1974-011 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
CALLING AND ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 2ND DAY OF
APRIL, A D 1974, THE SAME BEING THE FIRST TUESDAY IN SAID
MONTH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING TWO (2) COUNCILMEN FOR THE
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3 01 (a) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE HOURS AND PLACE FOR THE SAID
ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND POST-
ING IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF DENTON AS NOTICE OF
SAID ELECTION, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO MAKE UP THE
OFFICIAL BALLOTS, CAUSING THE SAME TO BE PRINTED AND DELIVERED
TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER, PROVIDING FOR THE MAKING OF OFFICIAL
RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION, PROVIDING FOR THE CANVASSING OF THE
RETURNS OF THE SAID ELECTION AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF SAME
BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, at as hereby offaclally found and determined that
a case of emergency or urgent publac necessity exasts which re-
quires the holdang of the meeting at which thas ordinance as
passed, such emergency or urgent publac necessity beang that the
nominations for electaon to saad offaces must be faled not later
than tharty (30) days praor to the date of elect~on, and that
saad meetang was open to the publac, and public notace of the
tame, place and purpose of saad meetang was gaven, all as requared
by Vernon's Annotated C~v~l Statutes, Article 6252-17
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That an elect~on shall be held ~n the Community Bualdang, in
the Cavlc Center on McKanney Street, an the City of Denton, Texas,
between the hours of seven o'clock (7 00) A M and seven o'clock
(7 00) P M , on the 2nd day of Apral, A D 1974, the same beang
the farst Tuesday of sa~d month, for the purpose of electang two
(2) Co~ncalmen for the Caty of Denton, an accordance wath the pro-
vasaons of Artacle 3, Section 3 01 (a) of the Charter of the Caty
of Denton, Texas
SECTION II
That the two candadates who receive the h~ghest number of
votes shall be declared elected to the C~ty Council of the Caty
of Denton
SECTION III
That notice of said elect~on shall be g~ven by the posting
of true cop~es of th~s ordinance, s~gned by the Mayor and attested
by the Clty Secretary, in three p~bllc places of the said City,
one of which places shall be at the Municipal Building, for thirty
(30) consecutive days prior to the date of saad electaon and this
ordananoe shall be published an full one t~me ~n the Denton Record-
Chronicle at least thirty (30) days prior to said elect~on
SECTION IV
That J L Carrlco as hereby appointed presad~ng
judge of sald electaon, and Mrs Alma Trapp ~s hereby
appolnted as his alternate, and the said presldang judge shall
appoant such assistants as may be necessary to properly conduct sa~d
election, as provlded by the election code
SECTION V
That the C~ty Secretary shall make up the official ballot from
the names presented to hlm by appllcatlon or nominating petitions
as provaded by Article 3, Sectlon 3 02 and 3 03 of the Charter of
the C~ty of Denton, Texas, and he ls hereby authorized and d~rected
to have the ballots to be used in such election printed and delivered
to the sa~d presldang judge
SECTION VI
That ~mmedlately after the co%%nt~ng of the votes the presiding
judge shall deliver the official returns of the electaon to the City
Secretary
SECTION VII
That on the Monday next following the election, the C~ty Council
shall canvass the returns and declare the results which shall be re-
corded in the Minutes of the Council
SECTION VIII
That the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes
shall be declared elected and the Mayor shall deliver certificates
of electlon to the successful candidates If two or more candidates
shall tie w~th the second h~ghest number of votes or if three or
more candidates shall tle for the hlghest number of votes, the Council
shall order a second electlon to be held on the fourteenth day after
the f~rst electlon at which only the names of the candidates who re-
ceive the same number of votes at the f~rst elect~on shall be printed
on the ballot In the event of a tle at the second electlon, the
t~ed candidates shall cast lots to determine which one shall be de-
clared elected
PASSED AND APPROVED thls the 19th day of February, A D 1974
BILL NEU, MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
~S HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
W RALPH%~NN, CITY ~
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS