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