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1976-00427 RESOLUTION NO. 76-4 WHEREAS, pursuant -to the provisions of Title 28, Chapter 2, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, it is provided that there shall be held in each municipality of the State of Texas on the first Saturday of April of each year a general election for the purpose of electing officers of said muni- cipality; Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, THAT: 1. The Mayor of the City of Southlake, Texas, at a regular meet- ing held this date, does hereby order an election of officers of the City of Southlake to be held on Saturday, April 3, 1976, for the purpose of electing Councilmen, for a term of two years, from April 3, 1976, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Candidates for the offices of Councilmen for Place 3, 4 and 5 receiving the highest number of votes for such office and such places shall be elected for a term of two years. 2. For the purpose of said election, the entire City of Southlake is hereby constituted one voting precinct and said election shall be held at one polling place, to -wit: City Hall, 667 North Carroll Avenue, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. on the afore- mentioned date, and the following persons are hereby appointed as election officers: Elsie McAlister, Presiding Judge Kathryn Tate, Alternate Presiding Judge and the Presiding Judge at such election shall appoint no more than three clerks, with the rate of pay for the Presiding Judge at $2.00 an hour and a like amount for the Alternate Presiding Judge; and the rate -of pay for the clerks fixed at $1.50 per hour. 3. No person shall be eligible for the office of Councilman un- less he is a qualified elector of the City of Southlake and has resided in the City for six months next preceding the election at which he is elected. 4. Any eligible and qualified person may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an independent candidate for the offices herein provided for by filing his sworn application with the Mayor not later than Midnight, March 3, 1976. The application shall state the specific office b6ing sought by the applicant and that the applicant is eligible and qualified under the Laws of the State of Texas, to become a candidate for and hold the office being sought, if elected. 5. Any other candidate for either of the offices herein pro- vided for may have his name printed upon the said ballot on ap- plication to the Mayor, such application to be furnished by the City Secretary and the same contain the signatures of five per- cent (5/) of the qualified voters of the City of the entire votes cast in the City at the last general election. 6. The names of all those who have filed their sworn applica- tion to have their names printed on the official ballot as candi- dates shall be posted by the City Secretary in a conspicuous place at her office for the inspection of the public for at least ten days before she orders the ballots to be printed. All objec- tions shall be made within five days after such posting, all written notices filed with the City Secretary setting forth the grounds of objections. In case no such objection is filed within the time prescribed, the regularity or validity of the application of no person whose name is so posted, shall not thereafter be con- tested. The City Secretary shall preserve in her office for a period of two years all applications, notices of objections and other related matters. 7. Any person eligible to the offices herein provided for who has filed his sworn application in accordance with the provisions of this resolution shall have his name printed on the official ballots. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots are printed by filing in writing with the City Secretary a request to that effect over his signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No name so with- drawn shall be printed on the ballots. Not later than ten days before the City General Election, the City Secretary shall have the official ballots printed. 8. The ballots to be used in said election shall be prepared in the manner and form in the Election Code of the State of Texas. 9. All qualified voters within the meaning of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas, shall be entitled to vote at such election. 10. Voting by absentee ballot in said election shall commence on March 15, 1976, at the office of the City Secretary, 667 North Carroll Avenue; voting by absentee ballot shall close at five o'clock P.M., March 30, 1976. 11. The election officers 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 and one copy with ballot boxes and all election supplies shall be delivered to the City Secretary of the City, the ballot box containing the signature stubs from ballots used in said election shall be delivered to the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, and other ballot boxes and election records and supplies shall be preserved by the City Secretary in the proper office as by law provided. The City Council will meet at 7:30 P.M. on April 5, 1976, for the purpose of canvassing said ballots. 12. The Mayor is hereby directed to give notice of said election which shall be signed by the Mayor and City Secretary and shall state the purpose of the election, and the Police Chief shall post a properly executed copy of the election proclamation at the pol- ling place herein provided and two copies at two other public pla- ces within the City. Such notices shall have attached thereto a certified copy of this Resolution. 13. Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas for the holding of general elections for state and county offices except as otherwise provided by Chap- ter 2, Title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. By approving and signing this Resolution, I, Wade Booker, Mayor of the City of Southlake, Texas, officially confirm as my action all matters recited in this Resolution which by law come within my jurisdiction. PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of February, A.D. 1976. ATTEST: City Secretary Mayor