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AUTHORIZING ELECTIONS TO BE HELD JOINTLY
BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND THE TARRANT
COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE 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 Tarrant County Junior College District will hold
its regularly scheduled elections on Saturday, May 4, 1996, for the
purpose of electing trustees to the 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
Tarrant County Junior College 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,
That to the extent feasible, the City of Fort Worth will hold
its special elections jointly with the regularly scheduled
elections of the Tarrant County Junior College 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 Tarrant
County Junior College District; except, however, that the
costs of ballots, supplies, voting machines, and clerks
utilized exclusively by the Tarrant County Junior College
District will be the exclusive obligation of the 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 2`71 013 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
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