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amendment to the people would be amended to occur on dates as set out in the Texas Election Code, with the election itself on one of the uniform election dates. One of five amendments to update Section 149 would replace the requirement that a copy of proposed Charter amendments be mailed to each qualified voter of the city. Instead, the city would make available the information "in such manners, times, and places as the council shall direct... including town hall meetings, civic club presentations, newspaper articles, numerous places where voter information material can be picked up, etc. Another of the amendments directs the city manager to report to the city council at least once every five years on Charter amendments he feels are needed. PROPOSITION 72: Section 150. Submission of the Charter to electors. The Charter Commission in preparing this Charter finds and decides thai it is impracticable to segregate each subjeet so as to permit a vote of "yes" or "no" on the same, for the reason that the Charter is so constructed that in order to enable it to work and function it is necessary that it should be adopted in its entirety. For these reasons the Charter Commission direets that the said Charter be ",oted upon as a whole and that it shall be submitted to the qualified voters ef the City of Paris at an election to be held for that purpose on the Nov. 2, 1948. If a majority of the qualified voters voting in such election shall vote in fayor of the adoption of this Charter, it shall beeome the Charter of the City of Paris a,nd after the returns have been canvassed, the same shall be declared adopted. .L\n official copy of the Charter shall be filed with thc records of the city and the mayor shall as soon as practicable certify to the Secretary of State an authenticated copy under the seal of the city, showing the approval by the qualified yoters of such Charter. All eleetive offiees under this Charter shall be voted on at the same time and at the same election at which this Charter is submitted to the yoters, and the candidates therefore shall be governed by this Charter and tal,-e office as herein proyided, until which time the present officer of the City of Paris shall continue in office and constitute the City Council of the City of Paris. In not less than 30 days prior to such election the eity council shall cause the eity clerk to mail a copy of this Charter to each qualified voter of the City of Paris as 39 _._.. -T - ... '-r---.."--"- .