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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5331 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1965, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A: KAYOR AND 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. 1965, the same being the 6th day of said month, at which election all qualified voters may vote for the purpose 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 ballot shall be printed the names of the candidates for the po- sition 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 member of thq City Council unless such person has filed his sworn ap- plication, as provided by the laws of Texas, with the Mayor and the City Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the elec- tion date, and it must also appear on the face of said applica- tion 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 6, 1965, of all gifts and loans previously re- ceived 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 candidacy for office; that the state- ment must include all such gifts, loans, payments, debts and obligations made or incurred whether before or after the an- nounced or filed candidacy of such person; and that not more than ten (10) days after the 6th day of April, 1965, each can- didate 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 in- curred prior to the election which were not specifically in- cluded in the sworn statement 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 -2- 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 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 of- fice in the City Hall of the time and place of the drawing and shall also give personal notice to any candidate who makes writ- ten request therefor and furnishes to the City Secretary a self- addressed stamped envelope; and that each candidate involved in the drawing or a representative 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 -3- of Tarrant County, Texas, shall be used at the City Council election on April 6, 1965, in strict compliance with the appli- cable provisions of Article 7.14 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and other applicable provisions 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 canvass of the returns, 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 election 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 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. -4- SECTION X 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; 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 voting 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 inso- far as they may be changed by the City Council of said City, shall be as follows PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 1 Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Frank Leab 600 Grove Street 2, 3 & 9 Courthouse - 1st Floor Jack Rogers East End (Old Building) 4 Fire Hall - Texas & Cherry Mrs. R. H. McLemore 5 East Van Zandt School Dr. A. I. Harris 615 Missouri Avenue 6 Church - May & Cannon -ii,5.hr y.tY11,�„1e,vs 7 Ernest Parker Junior High Mrs. D. S. Grigsby School - 1015 So. Jennings 8 Magnolia Avenue Christian Ed Randles Church - 950 West Magnolia -5- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 10 Fire Hall - 1525 E. Hattie St. Mrs. Sophia Townsend 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 East Handley Elementary School Mrs. S. R. Hill 2617 Mims 14, 25 St. Paul's Methodist Church E. R. Smurr & 23 920 West Hammond 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary Webb Joiner School - 3800 valentine 16 W. C. Stripling Junior High Horace O. Wood School - 2100 Clover Lane 17 & 45 W. J. Turner Elementary School Mrs. W. J. Measures 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 48 Greines Furniture Company Joe M. Lazo 1332 North Main 49 O. E. Kimmons Furniture Co. W. T. Fuller 124 West Exchange 50 Washington Heights Elementary M. T. King School - 3215 North Houston St. 51 & 93 Diamond Hill Elementary School Louie I. Pratt 2901 Hutchinson 53 Light House for the Blind Mrs. Susie Byars 912 West Broadway 54 Lige Green Florist Mr. Herbert Hull 611 5th Avenue 55 Peter Smith School J. B. Derden 615 West 2nd Street -6- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 56 St. John Baptist Church S. A. Whitaker 1108 E. 19th Street 57 Universal Life & Accident Ralph R. Ridgway Ins. Co. - 1110 Summit Ave. 58 New Bethel Church Lela Cox 1035 E. Annie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. W. B. Lacy 1115 Illinois 60 8th Avenue Pharmacy Charles F. Laue 1714 8th Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver Avenue 62 E. M. Daggett School Mrs. Thomas W. Black 658 Page Street 64 West Van Zandt School Kenneth M. Henderson 1200 University Drive 66 Tandy Elementary School C. L. Cleaver 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary Robert A. Bowman School - 1412 Denver Avenue 68 Rosen Heights Baptist Church R. H. Bogard (Scott Hall) 2506 Roosevelt 70 Carter Blood Bank Dr. Wilson B. Williams 1263 West Rosedale 71 Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 73 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Columbus E. Martin 1801 Evans Avenue 74 D. McRae Elementary school Mrs. Viva Neel 3316 Avenue N 75 Wm- James Junior High School Ed L. Sorrels 1101 Nashville -7- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 76 Lily B. Clayton School Frank Crumley 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb John S. McClane 78 O. L. V. (Gym) - 3300 Hemphill W. J. Pierre 79 Smith Chapel - 2400 Evans Ave. A. H. Forbes 80 R. Vickery School Mrs. Lena Reynolds 1905 E. Vickery 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary M. ward Bailey School - 3320 W. Cantey 82 Riverside Elementary School Chas. W. Hunter 420 North Riverside Drive 83 Oaklawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 84 Hemphill Presbyterian church Mrs. Clarence Farmer 1701 Hemphill 85 Rosemont Junior High School Doyle Meador 1501 W. Seminary Drive 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton K. D. McKenzie, Jr. 87 I.O.O.F. Hall - 1900 Gould Mrs. Felix Harrison 88 Sagamore Hill School Joe J. Johnson, Sr. 701 Hughes 89 Morningside Elementary School Mrs. Marie L. Brooks 2601 Evans Avenue 90 Progressive Church of God Raymond Johnson in Christ - 2010 Yuma 91 Peninsula Club (Lake Worth) Mrs. O. D. Carroll 92 Fire Hall - 2410 Prospect Mrs. E. L. Boswell 94 & 115 Arlington Heights Elementary Mrs. Harry F. Laue School - 5100 El Campo -8- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 95 Tillery Grocery and Market Mrs. Owen Jones 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 N 99 Handley junior High School Mrs. Dorothy Thompson 2925 Haynie 101 Amon G. Carter High School C. R. Albrecht 3301 Yucca 103 North Hi-Mount School Tom D. Taylor 3801 W. 7th Street 104 Bradley Center Wayne Newton Eastline Rd. & Timberline Dr. 105 Meadowbrook junior High School Garrett Morris 2001 Ederville Road 106 & Village Creek School Freddie Jenkins 152 4406 Carey 107 Dickson Street Baptist Church 0. D. Monroe 805 West Dickson 108 Paschal High School David Hall 3001 Forest Park Boulevard 109 Oakhurst School Mrs. R. E. Duke 2700 Yucca 110 Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. George Haynes 113 Providence Baptist Church Mrs. C. C. Witt Lake Worth 116 Central Christian church Ralph M. Hester 4th and Bailey 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School Victor Tinsley 3201 South Hills Drive -9- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 118 Mary Louise Phillips Elementary Larry R. Meeker School - 3020 Bigham Street 119 Paradise Baptist Church Andrew L. Sessions 121 Paradise 120 Como Elementary School Alvin Garnett, Jr. 4000 Horne 122 Grace Baptist Church (Annex) Mrs. J. E. Nelson 2560 Dodge Avenue 123 & 18 H. V. Helbing Elementary School Mrs. Charlie Blackwood 3524 North Crump Street 124 Mrs. George Kuykendall's Residence H. T. Bibb, Sr. 2315 Goldenrod 125 & Trinity Baptist Church Wallace Boling 144 620 Churchill 126 John T. white Community Center James A. Grogan John T. White Road 127 Dunbar Junior-Senior High School Rev. Raymond Jones 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary School Mrs. Joe L. Bennett 6817 Cumberland Road 130 Tanglewood Elementary School Charlie Hillard 3060 Overton Park West 132 Eastland Street Elementary Rabon Moore School - 4108 Eastland 133 South Hills Elementary School Herb K. Hall 3009 Bilglade 134 Westcliff Elementary School Mrs. Jas. Goodwin 4300 Clay 135 Alta Mere Baptist Church Freddie O. Leopard, Jr. 3200 Ramona 136 Wycliff Elementary School Sam Latimer 4920 Dilworth -10- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 137 Crestwood Elementary School Daniel Settle 3600 White Settlement Road 142 Bruce C. Shulkey School Mrs. Irene Hensarling 5500 Whitman 146 Meadowbrook Country Club Mrs. Edmund J. Koch 1815 Jenson Road 149 & 13 Glen Park Elemer;tary School Mr_ John Peevey 3601 Pecos 151 St. James Presbyterian Church D. D. Autry 2200 Oakhill Road SECTION XII. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. Mayor ATTES City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY, City Attorney -11- THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT I, ROY A. BATEMAN, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 5331, duly presented and unanimously adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on the 1st day of March, A. D., 1965, as sane appears of record in the office of the City Secretary. WITNESS MY HAND and the official Seal of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, this the 1st day of March, A. D., 1965. CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS