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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2000-019
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<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS
<br />2,3, AND 6 FOR THE MAY 6, 2000, GENERAL ELECTION ELECTED TO
<br />OFFICE; DETERMINING THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS
<br />2, 3 AND 6; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE
<br />POSTED AT APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT
<br />CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED
<br />CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
<br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
<br />PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 14th day of
<br />February, 2000, in Resolution No. 2000-013, order the regular municipal election for the City of
<br />Paris to he held on the 6th day of May, 2000, by the qualified voters in Districts I, 2, 3, and 6
<br />of the City of Paris; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham, being the authority responsible for
<br />having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 2, 3,
<br />and 6 are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that there
<br />are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it
<br />is deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 2, 3, and 6 be declared elected to office and
<br />that no election be held in those Districts; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
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<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all
<br />things approved.
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<br />Section 2. That, for the May 6, 2000, general election of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas,
<br />the candidate for District 2, Kevin Gray; for District 3, Bennie Plata; and for District 6, John
<br />Carter, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for election to office with no
<br />write-in candidates being declared, be, and they are hereby, declared elected to office, which term
<br />shall begin on May 11, 2000.
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<br />Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and the
<br />findings in the preamble to this ordinance, and because there are no propositions to appear on the
<br />ballot, it is hereby determined and directed that on May 6, 2000, no municipal elections shall be
<br />held in Council Districts 2, 3, and 6.
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