1970-006 NO .... ?O -
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL O~ THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
CALLING AND ORDERING AN ELECTION TO B~ HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF
APRIL, A D 1970, THE SAME BEING THE FIRST TUESDAY IN SAID
MONTH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING TWO (2) COUNCILMEN BY 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
POSTING 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
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That an election shall be held an the Community Building,
in the Civic Center on McK~nney Street, in 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 7th day of April, A D 1970,
the same being the first Tuesday of said month, for the purpose
of electing two (2) Councllmen for the City of Denton, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 3, Section 3 01 (a)
of the Charter of the City of Denton, Texas
SECTION II
That the two candidates who receive the h~ghest number of
votes shall be declared elected to the City Council of the
C~ty of Denton
SECTION III
That notice of said elect~on shall be given by the post-
lng of true copies of this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and
attested by the City Secretary, in three public places of the
said C~ty, one of which places shall be at the Municipal Build-
lng, for thirty (30) consecutive days prior to the date of sald
election and this ordinance shall be published in full one time
in the Denton Record-Chronicle at least thirty (30) days prior
to said elect~on
SECTION IV
That Jewel Smith is hereby appointed presiding 3udge of
said elect~on, and the said presiding judge shall appoint
such assistants as may be necessary to properly conduct said
election, and as provided by the Election Code
SECTION V
That the C~ty Secretary shall make up the official ballot
from the names presented to ham by application or nominating
petitions as provlded by Article 3, Section 3 02 and 3 03 of
the Charter of the City of Denton, Texas, and he is hereby
authorized and d~rected to have the ballots to be used in such
elect~on printed and delivered to the sa~d presiding judge
SE~I~ VI
That l~ed~ately after the counting of the votes the
presiding judge shall deliver the official returns of the
elect~on to the C~ty Secreta~
SE~ ION VII
That on the Monday next following the elect~on, the Clty
Council shall canvass the retu~s and declare the results which
shall be recorded ~n the M~nutes of the Co~c~l
SECTION VIII
That the two candldates who receive the h~ghest nu~er of
votes shall be declared elected and the Mayor shall deliver
certificates of elect~on to the successful candidates If
two candidates shall t~e w~th the second highest number of
votes, or ~f three or more candidates shall tie for the highest
number of votes, the Co~¢~1 shall order a second elect~on to
be held on the fourteenth day after the f~rst elect~on at which
only the names of the candidates who receive the same number
of votes at the f~rst elect~on shall be printed on the ballot
In the event of a t~e at the second elect~on, the t~ed candid-
ates shall cast lots to determine which one shall be declared
elected
PASSED MD APPRO~D thls 24th day of February, A D 1970
L A ~ELS~,~OR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST ~ ~
B~S HOLT, CITY SEC~T~Y
~TY OF DENTON, TE~S
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
TON, CITY ATTORNEY
~2TTY OF DENTON, TEXAS