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AN ORDINANCE
SETTING UP, CREATING AND DIVIDING THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO SEVEN (7)
WARDS; DESCRIBING SAID WARDS; REPEALING ALL'
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE CITY WARDS OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE HOLDING OF
ELECTIONS THEREIN:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS ITS BOUNDARIES
NOW EXIST, IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO SEVEN (7) WARDS WITH THE RESPECTIVE
NUMBERS OF SAID WARDS BEING AS HEREAFTER SET FORTH, TO -WIT:
CITY WARD N0. 1 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 211 30, 31, 32, 33, 45, 46, 47,
48 AND 49 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS
COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME
6, PAGES 483 TO 495, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES'DATED
AUGUST 12, 1957•
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CITY WARD ND. 2 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
Nos. 39, 40, 41, 43, 53, 56, 57, 58, 62, 73, 83, 85,
88, 96 AND 97 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS
COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 6,
PAGES 483 To 495, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED
AUGUST 12, 1957•
CITY WARD N0. 3 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
NOS. 42, 50, 59, 63, 67, 68, 69 AND 86 AS FIXED BY THE
ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT
BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGES 483 TO 495,
COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 12, 1957.
CITY WARD N0. 4 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
Nos. 20 *, 64, 66, 71, 72, 87, 93, 94, AND 95 AS FIXED
BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING
PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGES 483
TO 495, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 12,
1957.
CITY WARD NO. 5 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
Nos. 24*, 44, 6o, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80 AND 98 AS
FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING
PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGES 483
TO 495, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST
12, 1957.
*THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
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CITY WARD N0. 6 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE
AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
Nos- 7, 8, 36 *, 38, 51 *, 52, 78, 79, 81, 82 AND 99
AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING
'PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGES 483 TO
495, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 12, 1957.
CITY WARD NO. 7 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THAT
AREA LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WHICH IS WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 7, 17 *, 18 *,
65, 70'x', 84, 89, 90, 91 AND 92 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF
THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES
RECORDED'IN VOLUME 6, PAGES 1183 TO 495, COMMISSIONERS
COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 12, 1957•
*THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
SECTION 2. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED.
SECTION 3: THE FACT THAT A NEW DIVISION OF'WARDS IS REQUIRED
FOR THE CITY IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE VOTING PRECINCTS ESTABLISHED
BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, MAKE A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL GROUPING
OF COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY ELECTION EXPENSES,
AND SIMPLIFY THE NUMBERING OF SAID WARDS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE
VOTERS CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND
THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH'
PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING
REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF I'TS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND
BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE /. DAY OF a . �� , 1962.
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CITY SECRETAY ) THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
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CITY ATTO Y
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCILS 11 THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR rlo-lam
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER
RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BEN F. MCDONALD,.��
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TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON p
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M. P. MALDONADO
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W. J. ROBERTS
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JAMES H. YOUNG
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