""Ftt:J of North Rlcbland H111s, \,'" beac Iq" wttIdD U.COl'pO nmde.an4 In aCC().1"danctw April 1,1966, d\U1líf otfice P.M., suchab$éntee balloting f loca.te4 and.s1Wa.te4,on the co~er . CÙ'Cle In ..IdCIty.. ; 4; , ".. '" ' t~: $Sç't~tf' ff~t, tÞe¢afi Se ~ptI B1l!s, 'l'e..,.ba11 pOst... least -.' (5) public J)lace8 within th of N'ortfr'¡Jt1cbland' H111s, Texas, as to the'-\,,~ tndPlace of po ord1naDce, .makeoath therto. t1 SECTION ~.Candldate. shall))' maD utÌ, a.·t'o2iìt)r eouncDtnan, place Dumber '., place numbe p1aoe IWmber '., place number tile cuè m ' ", and shall bevo by the. ,., e ,Qua11f1edvoters õí. tbIt.f..' : ate, haw his name ' ,.one Of the seven city counc11men , Place on the ballot not Itter than .. Q..", .,JIQriIa tllta o~ '-at, te 11mb 01 the C1tit ' 8.,~tcettW, said ~oès óf N. ororc1tyc~"" place DUmbC," ce'inumbe1' ,tøø, number sevell,'" ec~. accordtn¡1J, 'at tafCe. ~ 0_' . eÞaUot asmaJOl: ve,med for'...... ,of March 5, 1968. SECTION 8: The official ballot' City secritary and a¡>proved by the tam u. na~es of all'' candidates foJ( may haw been withdrawn, deceased, '..,. w111 be place! on the. ballot wlthö4\; poslt1Ónònthe ballotw111 be deter the City Secretary. . SECT1QN, 9: AU qua.l~ied voter~ by the Laws of the State rate limits of the Ci nUls prior to the of Texas for to vote in su eanlngand as ' hawre.ideél lcbland HDI" eetioh, can... ' prior, the..... SECTION 1 'ifftcl.alS above named Pan make and deliver the retu . election In trtpUcate, one beirII retained by the Pre. ge, onec.te1t...rect to the -JOt' óf . the City of North Rlc Uls, Texas, and one to theQlty See.. retary Of said City.' ,> b boxCOntalntng the.1¡naturestub8 from ballots used ilt'ilåid election shall bedeUvered totheDÞ" . trlct Clerk, ."mnt County, Texu, and otber ballot boøa ; and .1ecfton records and supplies shall be preserved by" . City secretary as provided by Law. el U:CTJ:>N 11:..... QltyCounc11 'hallbe the Judge Of tbfo .u~c aDd quaJUlcatlon Of b own members and of the -.,0,' , ~t f,() U. Courts In the case of contest. Theel&)' C... . m...J..~ ~ as practical after the electtol'l,ettberah caJted ........, called for that purpose or .,.t ,'.. ne:JCt ~8'Iî1e.r, 'meetÞc ' ,:¡-I' .~chel.ctton, ,canvass .the ntturnB and'tleCíaretbe-........ . < ""~: '.~~,SEC':I'*>lilã: tuUto~. ..'.t.M '_çt ud adõ~ . A 'I"l'EST: Rüa Ral8toD CitY SectetarJ LeøJ I0OI PubUllllll'/1ê