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Home My WebLink About58-13 02-11-1958RESOLUTION NO. 13 1, Ernest Millican, Jr.,Mrof the City of Euless, Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order that an election be held in the City of Euless, Texas, on April 1, 1958, being the first Tuesday thereof, for the purpose of electing the following officers of said City: Three Councilmen for a term of two years, from April 1, 1958, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to such offices for a term of two years. And, that said election shall be held at the City Ball within said City, and the following named persons are hereby appointed Managers thereof, to -wit: 41t;le Presiding Judge /:3` - ' '' X Asst. Presiding Judge 2X/r/e4e ' lerk The Chief of Police is hereby directed and instructed to post a properly executed copy of this order and notice of election at the City Hall, the place where this election shall be held, and at two other public places within the City. Said notice shall be posted thirty days before the date of said election. Signed and executed this the 11th day of February, A. D. 1958. OR, City o E -ss, exas not later than Midnight, March 1, 1958. The applications shall state the specific office or place being sought by the applicant and that the appli- cant 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. follows: v. CA) The form of the sworn application shall be substantially as To the Mayor of the City of Euless, Texas, Greetings: I� hereby make application to have my na ate pri1ed OA the s "f"lclal ballot as an indepen- dent candidate for the office of to be voted upon at the City election to be held on the 1st day of April, 1958; and I hereby certify that I have resided in the City of Rimless, Texas, for at least months prior to the date of such election, amd am qualified to make this application mad that I am le Sally qualified to hold such office, if elected. : S THE STATE OF TEXAS I COUNTY OF TAR ANT I( I, , being duly sworn, depose and say that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. dined Subscribed and darn to before me this of A. D. 1958. Notary Public in and for arrant County, Texas. CB) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is not required. (C) Such sworn application shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the "loyalty Affidavit" as required by Article 6.02 Election Code, Vernon's Texas Statutes, in substantially the following forum: "I, of the City of Euless, County of Tarrant, State of Texas, being a candidate for the office of , do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our present representative form of government, and if elected, I will support and defend our representative form of government and shall resist any ef- fort to movement from any part thereof, and I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Texas. CANO 11111. *8 SIG *T tE Sworn to and subscribed before me at , Tarrant County, Texas, this the day of A. H. 1958. Notary Public in and for Tarrant County, Texas., ANY Candidate for any of the offices herein provided for may have his name printed upon the ballot on application to the Mayor, such appli- cation to be furnished by the City Secretary and . that same shall contain the signatures of five C5) per cent of `.the qualified voters of the City of the entire votes cast in the City at the last general election, which appli- cation shall be accompanied by the loyalty affidavit as hereinabove set out. VII. THE names of all those who have filed their sworn applications to have their names printed on the official ballot as candidates shall be posted by the City Secretary in a conspicuous place at the place of the holding of said election for inspection of the public for at least ten days before he orders the bai.ots to be print ed. " AU `objections . shoji be made within five days after such posting by written notice tiled '` 1i 'ty Secretary, setting forth the grounds of objections. In case no such objec- tion is filed within the time prescribed, the regularity or validity of the application of no person whose name is so posted, shall be thereafter con- tested. The City Secretary shall preserve in his possession, for a period of two years all applications, notices of objections and other related papers. VIII . Any person eligible to the offices herein provided for who has filed his sworn application in accordance with the provisions of this resolu- tion, shall have his name printed on the official ballots. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before 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 withdrawn 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. Ix. The ballots to be used in said election shall be prepared in the manner and farm in the Election Cade of the State of Texas enacted by the 1951 legislature. X. All qualified voters within the meaning of the constitution and laws of the State of Texas, who have resided in the State of Texas for a period of one year, and in the City of Euless for a period of six months prior to the date of the election herein provided for shall be entitled to vote at such election. Voting by absentee ballot in said election shall commence on March 12, 1958, at the office of the City Secretary, /Euless, Texas. Voting by absentee ballot shall close at five P. *. (5 :00) March 28, 1958. XII. The election officers above named shall make and deliver the re- turns of said election in triplicate, one being retained by the presiding Judge, one delivered to the Mayor of the City, and one delivered to the City Secretary. The ballot 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 bO es and election records and supplies shall be pre- served by the City Secretary in the proper office as by law provided. The City Council will meet at eight P. M. on the 7th day of April, 1958, being not less than five day's sod no more that seven days after 'the sate of the election for the purpose of canvassing the returns of said election: XIII. The Mayor is hereby directed to give notice of said election which shall be signed by the Mayor under the attest of the City Secretary, and shall state the purpose of the election, the officers to be elected, and the Chief of Police 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. r laws of the State of Texas for the holding of general elections for State XI V. Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the and County offices except as otherwise provided by Chapter 2, Title 28, of the revised civil statutes of Texas. ADOPTED this / day of February, 1958. ATTEST: