HomeMy WebLinkAbout24 09-06-1954ORDINANCE NO. 24
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN OFFICES OF THE
CITY, OTHER THAN MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN, SHALL BE
APPOINTIVE INSTEAD OF ELECTIVE; PROVIDING THAT ALL
ORDINANCES, OR PARTS THEREOF, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
ARE HEREBY REPEALED; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Title 28, Chapter 2, Article 977, of the 1925 Revised
Civil Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1949, 51st Legislature,
page 375, Chapter 199, Section 1, provides that each municipality in
Texas, operating under the General Law of the State, other than the
officers provided in Ordinance No. .adopted this date, the following
additional officers: a City Secretary, a Treasurer, an Assessor and
Collector, a City Attorney, a Marshal, an Engineer, and such other
officers and agents as the City Council may from time to time direct,
who may either be appointed or elected as provided by ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, this City Council deems it to the best interest of the
City and its inhabitants, tai make all of--such offices appointive;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
1.
From and after the effective date hereof, the offices of City
Secretary, Treasurer, Assessor and Collector, City Attorney, Marshal,
Engineer, and such other officers and agents as the City Council may
from time to time direct, shall be appointive instead of elective, and
that such officers shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and
consent of the City Council. The City Council may confer the powers
and duties of one or more of these officers-..- upon other officers of the
city.
2.
All ordinances and parts of ordinance, and. all resolutions and parts
thereof, in conflict herewith., are hereby expressly repealed.
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect
on the 1st day of April, A.D. 1954.
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on -the 1st day of April, A. D.
ADOPTED this�L day
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