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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 1219 MOP- ORDINANCE NO.f-2,/ AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AP? ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ON TUESDAY THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL A. D. 192� FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING NINt COMC ILry M' FOR SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C ITY CODNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT FORTH: SECTION I. That in compliance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth and in accordance with the lags and Con- stitution of the State of Texas, an, election be and the same is hereby'onlled and ordered for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1927, the same being the 5th day of April, A. D. 1927, at which election all qualified voters of said City may vote for the purpose of electing nine Councilmen. SECTION II. That the Secretary-Treasurer 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 said Council. The places of the different councilmen shallbbe designated on the official ballot as member of council place number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. SECTION III. That no person's name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for member of said council unless that person's name has been presented to the City Secretary-Treasurer not less than thirty days prior to the date of said election by a petition signed by three hundred or more qualified voters of said City in ink or in indelible pencil, together with the home or business address of each person who has signed said petition and it must also appear on the face of said petition, the number of the place that the said candidate is seeking and that the said petition of each candidate has been separately circulated. SECTION IT. That it shall further appear before said candidateb name is entered on said ballot that such candidate has filed with the City Secretary-Treasurer a written acceptance of his or her nomination not less than twenty days before the date of said election. SECTION T. That in the event that there are two or more can- didates for the same place as a member of the council, the position of the names of such candidates on the ballot shall be determined by placing them in the alphabetical order of their sirnames. SECTION TI. That each voter shall vote for his choice candidate by striking from the ballot the names of all the candidates for whom the said voter does not wish to vote and shall vote -2- for one candidate only for each place. SECTION VII. That the polls shall be kept open from 8:00 o'clock A. M. rUd 7:00 o'clock P. M. and that due return be made showing the number of votes cast toe and the number of votes cast against each candidate to the City Council as soon as practicable following the date of said election. SECTION VIII. That this ordinance signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary-Treasurer shall constitute the pro- clamation of the Mayor calling and ordering said election and that such notice shall be published in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth once a week for four weeks prior thereto, and that the City Secretary-Treasurer is hereby directed to post or cause to be posted a# least thirty days before said election at the voting place in each ward a notice stating the time of holding this election and the officies to be filled, which said notice shall be signed by the Mayor. SECTION IX. That the polling placed for this election and the personnel of the officers who are to hold the same, except in so far as they may be changed by the City Council of said City, shall be as follows: WARD VOTING PLACE & LOCATION JUDGE 1st. Fire Station 2nd & Commerce Sts. W. A. Abey 2nd. N. Court House Basement Ed. Provine 2nd. S. Old Chamber of Com- merce Basement 5th & Throckmorton C. T. McIntosh 3rd. E` Fire Hall Chambers Hill Mrs. Rose Twinning 3rd. W. Fire Hall 16th & Jones Lee Stubbs 4th. E. Fire Hall Central Station R. C. Fuller 4th N. Rotary Park 7th & Summit Bernard Renfro 5th E. Garlands Store 1106 E. Hattie R. F. Garland 5th B. Mo. Ave. Methodist Church H. R. Zimmerman 6th E. Sweets Mattress Factory 606 S. Main St. W. E. Bideker 6th. C. Fire Mall Peter Smith & Fulton T. L. Hogle 6th. N. Lucerne Garage 1408 'ff. Tucker L. N. Evans 7th. E. Fire Hall New York & Maddom J. E. Gaskill 7th. N.E. Police Station 1101 Missouri Ave. W. B. Collup 7th. S.E. North Drug Store 2300 Evans L. A. Turner 7th. S. Private Garage in Rear of 900 Marion J. R. Black 7th. S.W. Stand Pipe Laundry 1825 May St. Sam Dennis 7th. N.W. Ho' or Far. Co. 1119 S. Main J. P. 'ffear 8th. N.E. Williams Grocery 1000 N. Magnolia R. B. Shropshire 8th. S.E. Gaither's Drag Store 1801 College F. Z. Gaither 8th. N.W. us Drug Store GMagnolia & 6th Ave. C. S. Knott 8th. S.N. Sterretts Drug Store 2001 6th Ave. Ben J. Hines 9th. E. Fire Hall Peach Stl Charley Wells 9th. W. Court House Basement Stanley Hamlet loth. N. Stewarts Drug Store 2425 Hemphill Jno. Stewart loth. C. Fire Hall 2800 Lipscomb J. N. Sligar loth. S. Johnson's Drug Store 3101 Hemphill A. J. Power llth. E. Fire Hall 12th. & N. Ruin A. Roby llth. S. G. Raffert Drug Store 710 H. entral W. 0. Bellamy llth. N.W. Park St. Grocery J. R. Goff 905 Park St. 12th. E. Garagge 108 P�. Exchange Mrs. Russell Babcock 12th. W. M.E.Ghurch 25th & Azle C.P.Martin 13th. N. Fire Hall 1500 E. Hattie R. A. Crosby 13th. C. Glenn llattriss Factory 1914 Vickery Blvd. W. V. Jones 13th. S. Averetts Garage 1401 Richmond R. H. Dodd 14th. , C. U. Stanley's Cafe 3018 Gibson Milton Heath 15th. S. Hudson Grocery Brooklyn Hts. Stove Foundry Road Blatt Atwood 15th. N. VanZandt Old School Bldg, 7th St. & Camp Bowie Blvd. A. C. Coker 16th. E. W. B. LaCava's Cleaners Arlington Hts. 4109 Camp Bowie Blvd. Geo. B. Gay 16th W. Arlinzton Hts. Pharmacy Geo. Seidemm Arlington Hts. 9702ryan 17th. Baker's Grocery Rosen Hts. 2800 Azle Ave. Emmett Curran 18th. Old Niles City Hall Diamond Decatur Road N. W, White 19th. N. Fire Hall Riverside Riverside Clarence Hackney 19th. S. Odd Fellows Hall Riverside Riverside Owen Brown Sycamore Hts. M F. Church 26�06 Bomor Lon Evans 21st. N. Store Polytechnic 805 Nashville C. Hightower 21st. C.(East) Fire Hall Polytechnic Vaighn St. R.C. Murphy mod. S. Poindexter Pharmacy Polytechnic 2309 Bishop H1 C. Mitt 23rd. E. Whitley Drug Store Prairie Chappell 4102 Hemphill E. T. Jenkins 23rd. W. Seminary Store Seminary Hill 4438 Frazer N. N. Hughes 24th. Mistletoe Hts. Pharmacy Mistletoe Hts. 2144 W. Rosedale E. D. Rutledge 25th Hamilton Grocery Washington Hts. 3121 N. Houston W. P. Horner 26th. Lacey's Lake Side Inn Lake Worth Near Nine Mile Bridge J. B.* Lacy 27th. M. E. Church-South of Sagamore Hill Stop 6 on Dallas In- terurban C. W. Atkinson SECTION X. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. 1 . APPROVED AS TO FORT-: jLrk- i y Attorney ATTEST: City secretary-Treasurer. l�- �j :