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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2025 ORDINANCE NO. ry Oy� AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1939, 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. 1939, the ame being the 4th 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 "Off ioial 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. 16 2, 3, 40 5, 8, 70 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 the name of such person has been presented to the City Secretary not lees 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 person signing such 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 has been separately cirou-. lated. s 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. 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 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 showing 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 ordering said election, and that such notice shall be published in a newspaper 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 of- ficers 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 WARD VOTING PLACE PRESIDING 3IIffiE 1 1 Fire Hall Howard Higby 2nd & Commerce 55 2-S First Christian Church A. G. Johnson 8th & Throckmorton St. 2 2-N Courthouse Basement C. L. Crutcher West End 58 3-E Fire Hall S. Y. Miller 1401 Kennedy 3 3-W Fire Hall Wm. E. Hood 18th & Jonea 4 4-Z Fire Hall R. C. Fuller Texas & Cherry 57 4-W Rotary Park E. B. Randle 7th & Summit 58 5-E Bessie Street Repair Mrs. A. D. Rickard Shoe Shop 1001 Bessie 5 5-W B. Pan Zandt School H. R. Zimmerman 615 Missouri Ave. 54 8-W Gordon Boswell Floral Co. Cordon Boswell 1220 Pennsylvania Avenue 53 6-0 Fire Hall T. L. Hogle Petersmith & Fulton 8 8 E Fire Hall Miss Ella Bidiker Tucker & South Bryan 7 7-NW Herger Furniture Go. T. P. Wear 1111 South M ain 84 7-SW Phillips Barber Shop Mrs. Sam Dennis 401 West Richmond St. 79 7-$E Worth Drug Store Mrs. C. E. Dinkins 2300 Evans Avenue PREGIROT WARD VOTING PLACE PROIDIHG JUDO 59 7-NE Rock Island Granitoid Co. R. D. Williams 1051 Evans Avenue 73 7 E Fire Hall W. C. Wehres New York &Maddox School 89 7-S Morni ngside Elemen taryl Mrs. F. L. Bass 2700 Evans Avenue 8 8-NE Earl Painters Motor Co. Z. S. Ratoliff 900 West Magnolia Avenue 71 8-SE Fire Hall Mrs. J. L. Raynor 1601 Lipscomb 96 8-S College Avenue Pharmacy Mrs. Hugh Sloan 2263 College 60 8••W Park place Fire Hall Mrs. R. W. Wheeler 1616 Park Place 70 8-NW Gebhard Drug Store L. F. Perkins 1314 West Magnolia Ave. 61 9E Fire Hall Lelia Walker 1019 Peach Street 9 9-W Courthouse Basement W. S. Tannehill Bast End 97 10-SW Denby's Furniture Co. J. R. Francisco 1717 West Barry St. 78 10-SE Renfro Drug Store We. 0. F. Smith 3040 Hemphill 77 10-0 Fire Hall T. T. Ray 2800 Lipscomb Street 62 10-N E. M. Daggett School Mrs. W. g. Rose 2315 College 48 11E Fire Hall K. Roby 12th & North Main St. 67 11Z6W Denver Avenue School Mrs. W. 0. Bellamy 1412 Denver Avenue 110 ll-KW Fire Hall Mrs. J. R. Goff 18th & Belmont 87 11-0 North Side Tech School Mrs. Nnory Davenport Park & Lincoln 68 12-W Sam Rosen School Mrs. R. H. Bogard 1702 N. W. 26th ~ T PRECINCT WARD VOTING PLACE PRSIDM JUDGE 92 12-0 J. 0. George Plumbing Co. Mrs. Be W. Kelley 906 N. W. 25th Street 49 12 S Renfro Drug Store Mrs. Russell Babcock Exchange &North Main 10 13-N Fire Hall W. E. Rickard 1501 East Hattie 80 13-0 R. Vickery School W. V. Jones 1905 Vickery Boulevard 90 13-S J. E. Dalton Grocery Co. Mrs. Pauline Tankersley 1910 Yuma Street 81 14-SW Alice S. Carlson School Mrs. D. T. Swint 3320 W. Cantey 106 14-SE Fire Station H. M. Marks, Jr. Berry and University 95 14-K Frostts Clover Farm Store Melvin J. Miller 2202 forest Park Boulevard 15 15-S Arlington Heights High School J. H. Rushing 4505 West Rosedale 64 15 N Maws Barber Shop Mrs. Lottie Meserole 3200 Camp Bowie Boulevard 16 16 E Old. South Ri Mount School D. W. Evans 3iaf tyetta:& Thomas Place 103 16 N North Hi-Blount School Mrs. W. Be Renfro 380D veet'4eveath 86 16-C Fire Hall Mrs. M. A. Elliott Carlton & Camp Bowie 94 16-W Arlington Heights Elemen- Mrs. Forrest C. tary School Withers 5100 E1 Campo Boulevard 17 17 Azle Avenue Baptist Church Immett Curran 2901 Azle Avenue 51 18 Diamond Hill High School Mrs. J. A. Stevenson 29th & Oscar 19 19-8 Riverside Christian Church Mrs. Henry W. Schmidt Swayne & First Streets 82 19 B Fire Hall Mrs. Pat H. Lewis Riverside PRBCINOP WARD VOTING PLACE PRESIDING MDGB 109 19-W Oakhurst School Building Mrs. R. 3. Duke 2700 Yucca Avenue 101 19-N Residenoe of Mrs. S. A. Mrs. S. A. Wall Wall 2336 Carnation 66 20 Sycamore Heights Baptist Mrs. Laura W. Church Maginuis 2800 Purington 11 21-B Fire Hall Bars. C. F. Andrews 1409 Vaughan School 75 21-lf Wm. James Junior High/ Mrs. C. R. Baker 1201 Nashville 74 22-W D. McRae School H. L. Collins 3318 Avenue N 98 22 E Bishop Street Pharmacy Mrs. J. M. Hard 2201 Bishop 14 23 3B Whitney Drug Store Mrs. Grace Glasgow 3900 Hemphill 107 23-NE Vacant Building Mrs. E. T. Jenkins 3529 B. Hemphill 85 23 W Rosemont School L. M. Jonea 1800 Prince Street 76 24 Lily B. Clayton School Roscoe Smith 2000 Park Place Avenue 50 25 Washington Heights School Mrs. A. C. George 3300 North Houston Street 91 26 Lacy*s Store J. B. Lacy Lake Worth 105 27-N Fire Hall Mrs. C. M. Pearce Meadowbrook - Oakland 88 27-S Sagamore Hill School J. G. Reeves 701 Hughes Street 83 28 Oaklann School C. 1. Jaco 3224 Hardeman SECTION x. That this ordinance shall take effect and Y�* in fall force and effect from and after the date of its passage. f ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney ORDINANCE No -- Tide Date - ' Filed ______ day of 19 -----— - City Secretary