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HomeMy WebLinkAbout71-269 01-12-1971RESOLUTION NO. 269 WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Title 28, Chapter 2, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, the Election Code of the State of Texas, and the Euless City Charter, it is provided that there shall be held in each municipality in the State of Texas on the second Saturday in April of each year a general election for the purpose of electing officials of said municipality. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUL(rSS, TEXAS: That the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, at a regular meeting held this date, does hereby order an election of officers for the City of Euless, Texas, to be held on Saturday, April 10, 1971, for the purpose of electing a mayor and two (2) Councilmen, one Councilman for Place 2, and one Councilman for Place 4, who shall serve for a period of two (2) years, or until their successors have been duly qualified. The effective date of taking such office shall be as soon as the returns are canvassed and declared. The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for the office of Mayor, the candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for the office of City Councilman Place 2, and the candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for the office of City Councilman Place 4, shall be declared elected to such offices. 2. For the purpose of said election, the entire City is hereby constituted one voting precinct; the polling place for said election shall be the City Hall located at 201 Ector Drive in said City and said election shall be held between the hours of 7 :00 a.m. and 7 :00 p.m. on the aforementioned date, and the following persons are hereby appointed to act as election officers and clerks: Mrs. Reba Cromer , Election Judge , Assistant Election Judge , Clerk , Clerk , Clerk , Clerk 3. No person shall be eligible for the office of Councilman or Mayor unless he is twenty -one (21) years of age or older, a property owner within the corporate limits of the City of Euless, Texas, a qualified voter of the City of Euless, a resident of the United States, a resident of the City of Euless for the last two (2) years prior to the date of this election and is able to state truly under oath that he is not in arrears in the payment of taxes or other liabilities due the City of Euless. 4. Any eligibly and qualified person may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an independent candidate for the office of Mayor and /or Councilman Place 2, and /or Councilman Place 4, by filing his sworn application as herein provided with the City Secretary at the Euless City Hall not later than 5 :00 p.m., March 10, 1971. 5. Article 111, Section 3 of the Euless City Charter provides: "Any qualified person who desires to become a candidate for election to the office of Mayor and /or City Councilman shall file with the City Secretary, at least thirty (30) days prior to the election date, an application in substantially the following form: 11, , do hereby declare that 1 am a candidate for the office of (Mayor and /or Councilman Place ), and request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for that particular office in the next City election. '1 am years of age, a property owner within the Corporate Limits of the City of Euless, a qualified voter of the City of Euless, a resident of the United States, and have been a resident of the City of Euless for at least two (2) years. 1 am not in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other liability due the City. At present, 1 reside at, Street in the City of Euless, Texas.' (Signature of Candidate) Received by: Date and Hour of Filing THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF _ ARRANT BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared, , known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Application, and who acknowledged to nie that the same was executed for the purposes and considera- tions therein expressed, and declares under oath that the same is true and correct. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the day of , 1971. Notary Public, Tarrant County, T E XAS" LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT "1, , of the City of Euless,County of Tarrant, State of Texas, being a candidate for the office of Mayor and /or Councilman, Place , 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 effort to movement from any part thereof, and I will support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States and of the State of Texas. "SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME at Tarrant County, Texas, this the day of , 1971. Notary Public, Tarrant County, T E X A S "Such application shall be filed in the office of the City Secretary and shall be witnessed by an officer of the City who is qualified to administer oaths. The official ballot shall be printed not less than twenty -one (21) days before the date of the election." 6. The names of all those who have filed their sworn applica- tions to have their names printed on the official ballot as can- didates 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 beginning March 11 , 1971, and shall remain posted until she orders the election ballots to be printed. All objections shall be made within five (5) days after such posting by written notice 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 be thereafter contested. The City Secretary shall preserve in her possession, for a period of two (2) years, all applications, notices of objections and other related papers. 7. The City Secretary shall have the ballots printed as soon as practical following the five (5) day period for objections as provided in paragraph 6 hereof. 8. Ballots to be used in said election shall be prepared in the manner and form as provided in the Euless City Charter and the Election Code of the State of Texas. The ballots shall be printed prior to March 22 , 1971. 9. 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 (1) year, and in the City of Euless for a period of six (6) months prior to the date of the election herein provided for, shall be entitled to vote at such election. 10. Voting by Absentee Ballot in said election shall, commence on the 22nd day of March , 1971, at the office of the City Secretary, Euless, Texas. Voting by Absentee Ballot shall close at 5:00 p.m. on April 6 , 1971. All ballot boxes containing ballots used in the election shall be delivered to the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, as by law provided and other election records and supplies shall be preserved by the City Secretary in her office as by law provided. The City Council will meet to canvass the returns of said election, investi- gate the qualifications of the elected candidates and declare the official results of the election promptly following receipt of the election returns by the City Secretary. The canvassing of the returns and declaration of the results by the Euless City Council shall take place April 10, 1971, as soon as practical after the polls close, ballots counted and the returns certified by the Election Judge. The candidates for election to the places of Mayor and /or Councilmen, equal in number to the number of vacancies to be filled, who receive the highest number of ballot votes cast by qualified voters voting at the election, shall be declared elected. 12. 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, r 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 notice 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. 13. Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas for the holding of general elections for State and County offices except as otherwise provided by Chapter 2, Title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. ADOPTED this 12th day of January , 1971. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: Mayor