1999-031-ORD DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE IN DISTRICT 5 FOR MAY 1 1999 GENERAL ELECTION ELECTED TO OFFICE
ORDINANCE NO. 99-031
AN ORDINANCE OF mE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE IN DISTRICT 5 FOR mE MAY 1, 1999, GENERAL
ELECTION ELECTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING mAT NO ELECTION BE HELD
IN DISTRICT 5; DIRECTING mAT A COPY O}-' THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT
APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THA T CERTIFICA TES OF
ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 12, 1999.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 8th day of
February, 1999, in Resolution No. 99-020, order the regular municipal election for the City of
Paris to he held on the 1st day of May, 1999, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5, and 7 of
the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham, being the authority responsible for
having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidate for District 5 is
unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that there are no
propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it
is deemed appropriate that the candidate for District 5 be declared elected to office and that no
election be held in that District; NOW, mEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY mE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That, for the May 1, 1999, general election, the candidate for District 5, John
F. Bell, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for election to office with no
write-in candidates being declared, be, and he is hereby, declared elected to office, which term
shall begin on May 6, 1999.
Section 2. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and
because there are no propositions to appear on the ballot, it is hereby determined that no election
be held in District 5.
Section 3. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
Ordinance on election day at the polling place that would have been used in the election.
Section 4. That a certificate of election shall be issued to the candidate in the same
manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective on April 12, 1999.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of April, 1999.
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Scott P. Foster, City Attorney
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ar es . Neeley, Mayor