433 RES ORDERING ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 25TH OF NOVEMBER 1947

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" lCC~ULV11V1V lYil• A-jM3OLUTiIoN ORI7ERING AIT E?RCTIOrT to be held between the hours of 00 A.11. and 6:00 P.N. on the_,Lr_day ofJI, A.D. 1947, by the qualified voters of, the City of I'aris for the tiurnose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Faris the c!uestion, "Shall the City of Paris adopt the nrovisions of Vernon's larlnotated Civil Statutes of the State of lexas, Article 1269m, (House 13i11 ldo. 34, Fiftieth Leeis- lature, Regular Seasion)?" providing fbr the submission of the question at a special election and declarin.g an emergency. gE T'i' .R;SOLUM, BY mh' EA CI`I'X' COUTXIL OF T__3E CITY Ok' P.aRIS that a-n eleetion be held by the quelified voters of the City of raris between the hours of 8:00 A.Y. and 6:,'4K) P.I.i. on the J4- day of 1947, beine a special election, and that at said special election tliere shall be submitted'the question, "Sha11 the City of Paris adopt the pro- visions of Verrou's ~~nnotated Civil Statutes of i;he State of Texas, Article 1269m, (House Bill No. 34, Fiftieth I,egislature, Regular Session)? The Polling Places and '-Presiding Officers of the election sha11 be respectively as ' follows: ti"Jard l: Central Fire Station J'ack Bankhead, Presiding Officer 71ard 2• Gxamd Hotel &:rs. Hugh Collins, Presiding Officer :'Tard 3: County Cousthouse r sur 1 Presiding Officer :`~ard 4• Paris High School NO' , 11residing Officer If the voter desires to vote in favor of the question, such voter shall leave the vlord, "yES" on the ballot and strike outeh~heo ~rord "T30" andtstrikeeoutetheesord against the queation, such voter shall loaV ballot. The aLayor is instructed to give thirty days notice of said election by posting notices at each pollinC place for that neriod of tine and publishing a similar notice ir. the official paper, the Paris I~'ews, a paper o; general circulatian in the City of Paris, Texas. The election to be held in accordance vTith tiie general election lavrs of the State of Texas insofar as same are applicable and not in conflict tiaith the provisions of the City Charter. The fact that the callin.g of the election hereby called Within 90 days after September ~ 5th, 1947, appears to be made mandatory ny the provision.t of Article 1269m, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, (House Bill 34, FiPtieth Legislature, Re~,ular 5ession) an.d that this Resolution is presented first on the 13tn aaJT of October, 1947, creates an emerger.cy requiring that the rules and charter ;provisions proliibiting the passage of a resalution at the meeting introduced and requiring submission of same ~to a committee be suspended and the sar~e iu accordinrly done, ~d this resolution shall tak effect from and after its passage. PASSn- October 13th, 1947• ~ on, Tt.iayor of the City of Palis, ~ Ayesj. ~ Noes . Attest: H.B. Crow, City Secretary.