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AUTHORIZING ELECTIONS TO BE HELD JOINTLY
BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND THE FORT
WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1996
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth will hold special elections on
Saturday, May 4, 1996, for the purpose of electing a Mayor and a
City Councilmember for District 9 of the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Independent School District will hold
its regularly scheduled elections on Saturday, May 4, 1996, for the
purpose of electing trustees to the School District s board of
trustees; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that, to the extent feasible, said
elections should be held jointly by the City of Fort Worth and the
Fort Worth Independent School District, pursuant to Chapter 271 of
the Texas Election Code, NOW, THEREFORE,
TEXAS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
1 That to the extent feasible, the City of Fort Worth will hold
its special elections jointly with the regularly scheduled
elections of the Fort Worth Independent School District on
Saturday, May 4, 1996, pursuant to Section 271 002 of the
Texas Election Code
2 That the City of Fort Worth will share equally in the cost of
said joint election relating to those polling places in the
City election which are shared in common with the Fort Worth
Independent School District, except, however, that the costs
of ballots, supplies, voting machines, and clerks utilized
exclusively by the Fort Worth Independent School District will
be the exclusive obligation of the School District, and the
costs of the ballots, supplies, voting machines, and clerks
utilized exclusively by the City of Fort Worth will be the
exclusive obligation of the City
3 That the fee of the election judges for delivering the
election returns and the election supplies to the different
locations for the different election authorities, as provided
by Sections 271 013 and 271 004 of the Texas Election Code,
will be paid by the respective election authority to whom the
election returns and supplies are delivered ~:•
APPROI~E**Di~ t
ITY CQUiYCIL J el Woods
M yor Pro Tem
F~~ 20 ~~,~ ity of Fort Worth, Texas
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CITY OF FORT WORTH