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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04178 ORD - 04/06/1955AC:4 /1 AN ORDINANCE CI;NUFSSING RETURNS A,19 DECLARING THt RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AVID CCN�'ii +11S51011 =R5 OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HELD ON THE 5TH I)AY OF APR IL, 1 7 i�,NO ,DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE :`ND DAY OF MARCH, 1975, THE MAYOR OF THE i.ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CAUSED TO BE PUBLISHED A PROCLA4ATION ANNOUNCING THE GENERAL ELECTION TO DE HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF !�,PRIL, 1555; AND :IIERE',S, 10TICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND AS DIRECTED IN THE SAID PROCLAMATION, AS IS SHOWIJ BY AFFIDAVIT PROPERLY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; AND WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF ,APRIL, A. D. 1957, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ,MID THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNED BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERICS THEREOF: AND WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID CLEC71ON HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1955; AND 4)HERLAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THL COUNCIL SO FINDS THAT THE SAID ELCCTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD; AND �_'lI'ILRE S, IT APPEARS TO THE .'QUNCIL 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: NO'4, THEREFORE, 3E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE TABULATION OF VOTES CAST III THE GENERAL ELECTION; HELD ON THE JTH DAY OF APRIL, 1957, MADE AND CERTIFIED TO BY THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF ,ORPJS CHRISTI, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, 3E AND THE SAME 15 HEREBY ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL TAUULATION! OF THE VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION AND THAT SAID TABULATION BE FILED AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS '._HRISTI AS THE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF SAID ELECTION. S_CTION 2. THAT THE SAID OFFICIAL ,,ANVAFS OF THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION REFLECTS THAT FARRELL D. SMITH WAS DULY 'ELECTED MAYOR, AND THAT MINOR CULLI, wW. J. ROBERTS, IAIIUEL P. I-'IALDONADO AND 3. L. BIGLER WERE DULY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST[ FOR THE EN TWO YEARS AND THAT THEY AND EACH OF THEM ARE HERESY DECLARED 90 ELECTED. SECTIW THE NECESSITY OF MAKING AN OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES CAST IN THE AFORESAID ELECTION AND DECLARING THE SAID RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC '11E'1ESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL uE 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 TNF MlAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, REQUESTING 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 ACCOP JINGLY SO OUAINED. PAS,'-ED MID APPROVED, THIS THE 4 DAY OF APRIL, 1955• MAYOR IIIE CITY OF CORPUS C ;ISTI, TEXAS CITY JECRETARY APD r,sCTh LEGAL Fars: i 717Y ATT RNEY CORPUS RI TI, TEXAS 1 1955 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN. 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, ly THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THOS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE 7T IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX S THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. Pe C. CALLAWAY ELLROY KING JAMES S. NAISMITH We JAMES BRACE F. Po PETERSON, JR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. Po C. CALLAWAY ELLRDY ICING ! /An.0 JAMES S. NAISMITH W. JAMES BRACE F, P. 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