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AN ORDINANCE
DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO AND ESTAB-
LISHING FOUR (4) COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS, EACH HAVING
AS NEAR AS PRACTICAL -THE SAME NUMBER OF ELECTORS,
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, CITY COUNCIL, SEC. 2 (c),
CITY CHARTER OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS AMENDED;
DEFINING SUCH DIVISION OF THE CITY BY DESIGNATION
OF THOSE PORTIONS OF NUECES'COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS
LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY AND
AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF J,=CES
COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE 1970 ELECTIONS, AS OF THE DATE
OF FINAL PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND BY THE ADOP-
TION THEREOF AS THE AREAS RESPECTIVELY CONSTITUTING
SAID COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS; ANNEXING HERETO AN OFFI-
CIAL MAP DELINEATING SUCH DESIGNATION AND ADOPTION,
MARRED EXHIBIT "A "; PROVIDING PUBLICATION (WITHOUT
SAID EXHIBIT); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING SEVERABILITY,.
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WHEREAS, Article II, City Council, Sec. 2 (c), City Charter of
Corpus Christi, Texas requires that the City Council on or before January 1,
1971 by ordinance divide the City into four (4) districts for the election
of Councilman - Place 1, Councilman - Place 2, Councilman - Place 3, and
Councilman - Place 4, said districts to be of the same number of electors,
as near as practical, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the division of the City
into such four districts is most efficaciously accomplished, considering
convenience, simplicity, diversity of interests, fairness of representation,
public familiarity, geographic and demographic distributions, and the preva-
lent, judicial standards of representation, by the districting herein made
through reference to and incorporation of Nueces County Voting Precinct des-
ignations, insofar as said precincts lie within the City's corporate limits,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the districting herein made
is in the public interest, conforms to the Charter intent relevant hereto,
and provides an equality of electoral distribution among the districts as
near as may be practical;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That, pursuant to Article II, City Council, Sec. 2 (c),
City Charter of Corpus Christi, Texas, as amended,the City of Corpus Christi
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be hereby divided into, and there be established therein, four (4) Council-
manic Districts, each having as near as practical the same number of electors,
for the purpose of electing therefrom City Councilmen in accordance with said
City Charter, by defining such division by the designation of those portions
of Nueces County Voting Precincts lying within the corporate limits of the
City and as established by the Commissioners' Court of Nueces County, Texas,
for the 1970 elections, as of the date of final passage of this ordinance,
which, as hereinafter designated, are hereby adopted as the areas respectively
constituting said councilmanic districts, as follows:
Councilman - Place 1
District Precincts of the District
1 Nueces County Voting Precincts (as referenced
above) 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32,
33, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 76, 78,
79, 81, 82, 85, 99, 100, 101 (all portions there-
of lying within the corporate limits of the City),
and 103 (all portions thereof lying within the
corporate limits of the City).
Councilman - Place 2
District
Precincts of the District
2
Nueces County Voting Precincts (as referenced
above) 24 (all portions thereof lying within the
corporate limits of the City), 34 (all portions
thereof lying within the corporate limits of the
City), 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
62, 67, 74, 75, 77, 80, 83, 86, and 88.
Councilman - Place 3
District
Precincts of the District
3
Nueces County Voting Precincts (as referenced
above) 5, 15 (all portions thereof lying within
the corporate limits of the City), 20 (all portions
thereof lying within the corporate limits of the
City), 533 63, 64, 66, 68, 69,71, 72, 73, 87, 93,
95, 96, 97, and 98.
Councilman - Place 4
District
Precincts of the District
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Nueces County Voting Precincts (as referenced
above) 2, 17 (all portions thereof lying within
the corporate limits of the City), 18, 48, 65,
70, (all portions thereof lying within the cor-
porate limits of the City), 84, 89, 90, 91, 92,
94, and 106 (all portions thereof lying within
the corporate limits of the City).
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SECTION 2. That there is hereby annexed hereto an official map
delineating the foregoing designation and adoption of precincts for each
councilmanic district, as numbered thereon, marked Exhibit "A ".
SECTION 3. That this ordinance be published once in the official
newspaper of the City after final passage hereof; provided, however, that,
because of printing costs, the official.map, marked Exhibit "A ", shall not
be thus published.
SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, it
shall not affect any valid provisions of this or any other ordinance of
the City of Corpus Christi to which these rules and regulations relate.
That the foregoing ordinance was gead for the &S t time and
passed to its second reading on this the day of ,
19, by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon ��-
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
That the foregoing ordin ce was read fo t second time and passed
to its third reading on this the day o
by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
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That the for *o g ordinance read for the r}ird time and passed
finally on this the day of 19 / 6, by the following
vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the �C
ATTES
City ec e
AYPROVED LEGAL ORM THIS THE
DAY �OF , 190:
City Xttorney
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MAYOR
HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary public, this day personally came
.-Jola-n8 .. G.—Bar-nes - - — -------------- - — who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
-.M01-UJX1Qd MAMAZIOT ---- - - --- of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi 1"imes,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
OF PASSAGE OF 0 A M %
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published In —th"Iynef%
on the--2-9— day of..-.-DeOqmbeTL -- — ---
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2-C) ..... day oL=.-De camb r . ... . . . ...............
Louise Vick Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
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