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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 0150 ORDINANCE NO. 150 AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD WITH I N THE CORPORATE. L I t11 J~ I~F THE C I TV OF I!.ORTH R ICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS ON THE 1(')' n. _ _ DAY OF M 1-\ Y ., 1966, BEING FOR THE PURPOSE OF A RUN OFF ELECTION BETWEEN ALVIS DOWELL AND CALVIN LUPER FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS~ ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES; NAMING AND DESIGNATING THE ELECTION OF Ot:' I CERS AND/OR OF!=ï C I ALS CHOSEN TO HOLD AND CONDUCT SAlb ELECrION; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT BY SAID CiTY Ot tHE EXPENSES OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION; PRESC~laING ,HE 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 AND PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF BALLOT TO BE USED; DEFINING QUALIFIED VOTERS FOR SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE MAKING AND DELIVERING OF THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION, AND FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE STUBS OF BALLOTS USED IN SAID ELECTION TO THE DISTRICT CLERK OF TARRANT COUNT',', 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 ACCC~DANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STA TE OF TEXAS FOR TI·:E HOLD I NG A:-JD CONDUCT I NG OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED Ur~DER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED MUN I C I PAll TIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS~ SECTION 1: THAT SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BE HELD IN ACCORDANC£ WITH ARTICLE V, SECTION 8 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AND SUCH ELEC7.ION IS HEREBY CALLED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CIT~ÆOUNCIL OF lME CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON THE 1() DAY O.ff \'V\Ä.\( , A.D. 1966, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A RUN OFF ELECTION BETWEEN ALVIS DOWELL AND CALVIN LUPER FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY' OF NORTH RICHLAND HI!-LS; SECTION 2: THAT POLLING PLACES SHALL' BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE AND THE FOLLOWING ARE HEREBY DESIGNATED AND ESTABLISHED AS POLLING PLACES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY: COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT ftAn:: ArlD NUMBER 41 S'U Tttf'IELD- 3;,/ 'f2. WA,U4J.GA 42 ~LTOM CJ TV 13f--fh CHL.A N D-Hitl s 140 NORTH RICHLAND H.~HS 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. Hm1ITT Presiding Judge Mrs. MELTON RHINE Clerk tiRS. ZONA PYRON Assistant Judge MRS. D. P. SIMS Clerk MRS. F. C. COOK Clerk MRS. ANN D. SMITH Pres id ing Judge MRS. ALICE PARKER Assistant ·Judge MRS. ARTIE H. FIELDS Clerk MRS. LOUISE STIC~~EY Clerk HRS. ANN TRAY':I1ICK Clerk and that the hereinabove named shall serve in said capacity in connection with theholdihg 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 --esiding 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 provid ad. 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: M~'l \0 kQ(()(n , during which hours balloting shall be.1pèrmitted by all qualified voters who present themselves for said purpose between said hours. Absentee voting may be accomplished at the City Hall by all qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of S.aid·C.it.y ~n apPlica.tion dµly made and in accordance with law, between "\YR.\ þ. 20' , 1966 and . MA:{ en 'NCLnS\\ff-. , 1966, during office hours. From 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, such absentee balloting to take place at the C~ty 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 limits of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, after which she shall certify as to the date and place of posting each of said co.pie$ of this ordinance, and make oath thereto. . Section 7: The official ballot shall be drawn up by the City Secretary and approved by the City Attorney and will con- tain the names of both candidates for office, except those who may have been wtthdrawn, deceased, or be~ome in~11.9ible....Nt1mes will be placed Oft the ballot. wi.thout party desié1Î\ation am .the position on the ba11øt. will be détermi.ned by a ðrawlng hè1d by the 01 ty Secretary.; . Section 8:: All qual ified voters wi thin the meaning and as prescribed by the Laws of the State of T"~as, who have resided within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills, 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 9: Election officials above named shall make and deliver the returns of said election in triplicate, one being retained 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 records and supplies shall be preserved by the City Secretary as provided by law. Section 10: The City Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members and of the Mayer, subj ect 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 11. That this ordinance shall be and become in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and . adopt ion. Section 12. If any work, sentence, clause, section and/or provis.ion 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 accordance 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 1 \ day ot A:PRlL , 1966 there being 7 Councilmen present, and - ( Councilmen voting for the passage and adoption hereof, and n Councilmen voting against the passage and adoption hereof. MAYOR ATl'EST: ~~C1:Q~cYru .~ ,-J. LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally appear:ed Ni ta Thurma!:known to me to be a credible person, who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: BookkeeDer Mid Cities News Texan That she is the of the , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulatidtJ.--1n the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Legal Notice and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/s. 4-18-66 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Dªi1y News Texan ,?/~~~ ~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the..Lday of May, 1966 ,- County, , ATTACH LEGAL COpy HERE ;, N~t;~(\}'i~5~, ECtAL~iuÑfêipAt,"í~LrCTIÔN HELl) WITHIX TUE CORPORATE Ll~nTS()STIH~CITY! ....f-RICHLANI> HILLS,TEX(~,~~'F~ihi'Yt¡}A\" OF ~fAY 1:1NG FOH THE PUHPo.~f;,Of1_;,,1i~~1"·Ofi'F4i ELECTION BE· ALVISOOWÇ,LJ.....-.'{NneALVIN LUPER FOR THE OFFICE AYOR OF TIii,jÇ'tJf'l'o OF NORTH RICHLANl) HILLS: ESTAB- 'G. AN1.>.Pftt$'rC:NATING POLLING PLACES; NA~nNG AND NATI;-iG THE ELECTION. OF OFFICEH' A~~.. OROF-, nOSE~ TO HOLD AND .,j~_~ECTION: . 'G FOR THE PAY~' .uF'THE EX, OF HOLDIN(:ìS,NIlFI-:L PRESCHIBING THE HOUR LI,S,SI-~'"AND HE~tAIN OPEN FOR THE CASTING . .~~~: PROVIDING FOR T VOTING: tin: POSTING OF NOTIC 1kECTION SECRETARY OF SAID,A,NDi THE For MOl" BALLOT '... NGì OTF.RS DI-:t-I¡;¡Q'fIO THE. J1j¡,.; . ..... . G"Oi''''TH, ÒF SAID 'I) ¡. r THI-: DELIVERY OF TIll'. BS OF BAL· " SAID ELECTION TO TUE DISTI CLERK OF COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE CANVAS· . BY TilE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY OF THE RETUH~S OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND CO~TArNING A SAVING CLAUSE; PHOVIDING THAT SUCH ELEC· TION SIIALL BE HELD AND CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TilE LAWS OF TIlE STATE OF TEXAS...F0R TilE HOLD. ING A~D CONDUCTING OF GENERAl~ A~p~.P~Ç'IAL F-LECTIONS fon STATE AND CQUNT): QEF1C~:Jt$ti"EXÇEPT AS OTHEHWISE PHQ\'IDEl) UNl)!': In; . ·AtlÎTHORITY"öRANTED MUNICIP ALl. TIi':S. ~1twlthJn tþt> ('orporatp limits of thf> City of North Richland Hills iT.... ' , '... (. . "jF Section 3: The namps . . WAIN .' THE SIT\' .c;()UNCILOFTHE CITY OF; ,..'fOIlO... WS: ICHLAND HILLSi't'£XAS: '... ;.' ..'. t ....' . ¡¡Mr~.J., F. HEWITT n 1: That Sppcial ~tunieípal Eh.(~t . !~pr~siding JUdge Artic}P V, S('('tion 8.01' thl? Cit~'of~orJh1i' IHIs, Tpxas, ·~I~\'¡'f~Jj{\ð_..)~' the¡IMrS,. MELTON RHINE ~ UWci~y . '. . ... . th Ridìbnd' Hills,'· :Clerk . : of May, A.D. 19(ì(ì; within the ('01'· {, .f North Hic'hland Hills, Tpxas, for thp ·(MRS. F. C. COOK ,(>leetiol~ ..·twP.~~_ Alvis, l)owpll and. Calvin ¡Clerk cp of !\tayor "', .-' "'of Nov.th Riehlaild Hills;,: .' : 5;,'1:)">.. ..i"MRS. ALICE PARKER Spetion2: That polling: . ,¡!.<'çomplisllPd atthpi;~ss,~stant JUdge and the following arf' herphy.«(> .'/ ..... . pstahlishpd as (Jolling Ij5 ..... pla('ps within thl' <,orporate liinits 01 stifti City: . I¡M.RS. "L0U~E STICKNEY . Clerk of thp Judgps and CIN'ks will lIP as MRS. ZÖNA PYRON Assistant JUdge MRS. D. p. SIMS Clerk' MRS. ANN D. SMITH Presiding JUdge M~S. ARTJE H. FIE LDS Clerk County Voting PrpÍ'!nC't Narnp and Numh£'1' 41 Smithfield '72WatQuga 42.Haltom City h3î' Ri('l1land iliUs ;1-40 North Hkhland 'Hills MRS. ANN TRAYWICK Clerk Polling Pla!'p Nanw and Adclr€>ss Smithfield Fire Hall Smithfi€>ld, T€>xas ¡lnd that tbe hereinabove namedsbaUserve in said capacity in ..col\neCtion with the holding ofsa;i<telectiona;tthepolling place '. of the election precinct in wbicb eacb of them respectively reo tsides, and tbat all of said designated parties shall be qualified i. votèrs residing in said election precincts. . Section 4: 'Í'bat said City of North Richland' Hills, Texas, North RiehlaliCl Hills City Hall, 4101 Morgan Cird€> shall pay and. ex[wnd .?ut. .of tlu; funds of. s¡i 1J¡(·urt.>d In (·onUt>dton.\\1t. ····atíd for till' holding of sa as herein.. provid~. ..... .C', ,,:,:', ....,....'< ':':'.' se('h~ d:;~~'~I'Ìí<ilSlt~\ at 7 :00· A.M. and remain open1Ulltiî; election, to· wit: May 10, 1966,dµring be permith'd by all qualified voters whò £iaidJ>9~IJe ent,~~; ~p1ts~d ~r ~. corporate li pplieatiQn aecordancp with law, hetwePIl .'\pril 20, 1966å inclusive, during office hours. From 8:00 A.~J¡untlí ~10nday through Friday, such absentee b~I.!ot,Wg.to t¡tk thp CHy Hall, loeated and situated OfJ.\~l~Ðrñt>í:\ofGlpnv ¡md :\~organ CirclE1ln said C~t:r. ,~¡ :2f~¡J::'~~'~ '. ,., '- -. ,1~ï,' ,-\ , Secretary of theCHy ()f N copy of this ordinancE' {'orpprate limits of 1 North Riehland Uills, Texas, .1'. 'h she shall ('pr thE' date andp1aeE' of posting E'a{' ot çopies of .this and make oath therpto, ;l:~ . Spdion 7: The offieial ba~!!t.'~h\\Jf;~be drawn. Up});'. secretary. and g,pprq¡ved byte ~;...;,ty Attor.. n.. ey a. n. d W.ill co..'.. namps of both ¿'andtdatesfor, í'icp, eXCE'Dt tho,sewho . been withdrawn, dp('pased, or becomp illPligibh', NamE.>s placed on the ballot withoutpar~r designation'íI,~t- the the ballot will be dptermiIH>(;\ Hy a drawing l~èld by th~ rptal'Y. S.'dion 8: All qUaUfiectvòters wit1ii~ U¡p mefn~l~~~ .~ps(Tilwd hy the Laws of theStatp of Texas, WhQ hí\Y.i" r wttñ+J tl¡p c'orporate limits ofthp City of North ~i-eh,Ia.1'l Tex:ûJ, for ,six (6) months prior to thp datE' of saidE'lprt~ðl 9preinal,u! 'nthe ,~Últp of .Texas for one (1) ypar pr:ic{ jhall b(> . itledtò tE' in such plE'C'tion, ;: -:¡ ~: - I , ~f·':-;.' ÍE>dióÙ dE'Ii vel:' ,th(. r~turns ~öf sat tained by thE' prpsiding jU ..' City of NorttrRichland Hll1s,1' . s,andötl~'to' . .... .... .)" 'Of said City./J'h(' stub box conta1~1Ìng the· signature, stµbs fr-oID.bal- lots used in $:q.d.E'lfÇ~1()p shaUbi' delivPl'ed,to the Distr1<'J:çk>r'k of Tarra!)t Coul1ty;tt'~as, and other ballothQxes and eh(ctlon I'pcords ahdsùpplies shall bepl'I's{'rved by the City Se(~tetan: as providl'c\ by law. '. . SN'tion 10: The CityCounc!l shall be tlie judge ()f tþe election i and qualif1çationof. its Own members and oft~eMayor,,~.bJe(.1 to tilt' Courts, ray the, case of contpst. The. CitYCòundlslUQI, as soon as pra<;tical· after the elel?tion, either ata c~I~('~'l:l1eøtillg,. called for that purpose or at its nE'xt regular meetiflg àfter.sucþ: . ('lection, canvass the returns and declare the rèsults Ofsu (··If ' eleC'tion¡ , .., ',..' r." SE'ction Jl: That this ordlnan(.'E' shall bea.nd )éqon1èlÙfún forep and ßŒ~ct frQ", alid after.the date of ltSp(l~~I!.i~..i~.adQPt. ~n.· ... .... Section 12: If any work,sentellce~ (·la~sê,Sêt'tiQny~tJû.br, provision hen'of slla11 for an~' ,reason he held to be µncons.!itu. . Honal or iavalid,said holding shall not in any mannerl;J.ffectthe ' remaining portions hereof, but same shall remain'~f\if ,bø.j,Il t'1.i.l1 forcp and pHed, This eleetionshall be held and conduc;teqin. aecordance with the laws of the state of Texas, forth~ lt91dt~ a.nd ' conducting of general and special elections for ~~ . 'aI\<l.County officials exc{~pt as otherwise provided unde!.' theªtabrity gra municipalities. . ,i~~¡ PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THISU~~$fof there .being7i Councilmpn pr~sent, and 7 çoul.1t'ilmen'. the passage and adoption hereof, and 0 Councilmen v the passagE' and adoption hereof, , JOHN P.HUNTER MAYOR soRl,.A RA~N CITY SEqRETARY LEGAL, "-& te-6" - J. -,g -(",(p