1969-009 NO
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
CALLING AND ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF
APRIL, A D 1969, THE SAME BEING THE FIRST TUESDAY IN SAID
MONTH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE 43) COUNCILMEN FOR
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3 O1 (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
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That an election shall be held in the Community Building,
~n the C~v~c Center on McK~nney Street, ~n the C~ty of Denton,
Texas, between the hours of seven o'clock (7 00) A M and seven
o'clock (7 00) P M , on the 1st day of April, A D 1969, the
same being the f~rst Tuesday of sa~d month, for the purpose of
electing three (3) Councilmen for the C~ty of Denton, ~n accor-
dance w~th the provisions of Article 3, Section 3 O1 (a) of
the Charter of the C~ty of Denton, Texas
SECTION II
That the three candidates who receive the h~ghest number
of votes shall be declared elected to the C~ty Council of the
C~ty of Denton, Texas
SECTION III
That not~ce of sald~ectlon shall be given by the posting
of true cop~es of th~s ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attest-
ed by the C~ty Secretary, ~n three public places of the said
C~ty, one of which places shall be at the Municipal Building, for
thirty (30) consecutive d~ys prior to the date of sa~d elect~on
and this ordinance shall be published ~n full one time ~n the
Denton Record-Chronicle at least thirty (30) days prior to sa~d
election
SECTION IV
That ~J~w£~ ~/-~,~/4 ~s hereby appointed presiding
judge of said election, and the sa~d presiding judge shall
appoint such assistance as maybe necessary to properly conduct
sa~d election
SECTION V
That the City Secretary shall make up the official ballot
from the names presented to h~m by application or nominating
pet~tqons as prowded by Article 3, Section 3 02 and 3 03 of
the Charter of the City of Denton, Texas, and he ~s hereby
authorized and d~rected to have the ballots to be used in such
election printed and delivered to the sa~d presiding judge
SECTION VI
That immediately after the counting of the votes the pre-
sldlng judge shall deliver the official returns of the election
to the C~ty Secretary
SECTION VII
That on the Monday next following the elect~on, the City
Council shall canvass the returns and declare the results which
shall be recorded in the Minutes of the Council
SECTION VIII
That the three candidates who receive the highest number
of votes shall be declared elected and the Mayor shall deliver
certificates of election to the successful candidates If two
candidates shall t~e with the second h~ghest number of votes,
or ~f three or more candidates shall tie for the h~ghest number
of votes, the Council shall order a second election to be held
on the fourteenth day after the f~rst election at which only
the names of the two candidates who receive the same number of
votes at the first election shall be printed on the ballot In
the event of a tie at the second election, the tied candidates
shall cast lots to determine which one sh&ll be declared elected
S,ECTION IX
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s 25th day of February, A D 1969
J ZQKE MARTIN, MAYOR
~TY OF DENTON, TEXAS
CITY OF DENTON,~XAS
A?RO~ED /)r~ TO LEGAL FORM
J,A~K Q BARTON, C~ITY ATTORNEY
~2ITY OF DENTON, TEXAS