1991-023-RES A RESOLUTION ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 1991, SAME
RESOLUTION NO. 91-023
A RESOLUTION ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE
FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 1991, SAME BEING THE 4TH DAY OF MAY,
1991, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 O'CLOCK A.M. AND 7:00
O'CLOCK P.M., BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF WARDS 4, 5 AND 7 OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, WITH ABSENTEE VOTING FOR
THE SAME BEING CONDUCTED IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX WEST, FROM
THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 1991, THROUGH THE 30TH OF APRIL,
1991, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00
0' CLOCK A .M. AND 5: 00 0' CLOCK P.M., FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THE COUNCILMEN FROM EACH OF SAID WARDS TO SERVE AS
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE ENSUING TWO YEARS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS:
Section 1. That an election be held by the qualified
voters of Wards 4,5 and 7 of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, on the firs t Saturday in May, 1991, same be ing the
4th day of May, 1991, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M.
and 7:00 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of electing three (3)
members of the City Council of the City of Paris for two
year terms, as follows:
One Councilman from Ward Four (4)
One Councilman from Ward Five (5)
One Councilman from Ward Seven (7)
as provided in Paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of Order entered
March 15, 1976, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, in the
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District
of Texas, Paris Division, and as provided in the Charter of
the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas wherein
they do not conflict with said Order.
Section 2. That the polling places and election
officials of such election shall be as follows:
WARD FOUR (4):
Polling Place: City of Paris Police & Courts Building
811 Bonham Street
Officials: Ruth E. Welch, Presiding Judge
Mrs. Marshall May, Alternate Presiding
Judge
WARD FIVE (5):
Polling Place: City Hall Annex
150 1st S.E. Street
Officials: Reinhardt Hollje, Presiding Judge
Greg Hollje, Alternate Presiding Judge
WARD SEVEN (7):
Section 3. The Presiding Judge of the respective
voting boxes shall designate and appoint at least two (2)
and not more than four (4) competent and qualified clerks
for such respective polling places and voting boxes as may
be required for the efficient conduct of said election.
Section 4. That absentee voting for the election
described in Section 1 above shall be conducted under the
direction of the City Clerk by herself and her deputies as
ordered in separate order herefrom, beginning on the 15th
day of April, 1991, through the 30th day of April, 1991,
Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 o'clock
A.M. and 5:00 o'clock P.M.
Section
officials for
follows:
5. That the polling place and election
absentee voting of said election shall be as
ABSENTEE VOTING:
Polling Place: City Clerk's Office
City Hall Annex West
150 - 1st S.E. Street
Officials: Reinhardt Hollje, Presiding Judge
Greg Hollje, Alternate Presiding Judge
Section 6. There is hereby created an absentee ballot
board which consists of the presiding judge, the alternate
presiding judge, appointed in Section 5 above, and at least
two other members to be appointed by said presiding judge.
The absentee ballot board shall carry out the duties
enumerated in Chapter 87 of the Election Code of the State
of Texas.
Section 7. Such election shall be held in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas governing general and
municipal elections, insofar as the same may be applicable,
and with the provisions of the City Charter and Ordinances
of the City of Paris, wherein such laws and ordinances do
not conflict with the above described Order.
Section 8. The Chief of Police of the City of Paris is
hereby directed and instructed to post a properly executed
Notice of Election pursuant to this order of election,
signed by the Mayor of the City of Paris and attested by the
City Clerk, on the bulletin board in the City Clerk's
Off ice, on the board prov ided for not ice at the City Hall
Door, at each of the polling places designated above, which
are within each ward in which the election is to be held, at
least twenty (20) days before the election; further, a
properly executed copy of such Notice of Election shall be
published at least one time not more than twenty-five (25)
days nor less than ten (10) days before the election in at
least one daily newspaper published in the City of Paris,
and a copy of the notice shall be filed with the City Clerk
of the City of Paris, together with the posting officer's
return and the newspaper certificate of publication.
Section 9.
The pay of the judges and clerks of said
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Paris in regular meeting, at the City Hall of said City, on
this 11th day of February, 1991.
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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, Ci ler