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AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR
AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HELD ON
THE 7TH DAY OF-APRIL, 1959; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH, 1959, THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CAUSED TO BE PUBLISHED A PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING
THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 1959; 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 7TH DAY OF
APRIL, A. D.19% IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
AND THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNEDBY THE
PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID
ELECTION HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 1959; AND
WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS THAT
THE SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD; AND
WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL $O 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 ELEC-
TION HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 1959 t
, , MADE AND CERTIFIED 70 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 i
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF SAID ELECTION.
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THAT SAID TABULATION OF VOTES REFLECTS ALL OF THE VOTES CAST AT
SAID ELECTION EXCEPT oZ VOTES CAST IN CITY ELECTIONS PRECINCT NO. /(_//
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THE EXACT RESULTS OF WHICH ARE NOT KNOWN DUE TO MECHANICAL CONDITIONS AND
CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT PRESUMING NONE OF SAID VOTES TO
HAVE BEEN CAST FOR THE HEREINAFTER NAMED MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY,
AND ALL OF THE SAID VOTES TO HAVE BEEN CAST FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR RE-
CEIVING THE NEXT HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES TO THE PERSON HEREINAFTER DECLARED
ELECTE[, AND ALL OF SAID NUMBER OF VOTES TO HAVE BEEN CAST FOR THE CANDIDATE
FOR COMMISSIONER RECEIVING THE NEXT HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES TO THE LOWEST
OF THOSE HEREINAFTER DECLARED ELECTED, THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION WOULD
NOT BE CHANGED AND THE DELAY WHICH WOULD BE OCCASIONED BY WAITING FOR THE
EXACT DISTRIBUTION OF VOTES AMONG THE CANDIDATES IN SAID PRECINCT WOULD NOT
CHANGE THE RESULTS.
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SECTION 2. THAT THE SAID OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE RETURNS OF SAID
ELECTION REFLECTS THAT ELLROY KING WAS DULY ELECTED MAYOR AND THAT MRS. RAY
AIRHEART, PATRICK J. DUNNE, JAMES L. BARNARD, JOSEPH B. DUNN, R. A. HUMBLE,
AND GABE L. LOZANO, SR. WERE DULY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI FOR THE ENSUING TWO YEARS AND THAT THEY AND EACH OF THEM ARE HEREBY
DECLARED SO ELECTED.
SECTION 3. 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 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, 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 ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE_5,45� DAt OF APRIL, 1959.
ATTEST:
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 1959:
CITY AtfoRNEY
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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 FORTH IN THE'EMER6ENCY CLAUSE'OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL SE PASSED'FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR'RESOLUT16N SHALL BE•READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCILI �, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST'THAT VOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO-
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTED:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO.
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES 41!_
ODELL INGLE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONA DO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES
ODELL INGLE