403 RES ORDERING SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1943~T3DN ND.
A WMLUTIQI1 ordering a speca.al election to be held between the hrnxra of 8:00 0' clocka
A. M, and 600 o'cl,odc, P. y.,, Rhich hours are in accordanoe wi.th 5ection 89 of tlle Charter
of the City of Paris, on the Sth day of Jtum, 1943 j, by the qualified voters of tha City of
Paris for the purpoee of electing an Aldea'man for Ward 4to fi.ll the unexpired t,exm of J. R.
Young, who has resigized.. arld far ths furthes purpose of electing an Alderman fcr Ward 3 to
fill the tuiexpirei term of Gilbert StreetYa xho has reaigned, to Rhich vacancy G. W. wortham
was electad on April bth, 1943, tut who tailed to qualifY; and declaring an emsrgency.
BE IT RESOI,VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS:
That an $].eotlau be Yold by the qualified voters of the City of Paris between the hours
of 8:00 0' clock, A. M. and 6:00 0' clock y P e 1d., which hours are in acoo rdance Rith Section 89
of the Charter of the City of Paris, on the 8th day of June., 1943, for the purpose of electing
the fo]lorring City officers:
Alderman for Wetrd l+ to fill the vaaancg csused by the resignation of J. R. Yaung.
Alderman for Ward 3 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gilbert Streetp,
to which vacancq G. W. Wortham wae elected to fi11 at the regular City election held April 6th,
1943, but who has failed to qualify and has filed a statement declaring his irxtenti.on not to
qualify for Alderman of Wax'd 3•
The polling places and presiding officers of the election shall be, respectively,, as
folloMrs:
WARD 1; Central Fire Station - J. C. Short, Presiding Officer
WkRD 2; Gr*Ad Hotel _ N. A. Pritchett, Presiding Officer
WA,RD 3s Court House -Wayne Anderson, Presiciing Offioer
WAFD 4; gari,a Fiigh Sehool - J. R. Hutchison, Presiding Officer
The Mayor is instructed to give thirty (30) d&Ys notice of sai.d election by posting
noticee at each polling place Por that period, and pubLishing similar notices in the official
paper.
The clection is to be held in accordarioe with the General II.ection Laws of the State of
Texms, insofar as the same ars applicable and not in conflict xith the provisions of the City
Charter.
The fact that it is neeessary to fill the vancancies caused by the resignation of the
p],clerman in Waxd 4 and the resignation of the Alderman i.n Ward 3 creates an emergency, re-
quiring that the rulea and Charter provisions prohibiting the passage of a xesolution at the
meeting introduced and sutmitting the same to a committee be suspended, the same is accordingly
dpne, and this Resolution shall take effect from and after its passage,
Approweds
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City of Paris, Texas.