1982-095202L
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TFXAS, CALLING FOR A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 15, 1983 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO LEGALIZING BINGO GAMES
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO ENABLING
ACT, SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE POLLING PLACES AND THE HOURS OF
VOTING, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION OFFICIALS,
PROVIDING FOR ONE VOTING PLACE, PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF PAPER
BALLOTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE FORM OF BALLOT TO BE USED IN SUCH
ELECTION, AND PROVIDING TEAT THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL PREFORM
THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN ELECTION OFFICIAL
WHEREAS, a Petition has been submitted to the Clty Council
of the City of Denton under the provisions of Article 179d
V A T S. (Bingo Enabling Act) requesting that an election
legalizing bingo be submitted to the qualified voters of the
Clty of Denton, Texas, and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary has certified that such petition
contains the required number of names, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas has
designated January 15, 1983 as the next available date to hold
such election, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article 179d
V A T S (Bingo Enabling Act) a special election is hereby
ordered held in the City of Denton, Texas on Saturday, the 15th
day of January, 1983 for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, for adoption or
rejection, the following proposed proposition
[] FOR LEGALIZING BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLF
PURPOSES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO
ENABLING ACT IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
[] AGAINST LEGALIZING BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO
ENABLING ACT IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
SECTION II
Said elect~on shall be held between the hours of 7 00
o'clock A M and 7 00 o'clock P M on the 15th day of January,
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1983 in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code of
the State of Texas, and the voting places or Dolling places
shall be as follows
All qualified voters residing in the City of Denton, Texas
shall vote at
DENTON CIVIC CENTER BUILDING
CORNER OF BELL AVENUE AND MCKINNEY STRFET
DENTON, TEXAS
The election officials for said election on January 15, 1983
shall be as follows
1 (a) Don Plckens shall be the Presiding Judge at the
Denton C~vic Center Voting Place
2 Charlotte Allen, City Secretary shall conduct
absentee voting under the Texas Election Code
The Presiding Judge of the Denton C~vic Center shall be
authorized to appoint a sufficient number of Clerks as they may
deem necessary to assist them ~n said election, including
bilingual assistants as required by law
SECTION III
Absentee voting shall be conducted by the Office of the City
Secretary in the Municipal Building on East McKinney Street in
the City of Denton, Texas, and the polls for absentee voting
shall be open or voting in person between the hours of 8 00
o'clock A M and 5 00 o'clock P M Monday through Friday during
the times allowed for absentee voting
SECTION IV
Said election shall be held in accordance with the Election
Code of the State of Texas, and all duly qualif~ed resident
electors of the City of Denton, Texas shall be qualified to vote
in said election
SECTION V.
That paper ballots shall be used in such election both for
the polling places and for absentee voting ~n conformance with
the provisions of the Election Code of the State of Texas
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SECTION VI
That the ballots of the election shall conform to the
requirements of the Election Code of the State of Texas as
amended, and the language to be printed and the form of the
ballot shall include the following
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Official ballot instructions-Place an "X" ~n the
square beside the statement ~ndicatlng the way you
wish to vote
[] FOR LEGALIZING BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO
ENABLING ACT IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAg
~ AGAINST LEGALIZING BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO
ENABLING ACT IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
SECTION VII
That notice of said election shall be given by the posting
of true copies of this ordinance, s~gned by the Mayor and
attested by the City Secretary, ~n three public places of the
City, one of which places shall be at the Munic~pal Building,
for thirty (30) consecutive days prior to the date of such
elect~on and this ordinance shall be published in full one time
in the Denton Record-Chronicle at least thirty (30) days prior
to sa~d election
SECTION VIII
The City Secretary shall make up the official ballot ~n
accordance with the Election Code of the State of Texas and
hereby authorized and d~rected to have the ballots to be used
such election printed and delivered to the presiding judge of
said election and to perform all other acts required of election
officials for such election
SECTION IX
That immediately after the counting of the votes the
presiding judge shall deliver the official returns of the
election to the City Secretary
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SECTION X
That on the Tuesday next following the election, the City
Council shall canvass the returns and declare the results of
such election which shall be recorded in the Minutes of the City
Council
SECTION XI
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its
date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of /~/~/~ , 1982
~C~;~RD O /STEWART, MAYOR
~CIT~ OF DE~TON, TEXAS
~i ~st~ng, Deputy ~ Secretary
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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