1295 RES ORDERING ELECTION TO BE HELD ON FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL 1969RESOLUTION N0. 1295
A RESOLUTION ORDE
TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1969,
TWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
3ING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST
SAME BEING THE 1 ST DAY OF XRIL, 1969, BE..
O'CLOCK A.M. AND 7:00 OtCLOCK P.M., BY
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN TO SERVE AS MIIKBIlRS
THE ENSUING TWO YEARS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That an election be held by the qualified voters
of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, on the first Tuesday in April,
1969, same being the 1st day of April, 1969, between the hours of
8:00 o'clock A.M. and 7:00 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of elect--
ing three (3) members of the City Council of the City of Paris,
as follows:
Three Councilmen at Large
as provided in Section 16 of Article III of the Charter of the City
of Paris, adopted on November 2, 1948, and in accordance with
Article IX of the Charter of the City of Paris, adopted November 2,
1948, such Councilmen to serve for the ensuing two years.
Section 2. That the polling places and election officials of
such election shall be as follows:
Ward One (1 ) :
Polling Place: Central Fire Station
Officials: Mr. W. J. Johnson , Presiding Judge
Mrs. R. H. Lower , Judge
War d Two (2):
Polling Place: Grand Hotel Lobby
Officials: Mrs. Hugh Collins , Presiding Judge
Nlrs. Elizabeth Tompkins , Judge
War d Thr e e (3):
Polling Place: Lamar County Courthouse Basement
Officials: Mrs. W. S. Biard , Presiding Judge
Mrs. Fred Shaef'f'er , Judge
Ward Four (4):
Polling Place: Paris High School Gymnasium
Officials: Mrs. H. L. Hollis , Presiding Judge
Mrs. Sam Ausmus , Judge
Section 3. The Presiding Judge of the respective voting
boxes shall designate and appoint such additional, competent and
qualified clerks for such respective polling places and voting
boxes as may be required, if any, f'or 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.
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 for election, signed by the
Mayor of the City of Paris, at each of the polling places desigM
nated above, which said notice of election shall by him be posted
not less than thirty (30) days prior to said election; further, a
properly executed copy of such Notice of Election shall be pub-
lished one time in the Paris News, the official newspaper of the
City of Paris and a newspaper of general circulation in said City,
which notice shall be published not less than twenty (20)days be-
fore said election.
Section 6. The pay of the judges and clerks of said election
is hereby authorized and established as follows: $12.50 per day
for each judge and clerk; the election judge who delivers the re-
turns of said election immediately after the votes have been
counted to the proper office shall be paid an additional sum of
$5.00 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 thi.s 10th day of
February, 1969.
J es R. Moore, D.S.C., Mayor
ATTEST:
_ J X
H. C. Greene City Clerk
4S TO FORM:
APPROVF,Z'
T. K. Hayn s, City Attor ney.