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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2157 ORDINANCE NO. 2— AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALI— FIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1943, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING NINE COUNCILflEN FOR SAID CITY, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 71ORTH, TEXAS: SECTION I,. That, in compliance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth and in accordance with the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, an election be and the same is hereby called and ordered for the first Tues- day after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1943, the same being the 6th day of said month, at which election all qualified voters may vote for the purpose of electing nine councilmen, SECTION II. That the City Secretary of said City shall prepare ballots to be used in said election and shall stamp same "Official Ballot," on which ballot shall be printed the names of the candidates for the position of councilman. The places of the different councilmen shall be designated on the official ballot as Member of Council, Place No. 1, 2, 31 4, 5, 6, 71 8 and 9, respectively. SECTION III., That no personrs name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the position of a member of the City Council unless the name of such person has been presented to the City Secretary not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of said election by a petition signed by three hundred (300) or more qualified voters of said City, in ink or indelible pencil, together with the business or home address of each per- son signing such petition, and it must also appear on the face of said pe— tition the number of the place that the said candidate is seeking and that the said petition has been separately circulated. SECTION IV. That it shall further appear to the said City Secretary, before said candidaters name is entered on said ballot, that such candidate has filed with the said City Secretary a written acceptance of his nomination not less than twenty (20) days before the date of said election, and that he has filed an affidavit of loyalty with the Secretary of State, as required by Article 2978a of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. SECTION V. That in the event that there are two or more candidates for the same position and place as a member of the City Council, the position of such candidatest names on the ballot shall be determined by placing them on such ballot in the alphabetical order of their surname. SECTION VI. That each voter shall vote for his choice candidate for each place I as member of the City Council by striking from the ballot the names of all the candidates for which he does not wish to vote, and shall vote for one candidate only for each place. SECTION VII. That the polls shall be kept open from seven orc-lock a. m., until seven olclock p. m., and that due return be made to the City Council show— ing howing the number of votes cast for and the number of votes cast against each candidate for each of the positions of city councilman respectively. SECTION VIII. That this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall constitute the proclamation of the Mayor calling and or— dering said election, and that such notice shall be published in a news— paper of general circulation in the City of Fort Worth once a week for four weeks prior thereto, and that the said City Secretary is hereby directed to post or cause to be posted said proclamation at least thirty (30) days before said election in each voting precinct. SECTION IX. That the polling places for this election and the personnel of the officers who are to hold the same, except insofar as they may be changed by the City Council of said City, shall be as follows.- PRECINCT ollows:PRECINCT WARD LOCATION JUDGE 1 1 Fire Hall — 2nd & Commerce E. L. Davis 55 2—S Petersmith School A. G. Johnson 715 W. 2nd Street 2 2—N Courthouse Basement C. L. Crutcher West End 56 3--E Fire Hall — 1401 Kennedy S. J. Miller 3 344 Fire Hall — 16th & Jones IV. E. Hood 4 4—E Fire Hall — Texas*& Cherry R. C. Fuller 57 4—W Rotary Park — Seventh & Summit Mary Estes ,P 4 1 Pr I e 58 5-E 3ws e--Areet Barber Shop M.rs. Minnie Utley 1001 Bessie Street 5 5-W East Van Zandt School H. R. Zimmerman 615 Missouri Avenue 54 6—W Gordon Boswell Florist Gordon Boswell 1220 Pennsylvania Avenue 6—C Fire Hall Mrs. Johnnie House Petersmith & Fulton 6—E Fire Hall — Tucker & So. Bryan Miss Ella Bidiker 7—NW Jennings Avenue High School J. P. Wear 1015 South Jennings Avenue i m PRECINCT WARD LOCATION JUDGE 84 7-SW Philliprs Barber Shop Mrs. Sam Dennis 401 West Richmond Street 79 7-SE Worth Drug Store Mrs. C. E. Dinkins 2300 Evans Avenue 59 7-NE 1012 Evans Avenue Mrs. R. D. Williams 73 7-E Fire Hall Mrs. Myrtle McKinney New York & Maddox 39 7-S Morningside Elementary School Mrs, F. L. Bass 2700 Evans Avenue 8-NE Hancock Wall Paper Co, M. Frank Kinney 901 Nest Magnolia Avenue 8-SE Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb hors. M. A. Raysor 8-S Cyrus Drug Store Mrs. Hugh Sloan 2001 Sixth Avenue 8-W Park Place Fire Hall Mrs. R. W. Wheeler 1616 Park Place 8-NIN Gebhard Drug Store W. L. McElhannon 1314 West Magnolia Ave. 9--E Fire Hall - 1019 Peach St. Lelia Walker 9-W Courthouse Basement 71. S. Tannahill East End 97 10--SW Geo. Clarke School Mrs. B. L. Ingram 3300 South Henderson St. 78 10-SE Renfro Drug Store Mrs. 0. F. Smith 3038 H emphill St, 77 10-C Fire Hall - 2800 Lipscomb W. W. Sloan 62 10-NT E. M. Daggett School Mrs. W. K. Rose 2315 College Avenue 48 11-E Fire Hall J. B. Phipps 12th & North Main Street 67 11-SW Denver Avenue School Mrs. W. 0. Bellamy 1412 Denver Avenue 110 11-NW Fire Hall Mrs. S. E, Grove 18th & Belmont PRECINCT WARD LOCATION JUDGE 87 11—NE North Side Tech Mrs:. W. C. Robinson Park & Lincoln 68 12—W Sam Rosen School R. H. Bogard 1702 N. W. 26th Street 92 12--C Boy Scout House Mrs. E. W. Kelley Chestnut Ave,, Christian Church -- 25th & Chestnut 49 12-E 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Mrs. Russell Babcock Store — 124 West Exchange Ave. 10 13 LT Fire Hall W. E. Rickard 1501 East Hattie Street 30 13—C R. Vickery School W. V. Jones 1905 Vickery Boulevard 90 13—S Bob Carrell Grocery Mrs. Pauline Tankersley 1910 Puma Street 81 14-3W Alice E. Carlson School Mrs. Florence Whitman 3300 West Cantey Street 108 14—SE Fire Hall V. P. Baker University Drive & Berry 95 .14,N Tillery Grocery Mrs. E. E. 2202 Forest Park Blvd. 15 15—S Hudsonfs Grocery Mrs, J. D. Craig 3478 West Vickery Blvd. 64 15—N West Van Zandt School Mrs. Lottie Meserole 1200 University Drive 16 16—E Old South Hi—Mount School D. W, Evans 4125 Lafayette Street 16—N North Hi—Mount School Mrs. W. B. Renfro 3801 West Seventh Street 16—C Fire Hall Mrs. P. E. Middleton Carlton & Camp Bowie Blvd„ 16—W Arlington Heights Elemen— J. 0. Hildreth tary School — 5100 El Campo Avenue 17 W. J, Turner School Emmet Curran 3000 N. W. 26th Street PRECINCT WARD LOCATION JUDO 51 18 Diamond Hill High -School Mrs. J. A. Stephenson 28th & Oscar Streets 19 19—S Riverside Christian Church Mrs. Henry W. Schmidt First & Swayne Streets 82 19-E Fire Hall - Riverside Mrs. Ora McAdams 3211 E. Belknap Street 109 19--W Oakhurst School Building Mrs. R. E. Duke 2700 Yucca Avenue 101 19--N Amon G. Carter High School C. R. Albrecht North Riverside Drive 6 20 Sycamore Heights Baptist Mrs. T. J. Stowers Church - Sunday School Room 2800 Purington , 21-E New Fire Hall - 3401 Ave, I Mrs. Sam Callaway 21-W Wm. James_ Junior High Mrs. Ed L. Sorrels School - 1201 Nashville St, 22-W D. McRae School Mrs. J. H. Middlebrook 3318 Avenue N 22-E Chambers Drug Store WMrs. J. F. Davis 2201 Bishop Street Mrs. ��.8. Rawlings .4 23—SE Whitleyr s Drug Store Ift3x7$xxVxx ja* 3900 Hemphill Street 107 23-NE Langford & Baker Up- Mrs. Ea T. Jenkins holst ering Co. 3763 Hemphill Street 23-W Rosemont School D. A. Thornton 1600 Prince Street 6 24 Lily B, Clayton School R. C. Smith 2000 Park Place Avenue 50 25 Washington Heights High Mrs. W. W. Farmer School - 3203 North Houston Street Murrell',- 91 urrell'sql 26-Ne=1'i �'� Orville Beall Lake Worth PRECINCT WARD LOCATION JUDGE 113 26—S Huffman's Camp — Lake Worth Mrs. C. C. Witt 105 27—N Fire Hall E. T. Bagaley Meadowbrook Drive & Oak— land Avenue 88 27—S Sagamore High School Dors. J. G. Reeves 701 Hughes Street 83 28 Oaklawn School C. E. Jaco 3224 Hardeman SECTION X. That this ordinance shall take effect and -be in full force and ef— fect from and after the date of its passage, Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney