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<br /> attorney\ordwork\current\Unopposed Candidate OrdDRAFT2009
<br /> ORDINANCE NO.
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<br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED
<br /> CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4, 5, AND 7 FOR THE MAY 9,
<br /> 2009, GENERAL ELECTION BE ELECTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING
<br /> THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 4, 5 AND 7; DIRECTING
<br /> THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT APPROPRIATE
<br /> POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BE
<br /> ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
<br /> AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER
<br /> CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
<br /> AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 9th day of
<br /> February, 2009, in Resolution No. 2009-010, order the regular municipal election for the
<br /> City of Paris to he held on the 9th day of May 2009, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5
<br /> and 7 of the City of Paris; and,
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<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 Districts 4, 5 and 7
<br /> are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that
<br /> there 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 is
<br /> deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7 be declared elected to office
<br /> and that no elections be held in those Districts;
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br /> PARIS, TEXAS:
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<br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
<br /> in all things approved.
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<br /> Section 2. That, for the May 9, 2009, general election, the candidates for the
<br /> following Districts: District 4, Steve Brown; District 5, Will Biard and District 7, Rhonda
<br /> Rogers, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for election to office
<br /> with no write-in candidates being declared, be, and they are hereby, declared elected to
<br /> office, which term shall begin on May 9, 2009.
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<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 4, 5, and 7.
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