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<br /> ORDINANCE NO.
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<br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING
<br /> UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS 4 AND 5 FOR THE MAY 3,
<br /> 2003, GENERAL EI,~CTION EI,F. CTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING
<br /> THAT NO ELECTION BE m~LD IN DISTRICTS 4 AND 5; DIRECTING
<br /> THAT A COPY OF TI~S ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT APPROPRIATE
<br /> POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT CERTIFICATES OF F~I.ECTION
<br /> BE ISSUED TO THE~ UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING OTI~R
<br /> FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ~ SUBJECT;
<br /> REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
<br /> CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
<br /> OF APRIL 14, 2003.
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<br /> WI~REAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 10th day of
<br />February, 2003, in Resolution No. 2003-027, order the regular municipal election for the City of
<br />Paris to he held on the 3rd day of May 2003, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5, and 7 of
<br />the City of Paris; and,
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<br /> wm~REAS, the City Clerk, Matfie Cunningham, being the authority responsible for
<br />having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 4, and
<br />5 are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that there
<br />are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
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<br /> Wl~AS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it
<br />is deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 4, and 5 be declared elected to office and
<br />that no elections be held in those Districts; NOW, Tmv~REFORE,
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY TI~ CITY COUNCIL OF ~ CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
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<br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all
<br />things approved.
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<br /> Section 2. That, for the May 3, 2003, general election, the candidates for District 4, Jay
<br />Guest, and for District 5, Curtis Fendley, having been certified by the City Clerk as being
<br />unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared, be, and they are
<br />hereby, declared elected to office, which term shall begin on May 3, 2003.
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