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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-009
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED
<br />CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 AND 3 FOR THE MAY 10, 2008,
<br />GENERAL ELECTION AND THAT THE CANDIDATES BE ELECTED TO OFFICE;
<br />DETERMINING THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 1 AND 3;
<br />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 OTHER
<br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL
<br />ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
<br />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 inResolution No.2008-006, order the regular municipal election for the City
<br />of Paris to he held on the 10th day of May 2008, by the qualified voters in Districts 1, and 3 of
<br />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 Districts 1,
<br />and 3 are unopposed for election to office with nowrite-in candidates being declared and that
<br />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 and
<br />that no elections be held 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 in
<br />all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That, for the May 10, 2008, general election, the candidates for Districts 1,
<br />Joe McCarthy and 3, Jesse James Freelen, having been certified by the City Clerk as being
<br />unopposed for election to office with nowrite-in candidates being declared, be, and they are
<br />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 because
<br />there are no propositions to appear on the ballot, it is hereby determined that no elections be
<br />held in Districts 1, and 3.
<br />Section 4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
<br />Ordinance on election day at the polling place that would have been used in the election.
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