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AN ORDINANCE
DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO THIRTY
(30) ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR AND IN WHICH ALL MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS SHALL HEREAFTER BE HELD IN AND FOR SAID CITY
AND SAME SHALL BE KNOWN AS ELECTION PRECINCTS NUMBERS
ONE (1) THROUGH THIRTY (30), INCLUSIVE; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE C OF C RPUS CHRISTI IS CONTEMPLATING HOLDING A
SPECIAL ELECTION ON ,�'
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WHEREAS, BY VIR E OF THE CITY 'CHARTER AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURE
FOR CALLING AND HOLDING ELECTIONS AND DEFINING 4TH PRECINCTS; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ON THE 4TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1967, BY
ORDINANCE NO. 8302, CREATE AND DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO FORTY -
SEVEN (47) WARDS, AND BY ORDINANCE N0. 8370, PASSED AND APPROVED FEBRUARY 22,
1967, AMENDED THE SAID ORDINANCE NO. 8302 BY REDESCRIBING ELECTION PRECINCT
NO. 30 AND CREATING AN ELECTION PRECINCT N0. 48, AND SINCE THE PASSAGE OF
SAID ORDINANCE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIVIDE THE
CITY INTO CORRESPONDING ELECTION PRECINCTS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO
THIRTY ELECTION PRECINCTS WITHIN SAID CITY, WITHIN WHICH RESPECTIVE PRECINCTS
THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS RESIDING IN SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS SHALL VOTE
IN ALL ELECTIONS AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND THAT SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS SHALL
BE DEFINED, DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE (1) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(2) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWO (2) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(3) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THREE (3) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(4) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR (1) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(5) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIVE (5) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
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(6) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIX (6) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(7) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVEN (7) SHALL BE COMPOSED
pp OF THE SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(V) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHT (S) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(9) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINE (9) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(10) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TEN (10) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(11) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ELEVEN (11) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE ELEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(12) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWELVE (12) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWELFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(13) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTEEN (13) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(14) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOURTEEN (14) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FOURTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(15) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTEEN (15) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FIFTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(16) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTEEN (16) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SIXTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(17) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) SHALL BE COMPOSED
p OF THE SEVENTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(18) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTEEN (18) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE EIGHTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(19) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETEEN (19) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE NINETEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(20) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY (20) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(21) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -ONE (21) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(22) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -TWO (22) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY - SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(23) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -THREE (23) SHALL BE COMPOSED
11 OF THE TWENTY -THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(24) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -FOUR (24) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY - FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(25) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -FIVE (25) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY -FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(26) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -SIX (26) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY -SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(27) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -SEVEN (27) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY - SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
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(28) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -EIGHT (28) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY - EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(29) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -NINE (29) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY -NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(30) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY (30) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE WARDS AS HEREIN REFERRED TO, ARE AS FIXED
BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE DAY OF AUGUST, 1967,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. ALL OTHER ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN PASSED
AND WHICH HAVE SET OUT AND ESTABLISHED ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI ARE HEREBY REPEALED AND ORDINANCE NOS. 8302 AND 8370 ARE
HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED.
SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI DEEMS IT NECESSARY THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE DIVIDED INTO
THIRTY (30) ELECTION PRECINCTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER FACILITIES FOR
VOTING IN THE FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION AND OTHER ELECTIONS TO BE HELD
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE
PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY
AND NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED,
AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED THIS THE MDAY OF AUGUST, 1967.
ATTEST:
CIT SECRETAR Y �
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THI
DAY OF AUGUST, 1967:
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRIST,Ij TEXAS //////111 ,
DAY OF �9
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE] A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREI•IENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUICEDI AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE GR ,
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE, -
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY ,
gA THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPE THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ✓
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY JR.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT An ct/Z4
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. - 7
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN McDANIEL
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL ING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY JR. , J.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT fie f/ 7777
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F. JIMENEZ, JR., M. D. /
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDA N I E L