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AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR
AND CCMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HELD
ON THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1971; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 31ST DAY OF MARCH, 1971, THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CAUSED TO BE PUBLISHED A PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING
THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1971; AND
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY
LAW AND AS DIRECTED IN THE SAID PROCLAMATION, AS IS SHOWN BY AFFIDAVIT PROPERLY
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; AND
WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF
MAY, A.D., 1971, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
AND THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNED BY THE
PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND.,
WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID
ELECTION HELD ON THE'1ST DAY OF MAY, 1971; AND
WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL $O FINDS,
THAT THE SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD; AND
WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS, THAT
THE CITY SECRETARY HAS TABULATED THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION AND CERTIFIED
SUCH TABULATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THAT SUCH TABULATION IS CORRECT:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:'
SECTION 1. THAT THE TABULATION OF VOTES CAST IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1971, MADE AND CERTIFIED TO BY THE
CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY ADOPTED AS THE
OFFICIAL TABULATION OF THE VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION AND THAT SAID TABULATION
BE FILED AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AS THE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF SAID ELECTION.
SECTION 2. THAT THE SAID OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE RETURNS OF THE
SAID ELECTION REFLECTS THE FOLLOWING: C IC :5— 5 —S— 7�)
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THAT NONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OR COUNCILMEN
RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION FOR SUCH RESPECTIVE
OFFICES, THEREBY NECESSITATING A RUN -OFF ELECTION, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF SECTION 3 (B) OF ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CHARTER.
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY OF MAKING AN OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES
CAST IN THE AFORESAID ELECTION AND DECLARING THE SAID RESULTS OF SAID ELEC-
TION 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 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 SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON
THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED, THIS THE L ME"u DAY OF MAY, T971.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETt MA'YO �.....
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
��yDAY OF MAY 19 r v
CITY AT fORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
6W,, day of �� 19 %1
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 meetings of the City Council; I, 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,
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon t 11t ,
Gabe Lozano, Sr. L 1t L)
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. ljt i
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts L,, ',"
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Ronnie Sizemore a—i
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon a'a-,J
Gabe Lozano, Sr. .1e
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. L� / //l-
Eduardo E. de Ases (,t o
Ken McDaniel AZU
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts ��,L �� P
Ronnie Sizemore G�