1977-00629
RESOLUTION NO. 77 -6 -
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 municipality; 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
meeting held this date, does hereby order an election of
officers of the City of Southlake to be held on Saturday,
April 2, 1977, for the purpose of electing a Mayor and Council-
men, for a term of two years, from April 2, 1977, or until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. Candidates for the
offices of Mayor and Councilmen for Place 1 and 2 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:
C.V W. Lorig., _=r ~ -, 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, the rate of pay for the clerks fixed at $2.00 per hour;
and the Presiding Judge to receive $5.00 for delivery of the
returns.
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
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didates 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-
ti6ns 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 applica-
tion of no person whose name is so posted, shall not thereafter
be contested. The City Secretary shall preserve in her office
for a period of two years all applications, notices of objections
and other related matters.
the Mayor not later than Midnight, March 2, 1977. The applica-
tion shall state the specific office being sought by the appli-
cant 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. The names of all those who have filed their sworn applica-
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6. 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 tbn days
before the City General Election, the City Secretary shall have
the official ballots printed.
7. 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.
8. All qualified voters within the meaning of the Constitution
and Laws of the State of Texas, shall be entitled to vote at such
election.
9. Voting be absentee ballot in said election shall commence on
March 14, 1977, at the office of the City Secretary, 667 North
Carroll Avenue; voting by absentee ballot shall close at five
o'clock P.M., March 29, 1977.
10. 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 4,
1977, for the purpose of canvassing said ballots.
11. The Mayor is hereby directed to'give notice of said elec-
tion 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 polling place herein provided and two copies at two other
public places within the City. Such notices shall have attached
thereto a certified copy of this Resolution.
12. 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 pro-
vided by Chapter 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 lst day of February, A.D. 1977.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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Mayor
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