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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03431 ORD - 03/12/1953AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS. CHRISTI TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1953; DESIGNATING PLACES OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; NAMING THE OFFI- CERS THEREFOR; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF NOTICE OF ELECTION, AND - ENACTING PRO- VISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUB- JECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY CHARTER PROVIDES FOR THE HOLDING OF A REGU- LAR CITY ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1953, THE SAME BEING APRIL 7, 1953; AND WHEREAS, IT IS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 4.06 OF THE TEXAS STATE ELECTION CODE THAT THE GOVERNING BODIES SHALL ORDER ELECTIONS PERTAINING TO MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, GIVE NOTICE UPON THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO HOLD THE ELECTION: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION I. THAT A REGULAR CITY ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS, IN THE C17Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SHALL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1953. SECTION 2. THAT AT SAID ELECTION HEREIN ORDERED ALL THE QUALI- FIED VOTERS OF THE Ci TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE. SECTION 3. THAT THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PLACED ON SAID BALLOT IN THE MANNER AND FORM PRESCRIBED BY LAW. SECTION 4. THAT VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE EMPLOYED AT THE ELECTION HEREIN ORDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS -- ELECTION CODE, ARTICLE 7.114, AND SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AT THE POLLING PLACES IN THE REGULARLY PRESCRIBED VOTING PRECINCTS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH VOTING PRECINCTS, POLLING PLACES, AND THE OFFICERS HEREBY APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION THEREAT BELNG AS FOLLOWS: r 314-3) PRECINCT NUMBER VOTING PLACE ELECTION OFFICERS 1 COUNTY COURT HOUSE ANDY WOMACK, JUDGE 0. T. RUSSELL, ASST JUDGE P. T. MOORE, CLERK 2 ARTESIAN PARK RECREATION GERTRUDE DREYER, JUDGE BUILDING MRS. WM. BIGGIO, A55'T JUDGE MRS. CHARLES PHILLIPS, CLERK - 3 BEACON PRINGINT COMPANY MRS. C. J. PEEL, JUDGE MRS. A. R. YEARGAN, ASST JUDGE VAN PELLEGRINO, CLERK 4 CHESTON HEATH SCHOOL FRANK ONZON, JUDGE MRS. PEARL MOORE, A55'T JUDGE MRS. FRED DEMAR, CLERK 5 SOLOMON COLES SCHOOL T. J. DINEEN, JUDGE - OLIVE DINEEN, A55'T JUDGE MARGARET ANN CAHILL, CLERK 6 CIVIC CENTER MRS. ELLA B. CARTER, JUDGE MRS. MAUD MILLER, ASST JUDGE MRS. W. E. POWERS, CLERK 7 FIRE STATION MRS. H. A. TYCER, JUDGE MRS. SIE PONTON, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. RICHARD BLUNTZER, CLERK . 8 OAK PARK METHODIST CHURCH RECREATION HALL JULIAN PRIOUR, JUDGE MRS. HARMON MCNEIL, ASST JUDGE MRS. C. M. MCKINNEY, CLERK 17 WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL F. M. BOYDKIN, JUDGE MRS. HARRY HOAG, ASST JUDGE HARRY HOAG, CLERK 20 FANNIN SCHOOL MRS. W. E. SMITH, JUDGE MRS. H. W. BISHOP, ASST JUDGE MRS. J. I. McNEIL, CLERK 21 NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY WMAHDEBOCKLER, JUDGE SCHOOL LEAH HARGROVE, ASST JUDGE . CATHERINE SWAN, CLERK 30 HOLY CROSS SCHOOL O. L. CARSON, JUDGE MRS. ED BEHN, ASST JUDGE RUTH JORDAN, CLERK 31 EDWARD FURMAN SCHOOL MRS. E. J. DENTON, JUDGE MRS. JOE K. STEPHEN$, ASST JUDGE MRS. W. J. WEISSINGER, CLERK 32 DIXIE SERVICE STATION T. G. CARSON, JUDGE MRS. T. G. CARSON, ASST JUDGE MISS ROSA BARNES, CLERK PRECINCT NUMBER VOTING PLACE ELECTION OFFICERS 33 GEORGE EVANS SCHOOL REV. H. R. SOUTH, JUDGE MRS. A. H. RAMOS, ASST JUDGE FRANK STEVENS, CLERK 38 CROSSLEY SCHOOL MRS. J. H. VETTERS, JUDGE MRS. E. T. WICKERS, ASST JUDGE MRS. ED. ENGLISH, CLERK 39 SOUTH BLUFF METHODIST J. R. WEATHERFORD, JUDGE CHURCH MRS. F. L. ALEXANDER, ASST JUDGE MRS. CENA MORGAN, CLERK 40 CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST MRS. F. H. UNDERWOOD, JUDGE 1610 LAWNVIEW MRS. D. T. COVINGTON, A55'T JUDGE MRS. ERNEST WELDON, CLERK 11 41 MORGAN FIRE STATION H. W. MOORE, JUDGE MRS. LARRY ALLEN, ASST JUDGE MRS. A. D. LOKEY, CLERK 42 R. B. FISHER SCHOOL FLORENCE GALLAGHER, JUDGE KATE MURRAY, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. S. J. HULTMAN, CLERK 43 WM. TRAVIS SCHOOL MRS. J. W. HARTSELL, JUDGE MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. JOHN C. HAYNIE, CLERK 1� Y4 DE ZAVALA SCHOOL M. V. LOPEZ, JUDGE MRS. BYRON FULTON, ASST JUDGE MRS. P. E. WEIKEL, CLERK 11 45 GEORGE WIGGINS HOMES MRS. PHILLIP TANIS, JUDGE MRS. GEORGE WARREN, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. ALBERT RAGMUND, CLERK 46 LAMAR SCHOOL MRS. MERCEDES SCOTT, JUDGE MRS. E. M. JIMENEZ, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. DOLORES SCOTT, CLERK 47 No. 2 FIRE STATION J. B. MASCORRO, JUDGE P. OCHOA, ASST JUDGE MRS. JOE FLORES, CLERK 48 COMMUNITY HOUSE A. R. GOMEZ, JUDGE 318 SIXTEENTH - ROSS MEDINA, ASST JUDGE ALICE ECHEVARRIA, CLERK 49 CANTU GROCERY WM. GAMEN, JUDGE 1429 ANTELOPE JOE CACERES, ASST JUDGE L. G. WILMOT, CLERK ro. PRECINCT NUMBER VOTING PLACE ELECTION OFFICERS 50 LINDALE COMMUNITY CENTER MRS. ELMA RENKEN, JUDGE MRS. J. R. WATSON, ASST JUDGE MRS. W. J. HALLMARK, CLERK 52 ROBERT DRISCOLL SCHOOL MRS. C. Y. MEYERS, JUDGE W. L. KNIPP, ASST JUDGE MRS. ERIC RADCHKER, CLERK 53 SAM HOUSTON SCHOOL MRS. JOE BROWNING, JUDGE MRS, S. M. McCoy, ASST JUDGE MRS. W. J. MCNEVIN, CLERK 56 LA ARMADA RECREATION ROOM MRS. D. M. JARRETT, JUDGE MRS. J. E. SHELTON, ASST JUDGE D. M. JARRETT, CLERK 57 WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN MRS. E. H. ANDREW, JUDGE MRS. P. A. Tom, ASSIT JUDGE R. E. THURMAN, CLERK 58 MENGER SCHOOL MRS. C. E. BUCK, JUDGE MRS. W. E. STURGIS, ASST JUDGE MAUDE FRENCH SMITH, CLERK 59 I. W. A. CONVENT T. M. JONES, JUDGE 2930 SOUTH ALAMEDA P. JOHNSON, ASSIT JUDGE MRS. T. M. JONES, CLERK 6O STEPHEN AUSTIN SCHOOL CHARLENE COOPER, JUDGE MRS. PAUL SCHRIEWER, ASST JUDGE MRS. MARIL MACY, CLERK 61 LOZANO SCHOOL MRS. S. B. GONZALES, JUDGE GEORGE ELIZANDO, A55'T JUDGE MRS. ADELAIDE ALEMAN, CLERK 62 WYNN SEALE VUNIOR HIGH MRS. EDWIN L. OLSEN, JUDGE SCHOOL MRS. R. F. GRUEBER, ASST JUDGE MRS. GUS ROLMER, CLERK THE POLLING PLACES ABOVE DESIGNATED SHALL BE OPEN FROM 7 :00 O'CLOCK A.M. TO 7:00 O' -CLOCK P.M. ABSENTEE VOTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY AT HIS OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL AND THE RESULTS CANVASSED AND RETURNS MADE AS IS PROVIDED BY LAW. A SPECIAL CANVASS BOARD IS HEREBY APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: VIVIAN ROSS 1, PRESIDING JUDGE W. G. GRAF, JUDGE W. R. AND- ERSON, JR., CLERK J. HODGE THOMPSON, CLERK ACIE HEBERT, CLERK SECTION 5. THAT SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. SECTION 6. A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ATTESTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY, SHALL CONSTITUTE DUE NOTICE OF SUCH SAID SPECIAL ELECTION, AND THE MAYOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SIGNED BY HIM TO BE POSTED AT THE CITY HALL AND EACH OF THE VOTINGPLACES IN EACH OF THE ELECTION PRECINCTS, NOT LESS THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS PRIOR TO SAID ELECTION, AND TO CAUSE A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SIGNED BY HIM TO BE PUB- LISHED IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, BEING A NEWS- PAPER IN GENERAL CIRCULATION, PUBLISHED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SAID PUBLICATION TO BE MADE ON THE SAME DAY IN EACH OF TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ELECTION, THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SAID ELECTION. SECTION 7. THE FACT THAT IT IS NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL THAT I THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL ORDER ELECTIONS PERTAINING TO MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND THAT THE NOTICE FOR SUCH ELECTION SHOULD BE PROMPTLY POSTED AND THAT A REGULAR CITY ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF CORPS SHALL BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1953 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 -2- CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE 12�.A. DAY OF MARCH, A.D. 1953• TEST: CITY SE'C RET ARY APPROVED AS E LEGAL FORM: .,lL�. CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS -3- CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTL9MEN: FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE jiECESSITY EXIST FOR THE IUSpEN- SIGN OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SMALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR:'RE- SOLUTION 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; 1, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQ111REREM7 AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAY R. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: LESLIE WASSERMAN FRANK E. WILLIAMSON JACK DEFORREST GEORGE L. LOW MAN MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR TH{ ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: LESLIE WASSERMAN FRANK E. WILLIAMSON JACK DEFORREST GEORGE L. LOWMAN MIKE A. NEEDNAM, JR 3 L431