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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 3592 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF IO RT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1957, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING NINE COUNCILMEN FOR SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, 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 Tuesday after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1957, the same being the 2nd 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 councilmen. The places of the different councilmen shall be designated on the official ballot as Member of Council, Place No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, respectively. SECTION III. _ That no person's name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the position of a member of the City Council unless such person has filed his sworn application, as provided by the laws of Texas, with the Mayor and the City Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the election date, and it must also appear on the face of said application the number of the place that said candidate is seeking. SECTION IV. That it shall further appear to the said City Secretary, before said candidate's name is entered on said ballot, that he has filed an affidavit of loyalty with the Mayor and the City Secretary, as required by Article 6.02 of the Election Code of the State 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 can- didates' 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 for candidate for each place as a member of the City Council by placing an "X" in the square beside the name or by scratching or marking out all other names in that race, and shall vote for one candidate only for each place. SECTION VII. That any candidate receiving a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate shall be elected to such office. In the event of a tie or in the event that no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast for any one or more of the respective offices, the Mayor, on the first day after the completion of the official count of ballots, shall issue a call for a second election, as required by law, to be held on the second Tuesday following the issuance of such call, at which second election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any such office or offices, as the case may be, in the first election at which no one was elected by receiving a majority of all the votes cast for all candidates for such office or offices shall again be voted for. SECTION VIII. That the polls shall be kept open from seven o'clock a. m., until seven o'clock p.m., and that due return be made to the City Council showing the num- ber of votes .cast for and the number of votes cast against each candidate for each of the positions of city councilmen respectively. SECTION IX. That this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Se- cretary, shall constitute the proclamation of the Mayor calling and ordering said election, and that such notice shall be published in a newspaper of gen- eral 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 twenty (20) days before said election in each voting precinct. SECTION X. 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 LCCATION JUDGE 1 Mt. Gilead Baptist Church 600 Grove Street Frank Leab 2 Courthouse Basement - West End Mrs. Zoe Rankin 3 Fire Hall - 16th and Jones Sts. G. M. Thompson 4 Fire Hall - Texas & Cherry Sts. Mrs. R. H. McLemore 5 East Van Zandt School 615 Missouri Avenue Mrs. Dorothy Busch 6 Fire Hall - Tucker & So. Bryan Airs. P. R. Hewitt 7 Ernest Parker Jr. High School 1015 So. Jennings Thomas M. Smith 8 W. J. Hancock Paint & Wallpaper Co. 900 W. Magnolia Earl Wheeler 9 Courthouse Basement - Fast End G. T. Hubbard 10 Fire Hall - 1525 E. Hattie W. E. Rickard 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Robert A. Caraway 12 Handley Baptist Church, Annex 2 6801 Church Street E. L. Mims 14 St. Paul's Methodist Church 920 W. Hammond William Gray 15 Brooklyn Hts. Elementary School 3800 Valentine Paul G. Gray 16 Thomas Place Elementary School 4150 Lafayette Harry Snyder 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School 3000 Azle Avenue Mrs. Tom Musick 19 Rear of Perfecto Cleaners 108 N. Riverside Drive J. D. Roberts 22 Residence - 4333 West Vickery Mrs. R. W. Bickham 48 Fire Hall - Grand & Clinton T. A. Randle 49 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Store 124 West Exchange Mrs. R. B. Babcock 50 Washington Hts. Elementary School 3200 N. Houston Mrs. W. W. Farmer 51 Diamond Hill Elementary School 2901 Hutchinson Louie I. Pratt 53 Fire Hall - Fulton & Petersmith Sts. Airs. Johnnie House 54 Manhattan Cleaners 1510 Pennsylvania Avenue Albert Evans, Jr. 55 Petersmith School - 715 West Second J. B. Derden 56 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 908 E. 15th Street Edward Loving 57 Paul Rathgeber Insurance Co. 1415 Summit Mrs. John G. Sims, Jr. 58 New Bethel Church - 1035 E. Annie Mrs. Lela A. Cox 59 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 1063 E. Rosedale Jerry Banks 60 Fire Hall - 1616 Park Place Mabel Melton 61 Fire Hall - 1019 E. Peach A. J. Pruett 62 E. M. Daggett Elementary School Page & College Avenue E. G. Aycock 64 West Van Zandt School 1200 University Drive Rosco Horn 66 Unitarian Church - 2800 Purington Mrs. Tom Stowers 67 Denver Avenue Elementary School 1412 Denver Avenue Mrs. Ellis Roark 68 Sam Rosen School - 2613 Roosevelt R. H. (Bob) Bogard 70 Harris Nurses Home - 1250 W. Rosedale Tom Wilkinson 71 Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb Mrs. Joe Dee Calloway 73 Rising Star Baptist Church 1333 Evans Avenue H. H. Monroe 74 D. McRae Elementary School 3316 Avenue N Mrs. Viva Neel 75 William James Jr. High School 1101 Nashville George Meissner 76 Lily B. Clayton School 2000 Park Place George M. Merrill 77 Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb John S. McClane 78 0. L. V. School - 3300 Hemphill W. H. Taylor, Jr. 79 Highland Park Methodist Church 2300 Evans Avenue John Reece, Sr. 80 R. Vickery Elementary School 1905 E. Vickery Mrs. Lena Reynolds 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary School 3300 W. Cantey Mrs. Hyman Deckler 82 Riverside Elementary School 420 N. Riverside Drive Mrs. Pat Lewis 83 Oaklawn School - 3200 Hardeman Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 84 Hemphill Presbyterian Church 1701 Hemphill Mrs. Clarence Farmer ' f , 85 Rosemont Jr. High School 1501 Prince Mrs. D. A. Thornton 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton Charles Morgan, Sr. 87 I.O.O.F. Hall = 1900 Gould Mrs. Felix Harrison 88 Sagamore Hill School - 701 Hughes St. S. J. Vickers 89 Morningside Elementary School 2601 Evans Avenue Charles 0. Patterson 90 Lakeview Baptist Church - 2010 Yuma Mrs. Anna Griffith 91 The Beachcomber - Lake Worth Mrs. 0. D. Carroll 92 Boy Scout House - go. Ft. Worth Christian Church - 25th & Chestnut Ave. Mrs. E. L. Boswell 94 Arlington Hts. Elementary School 5100 El Campo Mrs. Helen Billingsley 95 Tillery Grocery and Market 2202 Forest Park Blvd. Gordon Wiley 96 E. M. Daggett Jr. High School 1108 Carlock Elmo Irby 97 George C. Clarke School 3300 So. Henderson James M. Hazelwood 98 S. S. Dillow School - 4000 Avenue N W. R. Ford 99 Handley High School - 2925 Haynie Mrs. J. P. Parker, Sr. 101 Amon G. Carter Sr. High School 3301 Yucca C. R. Albrecht 103 Ross Piano Company 3717 Camp Bowie Blvd. Tom D. Taylor 104 Forest Oak Jr. High School 3221 Pecos Mrs. James M. Kuykendall 105 Meadowbrook Jr. High School 2001 Ederville Road Garrett Morris 106 Village Creek School Bowman Springs Road & Carey Mrs. Arthur Longguth 107 Memorial Christian Church 805 W. Dickson P. E. Porterfield 108 Fire Hall University Dr. and Berry St. J. Bob Roberts 109 Oakhurst School - 2700 Yucca Mrs. R. E. Duke 110 Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. B. S. Dupree 113 Providence Baptist Church South Shore of Lake Worth Mrs. C. C. Witt 116 Wilson, Patterson & Associates 601 Bailey Thomas H. Law 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School 3201 So. Hills Drive Mrs: Roy'D.onglas 118 Mary Louise Phillips School 3020 Bigham Mrs. Clyde A. Baker 119 Truelight Baptist Church 2828 E. First Andrew L. Sessions 120 Como Elementary School 4000 Horne W. H. Wilburn 122 Grace Baptist Church Annex 2219 N. W. 26th St. Mrs. J. E. Nelson 123 H. V. Helbing Elementary School 3524 N. Crump Mrs. Charlie Blackwood 124 Garage at rear of 2315 Goldenrod H. T. Bibb, Sr. 125 Trinity Baptist Church 620 Churchill Rd. M. 0. Lawyer 126 John T. White School James Grogan 127 Dunbar Jr. High School 5100 Willie J. G. McDonald 129 3327 Winthrop - (Behind Bank) J. R. Leeton 130 Charlie Hilliard+s Residence -Garage 3801 En Canto William D. Morris 132 Eastland Elementary School 4016 Eastland Mrs. Donald L. Allie 133 South Hills Elemetary School 3009 Bilglade Hugh Sloan, Jr. 134 Westclif£ Elementary School 4300 Clay Claude D. Dickerson 135 Alta Mere Baptist Church 3200 Ramona Drive H. A. Worlow 136 Wycliff Elementary School 4920 Dilworth Sam Latimer 137 Crestwood Elementary School 3600 White Settlement Road E. L. Thompson 146 Cumberland Presbyterian Church 5320 Norma Joe Loe 149 Glen Park Elementary School 3601 Pecos Mrs. Dorothy Barry 1 r t SECTION XI. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from'and after the date of its passage. Mayor ATTEST: a ty Secretary APPROVE) AS TO FORM: City Attorney i ORDINANCE No..- Ti f: Adopt Final Adoption Filed° Z' `-Day of City Si6mtary P.O.Na 42978-U