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<br />attorney\ordwork\current\Unopposed Candidate Ord 2008
<br />March 28, 2008
<br />ORDINANCE NO.
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED
<br />CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 AND 3 FOR THE MAY 10,
<br />2008, GENERAL ELECTION AND THAT THE CANDIDATES BE ELECTED TO
<br />OFFICE; DETERMINING THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 1
<br />AND 3; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT
<br />APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT CERTIFICATES OF
<br />ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
<br />HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 28th day of
<br />January, 2008, by in Resolution No. 2008-006, order the regular municipal election for the
<br />City of Paris to he held on the 10th day of May 2008, by the qualified voters in Districts 1,
<br />and 3 of the City of Paris; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Janice Ellis, being the authority responsible for having the
<br />official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for City Council
<br />Districts 1, and 3 are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being
<br />declared and that there are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
<br />WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 1, and 3 be declared elected to office
<br />and that no elections beheld in those Districts.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
<br />in all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That, for the May 10, 2008, general election, the candidates for
<br />Districts 1, Joe McCarthy and 3, Jesse James Freelen, having been certified by the City Clerk
<br />as being unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared, be,
<br />and they are hereby, declared elected to office, which term shall begin on May 10, 2008.
<br />Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and
<br />because there are no propositions to appear on the ballot, it is hereby determined that no
<br />elections be held in Districts 1, and 3.
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