HomeMy WebLinkAbout08898 ORD - 06/05/1968AN ORDINANCE
DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO THIRTY -
TWO (32) 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 -TWO (32), INCLUSIVE; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS CONTEMPLATING HOLDING A
SPECIAL ELECTION ON .JULY 13, 1968; AND
WHEREAS, BY VIRTUE OF THE CITY CHARTER AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE THE PRO-
CEDURE FOR CALLING AND HOLDING ELECTIONS AND DEFINING VOTING PRECINCTS;
AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ON THE 5TH DAY OF JUNE, 1968,
BY ORDINANCE NO. Rle? 7 , CREATE AND DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
INTO THIRTY -TWO (32) WARDS, AND SINCE THE PASSAGE OF SAID ORDINANCE THERE
HAS BEEN NO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO CORRESPOND-
ING 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 -TWO 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 (4) 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
p OF THE SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(8) SELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHT (8) 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 13E 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) ELECTIONI PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTEEN (16) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SIXTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(17) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) SHALL BE COMPOSED
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
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.
(31) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -ONE (31) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY.
(32) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY-TWO (32) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRTY - SECOND 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 5TH DAY OF JUNE, 1968,
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 NO. 8575 IS HEREBY EX-
PRESSLY 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 -TWO (32) 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 5TH DAY of JUNE, 1968.
ATTEST:
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d APPROVED 77THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CITY ATrdWNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, X
• _DAY OF 19
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 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 14EETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 11 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,
MAY R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. "WRANGLER11 ROBERTS
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWI VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON /'3� i_ p
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. 'WRANGLER" ROBERTS