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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05511 ORD - 10/07/1959IMS:JKH :10 -5 -59 AN ORDINANCE DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TERAS,_INTO TWENTY 20 ELECTIORECINCTS FOR AND IN WHICH A N P MUNICIP L ELECTI NS SHALL HEREAFTER BE HELD IN AND FOR SAID CITY AND SAME SHALL BE KNOWN AS ELECTION PRECINCTS ONE (1) THROUGH TWENTY (20), INCLUSIVE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS DESIROUS OF HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959; AND WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE OLD VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CITY LIMITS AND WITH THE COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND WHEREAS, BY VIRTUE OF THE CITY CHARTER AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL 15 AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE THE PRO- CEDURE FOR CALLING AND HOLDING ELECTIONS AND DEFINING VOTING PRECINCTS; AND WHEREAS,_THEp CITY COUNCIL DID ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959, BY ORDINANCE NO. � / p, CREATE AND DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO TWENTY (20) WARDS, AND SINCE THE PASSAGE OF SAID ORDINANCE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO CORRESPONDING 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 (20) ELECTION PRECINCTS WITHIN SAID CITY, WITHIN WHICH RESPECTIVE PRECINCTS THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS RESIDING IN SAID ELEC- TION PRECINCTS SHALL VOTE IN ALL ELECTIONS AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND THAT SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS SHALL BE 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 AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. (2) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWO (2) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SECOND WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOUR, 1959. 0 5511 (3) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THREE (3) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE THIRD WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT -WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959• (4) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR (4) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FOURTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959• (5) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIVE (5) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (6) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIX (6) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. (7) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVEN (7) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (8) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHT (8) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (9) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINE(9) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (10) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TEN (10) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE TENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD 13 DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. (11) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ELEVEN (11) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE ELEVENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (12) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWELVE (12) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE TWELFTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959. (13) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTEEN (13) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE THIRTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959• (14) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOURTEEN (14) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FOURTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. (15) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTEEN (15) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. -2- (1¢) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTEEN (16) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD 1S DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. (17) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959• (18) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTEEN (18) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959• (19) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETEEN (19) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETEENTH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBERS 1959• (20) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY (20) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE TWENTIETH WARD OF SAID CITY AS THAT WARD IS DESIGNATED AND FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959. 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. 5454, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1959, 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 (20) ELECTION PRECINCTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER FACILITIES FOR VOTING IN THE FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION AND OTHER ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND A PUBLIC IMPERATIVE NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUS- PENSION 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 EXISTS AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, 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 -3- PASSAG , ITT ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE AY OF 1959• C MAYOR CITY AT'PORNEY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISXY, TEXAS ATTEST: CITY $ECR T RY APPROVED AS TO -LEGAL F0�9 THIS �_DAYOF - !1 � , 1959: CITY AT'PORNEY 0 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI' TEXAS • CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OF 1959 FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY 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 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, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THE CITY OF ORPUS C ISTI,TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLRDY KING JAMES L. BARNARD O� MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING OTE> ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAT AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR.