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AN ORDINANCE
DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTf, TEXAS, INTO TWENTY -
FOUR 2 ELECTION PRECINCTS -
PAL ELECTIONS SHALL HEREAFTER BE HELD IN AND FOR SAID
CITY AND SAME SHALL BE KNOWN AS ELECTION PRECINCTS NUMBERS
ONE (1), TJO (2), THREE (3), FOUR (4), FIVE (5), SIX (6),
SEVEN (7), EIGHT (8), NINE (9), TEN (10) ELEVEN, (11)
TWELVE (12), THIRfEEIJ (13), FOURTEEN (141{ FIFTEEN (151,
SIXTEEN (16), SEVENTEEN (17), EIGHTEEN (16), NINETEEN (19),
TWENTY (20), TWENTY -ONE (21), 11VENTY- R,0 (22), TWENTY -
THREE (23) AND PdENTY -FOUR (24); REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING
All EMERGENCY.
r.''HEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM BEG I IAN ING APRIL 12, 1953; 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 PROCEDURE
FOR CALLING AND HOLDING ELECTIONS AND DEFINING VOTING PRECINCTS; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1954,
BY ORDINANCE NO._q Zfla_ CREATE AND DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO
TWENTY -FOUR (24) WARDS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE
THE PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH DIVIDES THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO
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
TWENTY -FOUR (24) 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 DE DEFINED, DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE (1) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF
THE FIRST WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED BY
METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(2) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWO (2) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF
THE SECOND WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED BY
METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(3) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THREE (3) SHALL BE C014POSED OF
THE THIRD WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED BY
METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
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(4) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR (4) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FOURTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(5) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIVE (5) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FIFTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954•
(6) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIX (6) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SIXTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL 1954.
(7) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVEN (7) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SEVENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(8) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHT (8) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE EIGHTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(9) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINE (9) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE NINTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(10) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TEN (10) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
ill) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ELEVEN (11) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE ELEVENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(12) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER. TWELVE (12) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWELFTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(13) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTEEN (13) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE THIRTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF :iPRIL� 1954.
(14) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOURTEEN (14) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FOURTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(15) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTEEN (15) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE FIFTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF \PRIL, 1954.
(16) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTEEN (16) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SIXTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY Id ETES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(17) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE SEVENTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
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(18) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTEEN (18) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE EIGHTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD 15 DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(19) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETEEN (19) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE NINETEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
(20) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY (20) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTIETH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD 15 DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(21) ELECTION PRECINCT NUI =IBER TWENTY —ONE (21) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY —FIRST WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY r4FTES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRILS 1954. _
(22) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY —TWO (22) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY- SECOND WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD 15 DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL 1954.
(23) ELECTION PRECINCT NIU HIDER TWENTY —THREE (23) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY -THIRD WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON "I "HE 281 "H DAY OF APRILS 1954.
(24) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY —FOUR (24) SHALL BE COMPOSED
OF THE TWENTY- FOURTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 25TH DAY OF i:PRIL� 1954.
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 N0. 3550 PASSED AND APPROVED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBERp 19531 IS 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
TWENTY —FOUR (24) ELECTION PRECINCTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER FACILITIES FOR
VOTING IN THE FORTHCOMIIaG ELECTION AND OTHER ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TLXASj CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE 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 SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE
MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST,
AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE
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IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
MAYOR PRO TEM
THE Cl OF COS US CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST*,.
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TA LEGAL FORM:
ITY ATTORNEY
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORT -H IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING - "DINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS
INTRODUCE -D, 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 REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY dF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUS NDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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ELI-Roy KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE _`
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS ASSED BY THE FOLLOWING✓VO7E:
ELLROY KING /
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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