2140 RES ORDERING ELECTION ON FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL 1982RESOLUTION NO';' 2140 4
A RESOLUTION ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE
FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL, 1982, SAME BEING THE 3RD DAY OF
APRIL, 1982, BETW'EEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 0'CLOCK A. M. AND
7:00 0'CLOCK P. M., BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF WARDS 1, 2,
3 AND 6 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, 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 l, 2, 3 and 6 of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, on the first Saturday in April, 1982, same being the
3rd day of April, 1982, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock
A. M. and 7:00 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing
four (4) members of the City Council of the City of Paris,
as follows:
One
Councilman
From
Ward
One (1)
One
Councilman
From
Ward
'I~ao (2)
One
Councilman
From
Ward
Three (3)
One
Councilman
From
Ward
Six (6)
as provided in Paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of Order entered
Pfarch 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 Z, That the polling places and election officials
of such election shall be as follows:
Ward One (1) :
Polling Place: T. G. Givens School
655 Blake Road
Officials: Ralph Rodgers , Presiding Judge
Clabon Steward Alternate Presiding Judge
Ward Two (2):
Polling Place: Lamar County Electric Co-op
Assoeiation Building
1485 North Main Street
Officials: John Q. Simpson , Presiding Judge
Veola Bradford , Alternate Presiding Judge
Ward Three (3):
Polling Place: Thomas S. Justiss School
401 18th Street, N. W.
Officials: Hannah Shaeffer , Presiding Judge
Evelyn Norris , Alternate Presiding Judge
Ward Six (6) :
Polling Place: Crockett Middle School
655 South Collegiate Drive
Officials: Martha E,(Sunny) Thomas , Presiding Judge
Geneva Franklin , Alternate Presiding
Judge
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. 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 con-
flict with the above described Order.
Section 5. 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 Office, on
the board provided for notice 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 6. The pay of the judges and clerks of said
election is hereby authorized and established as follows:
$4.00 per hour for each judge and clerk; the election judge
who delivers the returns of said election immediately after
the votes have been counted to the proper office shall be
paid an additional sum of $25.00 for that service, provided
also, he shall make return of all election supplies not used
when he makes returns of such election,
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Paris in regular meeting, at the City Hall of said City, on
this the 8th day of February, 1982.
Billy Burnett, Mayor
ATTEST:
i
H. C. Gr6 e, City Clerk
j:APPROVED AS FORM:
T. K. aynes, City Attorney