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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2003-076
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<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 3,2003,
<br />GENERAL ELECTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 7; DECLARING THE
<br />WINNER IN SAID ELECTION; ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF
<br />PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION DECLARING CANDIDATES AS ELECTED TO
<br />OFFICE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4 AND 5 AS A RESULT OF HAVING
<br />BEEN UNOPPOSED FOR ELECTION TO OFFICE; DECLARING THE
<br />TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE AFORESAID CANDIDATES; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the
<br />10th day of February ,2003, by Resolution No. 2003-027, order the regular municipal election for
<br />the City of Paris to be held on the 3rd day of May, 2003, by the qualified voters in Districts 4,
<br />5, and 7 of the City of Paris, for the purpose of electing City Council Members from said
<br />Districts; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, being the authority responsible for having the official ballot
<br />prepared, has previously certified, in writing, that the candidates for election as City Council
<br />Members for Districts 4 and 5 were unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates
<br />being declared and there were no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, by prior Ordinance No.
<br />2003-013, adopted on April 10, 2003, did, pursuantto the authority granted in V.T.C.A. Election
<br />Code, Section 2.053, deem it appropriate that the candidates for election as City Council Members
<br />for Districts 4 and 5 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in those
<br />Districts; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as a consequence of said Ordinance No. 2003-013, the candidate for District
<br />4, the same being Jay Guest, and the candidate for District 5, the same being Curtis Fendley, were
<br />declared elected to office; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to prior Resolution No. 2003-027, an election was held by the
<br />qualified voters of District 7 of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, on the 3rd day of May, 2003, for
<br />the purpose of voting for and electing a Council Person to serve as a member of the City Council
<br />from the aforesaid District 7 for the ensuing two (2) years; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as required by order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern
<br />District of Texas, Paris Division, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, and as provided in the Charter
<br />of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas, such election was conducted and held at
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