1162 ORD SUBMITTING TO QUALIFIED VOTERS OF COP THE QUESTION "SHALL A COMMISSION BE CHOSEN TO FRAME A NEW CHARTER?"ANk _ ~ .
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r 111 OEDINANCE SUBl.SITT1IvG to the qualified voters of the City of Paris the
question, "Shall a comriission be chosen tn frame a new eharter?T" and providing
tor the election from the city at large of a charter corwnission of fifteen members
provided that a majority of the qualified voters noting on said qtiestion sha11 have
voted in the affirmative; ;nroviding Por the submission of the question at a speciml
election and ordering an election to be held betti^.een the hours of 8:00 A.Ri. and 7;00
P.M. on theIZ) day of~~~ , 191~9, by the aualified voters of
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the City of Paris for said purpose.
BE IT 0--RDAII\M BY ~1TE CI"Y COUTI<CIL vF `P1m CIT`.t OF P<,I3IS;
Section l. That an e].ection shall be held by the qualified loters of the City of
Faris bet~veen the hours of $:00 ~..T~. and 7;00 P.P::~. on the/0 day of ,
194-k, and that at such election t.here shall be submitted to the qualified voters of
the gity of Paris the question, "Shall a camrnission be chosen to Lxame a neti^r charter?n
and at said election shall be subrzitted the names of all persons tiahose names have been
du1;T filed accordinE to laUi as candidates frorl tLe city at larCe for members of a
Chaxter Corrirv.ssion provided that a n:a jority of the r,,ualified voters voting an the quest-
ion, "Shall a commission be chosen to framz a ne.r char.ter?" shall h.ave voted in the
affirmative, fifteer of such persons receivino the highost number of votes cast at
such electa.on to constitute a charter corx:.ission to frar!e a neiv cha.rter for the City
of Paris rrhich ahall be subrutted to thie qualified voters of said city at an election
to be held at a time fixed by the charter comr~:ission not less thazi forty nor r.iore than
ninety daSrs after the carapleticn of the work of the charter cor:unisszon, provision for
z~4'r!ich shall be made by the governing body of the city in so f.ar as not prescribed by
the general lavl.
Section 2. Zf the voter desires to vote in f avor of the qizestion, r'Shall a corunission
be chosen to f'rame a nei•r charter?tf, such voter shall leave the word 11YES" on the ballot
ar_d strike ovt the word "ITO". If the voter desires to vo-L-e aca?nst the question, "Shall
a corrunission be chasen to frar.ie a r.evr charter?O, such voter shall leave the ti~rord "NO"
and strike out the aord "XES" on the ballot.
Sectior. 3. 'Fach voter rna,y vote for any fifteen or less of the persons whose names are
subm:3tted as candidates for membars of a charter com.rnissionas above provided, and each
voter shall have the privilege of striking out any one or r.iore names on said ballot and
writing in the name of any nualified person, in Urhich event the vote for such qualified
Derson shall be counted as effectually as if his or her name had been printed unon the
ballot, but no votes shall be counted for any candidate for riembership on the charter
commission upon any ballot upon which more than fiPteen names, printed or tvrittan, shall
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be left. A voter shall vote for any candidate for membership on the charter comm.iss-
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ion by leavirsg his name, printed or Urritten, on said ballot, and by leaving the ntunes
of fifteen or less candidates on said ballot and strikin.g out the names of all others.
Section ff. The forrn of the ballot at such election shall be as iollows:
SHALL A C02~~.'ISSIO_T BE C:rOSM-a TO FIF','A":7E 1'i TiM't CF~'sR=
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FOR p:MP;2BERS E}F i, C~-i,:-RTy'R COT:I:IaSIQiT, PROVIDF0 that a rlajority of the qualified voters
voting on the above question shall have voted in the affirmative:
Naraes of persons wrhose names have been filed according to law as candidates for
members of a charter commission to be nr?nted upon said b"llot.)
Nection ,a". 'Llhe Iiayor is instructed to give notice of said ele6tion by immediately
uosting r.otices at each polling place and by immediately publishing this ordinance
in the Faris r;ews, a paper of general circulation and a r_ewspaper published in the
City of Faris, and continuing said publication for a period of ten days.
Section b. The election to be held in accordance -with the general election lavrs oi the
State of Texas, insofar as same are applicable and not in conflict vrith the provisions
of the Cmty Charter.
Section 8, The Polling Flaces and presidirE; officers of the election shall be respect-
ively as follows:
Ward
1:
Central Fire Station
Jack Bankhead, 1'reszdin~;
Officer
?;'Irard
2E
Grand Hotel
mIrs. Hugh Colling, Iresiding 4fficer
Ward
3:
County Courthouse
asv 1. Fresiding
Officer
I'lard
4;
Paris High School
Presiding
OfPicer.
Fassed and approved this the_~day of ~1941.•
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?Tflo,e the City oP Pari
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C ty Secretary.