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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2392 OR,D'IIQANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FONT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1947, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING NINE COUNCIINEN FOR SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE 'CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT NORTH, 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. 1947, the same being the 8th 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, 3, 4, 5, 61 7, 8 and 9, respectively. SECTION III. That no personts 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 candidate's 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 be has filed an affidavit of loyalty with the Secretary of State, as re- quired by Article 2976a 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 candidate's 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 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 o'clock a. m., until seven o'clock p. m., and that due return be made to the City Council show- ing 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: PRMCT WARD LOCATION JUDGE 1 1 Fire Hall - 2nd & Commerce Sts. E. L. Davis 55 2-S Petersmith School A. G. Johnson 715 West Second Street 2 2-N Courthouse Basement - West End C. L. Crutcher 56 3-E Fire Hall - 1401 Kennedy W. L. Denton 3 3-W Fire Hall - 16th & Jones Sts. Mrs. W. A. James 4 4-E Fire Hall - Texas & Cherry Sts. Mrs. R. H. McLemore 57 4 W Rotary Park - 7th & Sumrnit Mary Estes 58 5-E Foursquare Church Sunday Mrs. Minnie A. Utley School Room - 1035 E. Annie St. 5 5-W East Van Zandt School Mrs. R. R. Kittrell 615 Missouri Avenue 54 6-W Weaverts Pharmacy Miss Ann Bahan 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue 53 6-C Fire Hall - Pebersmith & Mrs. Johnnie House Fulton 6 6-E Fire Hall Miss Ella Bidiker Tucker & South Bryan 7 7-NW Ernest Parker Junior High School Mrs. Leota Squyres 1015 Jennings Avenue 84 7-SW Boy Scoutst House, Hemphill Mrs. Sam Dennis Presbyterian Church 1701 Hemphill Street 79 7-SE Worth Drug Store Mrs. C. E. Dinkins 2250 Evans Avenue 59 7-NE 928 Evans Avenue Lodge Hall A. L. Bailey 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: �( U�J Z�_ _..As A. City Attorney (CONTINUED) g m= .,- LOCATION JUDGE 73 7-E Fire Hall - New York & Maddox Mrs. Mary McKinney 89 7-S Morningside Elementary School Mrs. F. L. Bass 2609 Evans Avenue 8 8-NE Hancock Wallpaper Company Mrs: H. Clyde Eberhardt 900 W. Magnolia Avenue 71 8-SE Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb St. Orady'-`!R.Ap sor 96 8-S Geraldsonts Drug Store Mrs. T. S. Cyrus 2001 6th Ave. 60 8-W Park Place Fire Hall Mrs. R. W. Wheeler 1616 Park Place _ G}ebbard Drug Store 70 B-NW 1314 M. Magnolia Ave. W. L. McElhannon 61 9=E Fire Hall - 1019 Peach St. Mrs. Gertrude Huffman 9 9-W Courthouse Basement - East End G. T. Hubbard 97 10-SW Geo. %TDkI S Henierson St. Mrs. 0. B. Craddock 78 10-SE Tra is ve.Bvisaveiat Church Mrs. P. L. Martin 77 10-C Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb St. Mrs. W. A. Fitts 62 10-N E. M. Daggett School Mrs. W. K. Rose 2315 College Avenue 48 11-E Fire Hall - 12th & N. Main St. Mrs. George W. Gray 67 11-SW Denver Avenue School Mrs. W. 0. Bellamy 1412 Denver Avenue 110 U-NW Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. F. E6 Kirli 87 11-NE North Side Tech School Mrs. Felix Harrison Park & Lincoln 68 12-W Sam Rosen School R. H. Bogard 1602 N. W. 26th Street 92 12-C Boy Scout House Mrs. E. W. Kelley Chestnut Ave. Christian Church 25th & Chestnut Streets 49 12-E 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Store Mrs. Russell Babcock 124 W. Exchange 10 13-N Fire Hall - 1525 E. Hattie St. W. E. Rickard 80 13-C R. Vickery School W. V. Jones 1905 Vickery Blvd. r � (CONTINUED) PWMGT AARD LQCATION JUDGE 90 13-S Ross Grocery & Market Mrs. Pauline Tankersley 1910 Yuma Street 11(rs. 7100sees� 81 14-SW Alice E. Carlson School 3300 West Cantey Street 108 14-SE Fire Hall - University Drive V. P. Baker and Berry 95 14-N Horn & Kelley Grocery Mrs. E. E. Leonard 2202 Forest Park Blvd, 117 1b-S TCU Groeery-3200 Greene St. Mrs. goy Douglas 15 15-S Brooklyn Heights School Mrs. J. A. Hughes 3726 Lisbon Street 116 15-C Crestwood School J.K. Rhodes 3600 White Settlement Road 64 15-N West Van Zandt School Mrs. Joe W. Dawson 1200 University Drive 16 16 E Old South Hi-Mount School Hre. Cora ]iarud 4125 Lafayette — 103 • 16-N North Hi-Mount School Mrs. W. B. Renfro 3801 West Seventh Street 86 16-C Fire Hall - Carleton & Camp Mrs. P. F. Middleton Bowie 94 16-W Arlington Heights Elementary Mrs. Helen Billingsley School 5100 E1 Campo 17 17-N W. J. Turner School Mrs. Rosa Maco 3000 N. W. 26th Street 122 17-S Rosen Heights Presbyterian W. A. Blessing Church 2560 Dodge Street 51 18 Diamond Hill High School Mrs, J. A. Stephenson 2901 Hutchinson Av6nue s •c o eaners - f` 19 19-S 108 N. Riverside Dr. Mrs. Ralph Loyd 119 19-M Store Building Mrs. T. M. Cunningham 3100 $. Fourth St. 82 19-B Riverside Fire Hall Mrs. Pat Lewis 3211 E. Belknap Street r (CONTINUED) E� 'TNCT WAND LOCATION J 109 19-W Oakhurst School - 2700 Yucca St. Mrs. R. E. Duke 101 19-N Amon G. Carter School Mrs. C. R. Albrecht 3301 Yucca Street 124 19-NW Dale White 66 20 Sycamore Heights Baptist Church Mrs. T. J. Stowers Sunday School Room 2800 Purington Avenue 11 21-E New Fire Hall - 3401 Ave. I Mrs. Sam J. Calloway 75 21-W Wm. James Junior High School Mrs. Ed L. Sorrels U01 Nashville Street 74 22-W D. McRae School - 3318 Ave. M T. C. Dickson 98 22-E Chambers Drug Store T. K. Hale 2201 Bishop Street 14 23-SE South Fort Worth School Mrs. 0. B. Rawlings 900 West Fogg Street 107 23-NE ylaplee .afe ,� �� Mrs. E. T. Jenkins 85 23-W Rosemont School Mrs. D. A. Thornton 1600 Prince Street 76 24 Lily B. Clayton School Mrs. Roscoe Smith 2000 Park Place Ave. 50 25-W Washington Heights High School Yrs. W.W. Farmer 3203 North Houston Street — - 123 25-E Fostepco Heights School Mrs. J. G. Jarvis 901 E. 34th Street 91 26-N Orsak's Cafe - Lake Worth Orville Beall 113 26-3 Huffman's Camp - Lake Worth Mrs. W. E. Huffman 105 27-N Fire Hall - Meadowbrook Drive Mrs.Liary Epperly and Oakland 88 27-S Sagamore Hill School Mrs. J. G. Reeves 701 Hughes Street 83 28 Oaklawn School C. F. Jaco 3224 Hardeman Street 118 29-W Ridglea Methodist Church Howard C. Brants Ridglea Addition 120 29-E Residence - 5408 El Campo' Ave. liae;Jeeaa 8ertl�i °^ ORDINANCE Title L, Date Filed L day off 19 �-- _ 'h City Secretary P. O. No. 6043-P