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ORDINANCE NO. y/- f -6
AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CALLING
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 4, 1981, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEMBERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
I
THAT an election be held in and throughout the City of Schertz,
Texas on April 4,1981, for the purpose of electing three (3) Council-
members for said City to serve for a term of two (2) years. The Council-
members are to be elected for positions No.3, 4, and 5.
II
THAT at said election, the candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for positions No.3, 4, and 5, respectively, shall be
declared elected. Any candidate desiring to have his or her name on the
Official Ballot of said election shall, at least thirty (30) days prior
to said election day, file with the Mayor an application in writing in
the form prescribed by the Texas Election Code, requesting that his or
her name be placed on the Official Ballot, and declaring as a candidate
for position No.3, 4. or 5. That any person failing to file said written
appl ication for candidacy by the time aforesaid, shall not be entitled to
have his or her name printed on the Official Ballot. That the names of
all eligible candidates whose applications have been duly and timely filed
shall be placed on the ballot pursuant to a drawing as provided by law.
III
THAT all qualified voters of said City shall be entitled to vote
in said election.
IV
THAT the polling place for the holding of said election shall be
at the Schertz Community Center, 1400 Live Oak Road, Schertz, Texas; and
the entire City of Schertz, Texas, for the purpose of holding sajd election
shall e and constitute one Municipal Election precinct. ~AA.w-P;-~~
, is hereby appointed Presiding Ju e of said election,
and ,. is hereby appoi nted
Alternate Presiding udg
V
THAT the Presiding Judge of said election shall appoint as many
resident qualified electors of said City to serve as clerks in said election
as shall be reasonably necessa ry to conduct sai del ecti on, with the appoi nt-
ment of such clerks to include the Alternate Presiding Judge if he/she be
present for the holding of said election. In the absence of the Presiding
Judge above named, the Alternate Presiding Judge shall perform the duties of
the presiding Judge of said election.
VI
THAT absentee voting in said election shall be conducted at the
Municipal Office, 1400 Live Oak Road, Schertz, Texas, and the City Secretary
is hereby charged with the duty of conducting absentee voting in said election
as required by law. The City Secretary shall appoint a Deputy Absentee
Voting Clerk who is fluent in the Spanish language to render oral aid to any
voter desiring to vote absentee in said election who request such aid.
VI
THAT with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and official State
holidays, the Municipal Office shall remain open from 8:30 o'clock A.M.
to 4:30 P.M. for the purpose of conducting absentee voting for said election.
VII
THAT the polls of said election on the day of said election shall be
open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
VII
THAT the ballots to be used in said election shall be prepared in
conformity with VATCS Election Code, as amended. That in the holding and
conducting of said election, voter forms, instructions, and other materials
required therefor, including the ballots, shall be in both the Engliish and
Spanish languages.
IX
Nbtice of said election shall be given in accordance with the provi-
sions of Article 4.05, Texas Election Code.
X
That the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to post
notice of said election, in both the English and Spanish languages, on a
bulletin board at the Schertz Community Center (the polling place for the
holding of said election) and at two (2) other public places within said
City, all of which notices shall be posted at least twenty (20) days prior
to the date set for the election.
XI
That the City Secretary is further authorized and directed to cause
notice of said election to be published, in both the English and Spanish
languages, one time not more than twenty-five (25) nor less than ten (10)
days prior to the date set for the election, in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Schertz, Texas.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the /'7tt day of
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ATTEST:
(SEAL OF CITY)
PUBLISHING CO. OF TEXAS
PUBLISHER'S
AFFIDAViT
COUNTx' OF BEXAR)
S TA TE OF TEXAS )
I,
Therese A. Soares
, authorized representative of the
Herald Publishing Co,npany, d'J solemnly swear that the notice,
a printed copy of which is hereto attached, was published once
a week for
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consecutive weeks in the Northside/Weekly/
Northwest Herald, a weekly newspaper ot general circulation
p~blished at Universal City, Bexar County, Texas, on the fol-
lowing da tes, to-wit:
FF:bruary 26
A.D.,
19~_.
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~L~HING COMPANY OF TEXAS
Subscribed and sworn to
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before me, this .i.X.!(2_ day of .dd...l!/-L( .tr1t]'
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AN ORDINANCE BY
THE ,CITY COt:JNCI~
OF THE CITY' OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
CALLING ' AN
ELECTION TO BE
HELD, ON APRIL 4,
j 1981, FOR THE
, PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THREE
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