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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5737 ORDINANCE NO. _f 7 7 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALI- FIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1967, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL- MEN 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. 1967, the same being the 4th day of said month, at which election all qualified voters may vote for the pur- pose of electing a Mayor and Councilmen. SECTION II. That the City Secretary of said City shall prepare bal- lots to be used in voting machines in said election, on which ballots shall be printed the names of the candidates for the position of Mayor and Councilmen. The places of the different candidates shall be designated on the official ballot as Mayor, Place 1, and Member of Council, Place 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 Mayor or as a mem- ber 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. That no person's name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the position of Mayor or as a member of the City Council unless such person has filed a sworn statement, not less than seven (7) nor more than ten (10) days prior to Tuesday, April 4, 1967, of all gifts and loans previously received and of all gifts, loans and payments made, and of all debts and obligations incurred or contracted for future use in behalf of such person's candi- dacy for office; that the statement must include all gifts, loans, payments, debts and obligations made or incurred, whether before or after the announced or filed candidacy of such person; and that not more than ten (10) days after the 4th day of April, 1967, each candidate shall also file a supplemental sworn statement of all gifts and loans received prior to the election and of all gifts, loans and payments made and debts and obligations incurred prior to the elec- tion which were not specifically included in the sworn state- ment filed prior to the election, all as provided for in Article 14.08 of the Election Code of the State of Texas. 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. -2- SECTION V. That in the event that there are two or more candidates for the position of Mayor or for the same position and place as a member of the City Council, the order in which the names of such candidates are to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by a drawing to be conducted by the City Secretary; that three (3) days prior to the date on which the drawing is to be held, the City Secretary shall post a notice in his office in the City Hall of the time and place of the drawing and shall also give personal notice to any can- didate who makes written request therefor and furnishes to the City Secretary a self-addressed stamped envelope; and that each candidate involved in the drawing or a representa- tive designated by him shall have a right to be present and observe the drawing. SECTION VI. That absentee voting shall be on paper ballots; and that each absentee voter shall vote for his choice for candidate for Mayor and for each place as a member of the City Council by scratching or marking out all other names in that race and shall vote for one candidate only for Mayor and for each place on the City Council, SECTION VII. That voting machines approved by the commissioners' Court of Tarrant County, Texas, shall be used at the City council election on April 4, 1967, in strict compliance with the ap- plicable provisions of Article 7.14 of the Election Code of -3- the State of Texas, as amended, and other applicable provi- sions of such Election code. SECTION VIII. 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; but that in the event of a tie or in the event that no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast for the office sought, the Mayor, on the first day after the completion of the official tabulation and can- vass of the returns, shall issue a call for a second elec- tion, as required by law, to be held on the second Tuesday following the issuance of such call, at which second elec- tion 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 IX. That the polls shall be kept open from seven o'clock A. M. , until seven o'clock P. M. , and that due return shall be made to the City Council showing the number of votes cast for and the number of votes cast against each candidate for the position of Mayor and for each of the positions of City Councilmen, respectively. SECTION X. That this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall constitute the proclamation of the -4- Mayor calling and ordering said election; that such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Fort Worth once a week for four (4) weeks prior thereto; and that the said City Secretary is hereby directed to post or cause to be posted said proclamation in each vot- ing precinct at least twenty (20) days before said election. SECTION XI. That the polling places for this election and the per- sonnel of the officers who are to hold the same, except in- sofar as they may be changed by the City Council of said City, shall be as follows: PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE I Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Frank Leab 600 Grove Street 2 Lobby - Civil courts Bldg. Jack Haight 5 East Van Zandt School Dr. A. I . Harris 615 Missouri 6 church - may and Cannon Mrs. W. A. Matthews 7 Ernest Parker Junior High Ben Morrison School - 1015 S. Jennings 8 Magnolia Ave. Christian W. E. Randles Church - 950 W. Magnolia 10 R. Vickery Elementary School Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 1905 East Vickery 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 East Handley Elementary Mrs. S. R. Hill School - 2617 Mims 14 & 154 St. Paul 's Methodist Church James W. Morgan 920 West Hammond 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary Webb M. Joiner School - 3800 Valentine -5- SECTION XII. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. Mayor ATTeE : 777c-ity Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney -11- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 16 W. C. Stripling Junior High Sam S. Noblit School - 2100 Clover Lane 17 W. J. Turner Elementary W. A. Drake School - 3001 Azle Avenue 19 Perfecto Cleaners (Rear) J. D. Roberts 108 North Riverside Drive 22 Wedgwood Junior High school Robert M. Chenault 3909 wilki Way 45 Community Center David Choate 6501 Shadydell 48 Greines Furniture Co. Joe Lazo 1332 North Main 49 Lewis Furniture Company W. T. Fuller 2351 North main 50 Washington Heights Ele- Hillary Hardeman mentary School 3215 North Houston 51 & 93 Diamond Hill Elementary Louie I . Pratt School - 2901 Hutchinson 53 Light House for the Blind Mrs. Susie Byars 912 West Broadway 54 Fort Worth Carpet Company Louise Hudson 1524 Pennsylvania Avenue 56 St. John Baptist Church S. A. Whitaker 1108 E. 19th Street 57 Universal Life & Accident R. E. L. Batts, Jr. Insurance Co. - 1110 Summit 58 New Bethel Church Lela A. Cox 1035 East Annie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. W. B. Lacy 1115 Illinois 60 8th Avenue Pharmacy Charles F. Laue 1714 Eighth Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver Avenue -6- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 62 E. M. Daggett Elementary Dr. Jack Turner School - 958 Page Street 64 West Van Zandt Elementary Kenneth M. Henderson School - 1200 University Dr. 66 Tandy Elementary School Carroll morrow 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary R. A. Bowman School - 1412 Denver Ave. 68 Rosen Heights Baptist Church R. H. (Bob) Bogard (Scott Hall) - 2524 Roosevelt 70 Carter Blood Center Dr. Wilson B. Williams 1263 West Rosedale 71 Fire Station Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 1601 Lipscomb 73 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Columbus Martin 1801 Evans Avenue 74 D. McRae Elementary School Mrs. Viva Neel 3316 Avenue N 75 Wm. James Junior High Ed L. Sorrels School - 1101 Nashville 76 Lily B. Clayton School Frank Crumley 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Station John S. McClane 2604 Lipscomb 78 Southtown Shopping Center Betty Joyce Cumby (Southland Ice Building) South Freeway 79 Flower Shop Mable Newton 2250 Evans Avenue 80 Harmony Baptist Church Mrs. E. W. Nemetz 2800 Mitchell Boulevard 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary Ben H. Procter School - 3320 W. Cantey 82 & 36 Riverside Elementary Mrs. Valerie Childress School - 420 N. Riverside Dr. -7- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 83 Oaklawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 84 Hemphill Presbyterian Church Mary Lou Purser 1701 Hemphill 85 Rosemont Junior High School Ray Worley 1501 West Seminary Drive 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton David 0. Belew, Jr. 67 I.O.O.F. Hall - 1900 Gould Mrs. Felix Harrison 88 Sagamore Hill School Joe J. Johnson 701 Hughes 89 Morningside Elementary Mrs. Marie L. Brooks School - 2601 Evans Ave. 90 Progressive Church of God Raymond Johnson in Christ - 2010 Yuma 91 Peninsula Club - Lake Worth Eva Pruitt 92 Fire Hall - 2410 Prospect Mrs. E. L. Boswell 94 & 115 Arlington Heights Elemen- Mrs. Harry Laue tary School 5100 El Campo 95 Tillery Grocery and market George Merrill 2202 Forest Park Boulevard 96 E. M. Daggett Junior High Doren Pulliam School - 1108 Carlock 97 George C. Clarke School Thomas R. High 3300 South Henderson 98 S . S. Dillow School W. R. Ford 4000 Avenue M 99 Fire Hall - Church & Erie Mrs. J. P. Parker 101 Amon G. Carter High School O. W. Russell 3301 Yucca 103 North Hi-Mount School W. B. Renfro 3801 West 7th Street PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 104 Bradley Center George Garnett Eastline Road & Timberline Dr. 105 Meadowbrook Junior High Garrett Morris School - 2001 Ederville Rd. 106 & 152 Village Creek School Charles Graves 4406 Carey 107 Town Hall - Seminary South Dick Salinas Shopping Center 108 Paschal High School Harry G. Steinert 3001 Forest Park Boulevard 109 Oakhurst School Mrs. L. W. Baker 2700 Yucca 110 Fire Hall - 1809 Belmont Mrs. George Haynes 113 Providence Baptist Church Mrs. C. C. Witt Lake Worth 116 Central Christian Church Ralph M. Hester West 4th and Bailey 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School Victor Tinsley 3201 South Hills Drive 118 Mary Louise Phillips School Mrs. Frank Taylor 3020 Bigham 119 Paradise Baptist church Mrs. Grace Bass 121 Paradise 120 Como Elementary School Sopora Hicks 4000 Horne 122 Grace Baptist Church Mrs. J. E. Nelson 2560 Dodge 123 & 18 H. V. Helbing School Mrs. Charlie Blackwood 3524 North Crump 124 Mrs. George Kuykendall 's H. T. Bibb, Sr. Residence - 2315 Goldenrod 125 & 144 Northwest Bible Church Wallace Boling 5041 Jacksboro Highway 126 John T. White Community J. Harry Bruton Center - John T. White Rd. -9- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 127 Dunbar Junior-Senior High Dorothy Thompson School - 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary Mrs. Joe L. Bennett School 6817 Cumberland Road 130 Tanglewood Elementary School Mrs. Mary Jane Walters 3060 Overton Park West 132 Eastland Elementary School Mrs. Erwin Gohlke 4108 Eastland 133 South Hills Elementary Herb K. Hall School - 3009 Bilglade 134 Westcliff Elementary School Mrs. Charles Blackwell 4300 Clay 135, 69 & 153 Alta Mere Baptist Church Fred 0. Leopard 3200 Ramona Drive 136 & 21 Wycliff Elementary School Sam Latimer 4920 Dilworth 137 Crestwood Elementary School Estil Vance, Jr. 3600 White Settlement Road 142 Bruce C. Shulkey School Mrs. Carl Hensarling 5500 Whitman 146 Meadowbrook Country Club Mrs. Edwin J. Koch 1815 Jenson Road 149 & 13 Glen Park Elementary School Jack Green 3601 Pecos 150, 23 & 25 E. Ray Elementary School W. G. Beasley 7200 South Freeway 151 St. James Presbyterian D. D. Autrey Church - 2200 Oak Hill Rd. 155 Rosemont Church of Christ Doyle Meador 4041 Ryan Avenue