434 RES ORDERING ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 25TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1947_R'-+,"DIC?LL!TIGi; TTO. / r.~+?
~~:~OLUTIOT~? ORU~:I(~TG r~r,.L ;CTIUT; to be held betz,reen tAe ours of 8:00 A.T_. and 6:00 P.i%
on the 25th day of T?ovember, tL.D. 19L+7, by the qualified voters of the City of Paris for
the purpose of submitting to tha yualified voters of the City of Paris the question,
"Shall the City of Paris adopt the Drovisions oP Vernon's Annotated Penal Code of the
State of Texas, Article 15$3-2, (Senate Bill Ivo. 36, Fiftieth Legislature, Regular Session)?T'
providing for the submission of the question at a special electior_ and deelaring an emer-
,ency.
BE IT lE60L1M _3Y C1'I"I' COLNCIL OF 'I'IF, CITY OF 1'.-IRI3 that an election be held by the
qualified voters of the City of r-aris bet-ween the r.ours of 8:00 A.;::. and 6:00 F.?:`_. on
the 25th day of l.ovember, 1947, beinG a specia7_ electior_, ar.d tnat at said special
election thnre shali be submitted the question, "Shall the City of Paris adopt the pro-
visions of Vernon's Annatated Penal Code of the State of Texas, nrticle 1583-2, (32enate
Bill Ido. 36, Fiftieth LeCislature, Regular Session)?
The polling places and presiding officers of the election shall be respectively as
follows:
'."dard 1; Central Fire Station
';Jard 2: Grand Hotel
elard 3: Coun.ty Courthotzse
'.;'ard 4; Paris ?iigh School
Jack Banrchead, Presidirg Officer
Yrs. Hugh Collins, Presiding Officer
J.'.`. Brasvrell, Presiding Officer
P~:rs. Leslie Short, Presiding Officer
If the voter desires to vote in favor of the question, stach voter shall leave the word,
"YES" on the ballot and strike out the vrord fT40TM. If the voter desirds to vote af;ainst
the question, such voter shall leave the word 111,T0" and strike out the word "YESTM on the
ballot.
The L4ayor is instructed to ;,ive thirty days notice of said election by posting notices
at each polling place for that period of time and publishing a similar notice in the
official nerrspaper, the Paris 21ews, a paper of C.E;neral circulation in the City of I'aris,
Texas.
The election to be held in accordance with the general election laL,s of the State of
Texas insofar as same are appli-cable and not in conf'lict with the provisions of the
City Charter.
Th# f act that the calling of the election hereby called is necessary Nrithin 90 days
after Sentember 5th, 1947, under the a-oparent provisions of the law, unless it be post-
poned f or at least one year, creates a public emergency requiring that the rules an.d
charter nrovisions prohibiting the passage of a resolution at the meeting introduced
and requiring subr.iission of same to a committee be susnended and the sarie is according-
ly done, and this resolutidn shall take efPect frora and after its passage.
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Ayes u .
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Attest:
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H.B. Crow, City Secretary.