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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 3307 ORDINANCE NO. 3 3 0 7 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTER$ OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1955, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING NINE COUNCILMEN FOR SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED MY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. 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. 1955, the same being the 5th day of said month, at which election all qualified voters mdy 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. L 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 1 b candidates 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 be- side 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 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 candi- dates 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 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 IX. That this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall constitute the proclamation of the Mayor calling and order- ing 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 twenty (20) days before said election in each voting precinct. SECTION XI. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in Rill force and effect from and after the date of its passage. Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED A�S(-T—O�FORM: MY /_�_wua_ City Attorney 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 LOCATIM JU= 1 Fire Hall - Second & Commerce Pt1we Jaekson 2 Courthouse Basement - West End Mrs. Zoe Rankin 3 Fire Hall - 16th & Jones G. M. Thompson 4 Fire Hall - Texas & Cherry Sts. Mrs. R. H. McLemore 5 E. Van Zandt School 615 Missouri Avenue tars. D. G. Helman 6 Fire Hall - Tucker & So. Bryan Miss Ella Bideker 7 Ernest Parker Jr. High School 1015 So. Jennings Mrs. Leota Squyres 8 Hancock Wallpaper Comparq 900 W. Magnolia Earl Wheeler 9 Courthouse Basement - East End G. T. Hubbard 10 Fire Hall - 1525 E. Hattie W. E. Rickard 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 Handley High School 99 2925 Haynie Mrs. J. P. Parker 14 South Fort Worth Elementary School 900 W. Fogg St. Mrs. 0. B. Rawlings 15 Brooklyn Hts. Elementary School 3800 Valentine Mrs. J. A. Hughes 16 Thomas Place Elementary School M. Frank Kinney 4150 Lafayette 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School 3001 Azle Avenue Mrs. Rosa Maco 19 Perfecto Cleaners 108 N. Riverside Drive Mrs. Ed Martin 48 Greines Furniture Store 1332 North Main Mrs. Hattie Leftwich 49 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Store 124 W. Exchange Mrs. Russell Babcock 50 Washington Hts. Elementary School 3300 N. Houston Mrs. W. W. rarmer 51 Diamond Hill Elementary School 2901 Hutchinson Mrs. J. A. Stephenson 53 Fire Hall - 431 Fulton St. Mrs. Johnnie House 54 Jack Collier's Drug Store Summit & Pennsylvania Avenue Miss A. E. Bahan 55 Peteramith School - 715 W. Second Mrs. J. B. Derden 56 Fire Hall - 1401 Kennedy W. L. Denton 57 Rotary Park - 7th & Summit Ste. Mrs. John G. Sims, Jr. 58 Russell Radiator Shop 1038 E. Vickery Blvd. Mrs. Rena Moneyhan 59 Mrs. Lacy's Residence 1164 New York Mrs. W. B. Lacy 60 Park Place Fire Hall 1616 Park Place Mrs. R. W. Wheeler 61 Fire Hall - 1019 Peach Street Mrs. Irene Patterson 62 E. M. Daggett School 2315 College Avenue Miss Aileen L. Brown 64 W. Van Zandt Elementary School 1200 University Drive Kenneth Henderson 66 Unitarian Church - 2800 Purington Mrs. T. J. Stowers 67 Denver Avenue Elementary School 1412 Denver Avenue Mrs. W. E. Bellamy 68 Rosen Hts. Bapt. Church - Scott Hall 2506 Roosevelt R. H. Bogard 70 Parson's Flower Shop 1408 W. Magnolia W. L. KcMannon 71 Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb E. A. Bolliger 73 Fire Hall - New York & Maddox Ave. Mrs. Mary McKinney 74 D. McRae Elementary School 3316 Avenue N Mrs, Viva Neel 75 Wm. James Jr. High School 3.101 Nashville Kra. R. A. Cook 76 Lily B. Clayton School 2000 Park Place Sam H. Weatherford, III 77 Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb Mrs. W. A. Fitts 78 Travis Avenue Bapt. Church - Youth Center - 3042 Travis Avenue Mrs. P. L. Martin 79 Worth Drug Store - 2250 Evans Ave. Mrs. C. E. Dinkins 80 R. Vickery Elementary School 1905 E. Vickery W. V. Jones 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary School 3320 W. Cantey Mrs. Hyman Deckler 82 Fire Hall - 1100 Eagle Drive Mrs. Ora McAdams 83 Oaklawn School 104 3220 Hardeman Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 84 Hemphill Presbyterian Church 1701 Hemphill Mrs. Clarence Farmer 85 Rosemont Jr. High School 133 1600 Prince St. Mrs. D. A. Thornton 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton Mrs. P. F. Middleton -87 Technical High School 600 Park Street Mrs. Felix Harrison 88 Sagamore Hill School 701 Hughes St. Mrs. J. G. Reeves 89 Morningside Elementary School 2601 Evan Avenue Mrs. F. L. Bass 90 Lakeview Baptist Church 2010 Yuma Mrs. W. H. McMillan 91 The Beachcomber - Lake Worth Mrs. 0. D. Carroll 92 Boy Scout House - Chestnut Avenue Christian Church - 25th & Chestnut Ave. W. P. Higgins 94 Arlington Hts. Elementary School 5100 E1 Campo Mrs. Helen Billin sley 95 Tillery Grocery and Market 2202 Forest Park Blvd. Mrs. Owen Jones 96 Goolsby Drug Store 2263 College Avenue Mrs. D. E. Wheeler 97 George C. Clarke School 3300 So. Henderson Mrs. E. B. Lexis 98 S. S, Dillow School 132 4000 Avenue N Mrs. H. L. Taylor 101 Amon G. Carter Sr. High School 3301 Yucca Mrs. C. R. Albrecht 103 North Hi-Mount Elementary School 3801 W. Seventh St. . Mrs. W. B. Renfro 105 Fire Hall - Meadoxbrook Dr. & Oakland Mrs. Mary Epperly 107 Memorial Christian Church 805 W. Dickson Mrs. W. E. Walton 108 Fire Hall University Dr. & Berry Sts. Mrs. S. A. Wall, Sr. 109 Oakhurst School - 2700 Yucca Mrs. R. E. Duke 110 Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. J. H. Hallmark 113 Huffman's Camp - Lake Worth Mrs. C. C. Witt 116 Crestwood Elementary School 137 3600 White Settlement Road E. I. Thoapson 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School 134 32031 So. Hills Drive Mrs. Roy Douglas 118 Ridglea Methodist Church 135 6036 Locke Mrs. J. E. Frazzell 119 Maxwell Steel Company 400 Riverside Dr. Mrs. T. M. Cunningham 120 Bob White's Feed Store 5500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Mrs. J. Bob White 122 Grace Baptist Church 2560 Dodge Avenue Mrs. J. E. Nelson 123 H. V. Helbing Elementary School 3524 No. Crump Mrs. Fred Daniel 124 Mrs. George Kuykendall's Residence 2315 Goldenrod H. T. Bibb 125 M. 0. Lawyer's Residence 608 Isbell Road M. 0. Lawyer 127 Dunbar School - 1601 Liberty W. E. Lagan 129 Trice Floor Coverings, Inc. 6111 Camp Bowie Blvd. R. L. Burton 130 Charlie Hillard's Residence - Garage 3801 En Canto William D. Morris 136 Wycliff Elementary School 4920 Dilworth Sam H. Latimer