Ord. 0080 1964-02-06ORDINANCE NO. R(%
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AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE FOR
THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN AND OTHER OFFICES FOR THE CITY OF PEAR -
LAND, TEXAS: PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS, PLACE AND MANNER
OF HOLDING CITY ELECTIONS AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: All elections pertaining to municipal affairs shall be
governed by the election laws of the State of Texas. In all City
elections, the Mayor, City Secretary, or the governing body shall
do and perform each act in such and other elections required to be
done and performed respectively by the County Judge, the County
Clerk, or the Commissioners' Court. In all City Elections, the
Mayor, or if he fails to do sop the governing body, shall order
the election, give notice and appoint election officers to hold
the election. In general elections for officers the notice or
proclamation shall be issued and posted at the polling places not
later than thirty days before the first Tuesday in April of the
year in which the election is to be held.
SECTION 2: Any eligible and qualified person may have his name
printed on the official ballot as an Independent candidate for the
office of mayor or alderman or other city office by filing his
sworn application with the Mayor at least thirty (30) days prior
to the election day. The application shall state the specific
office or place being sought by the applicant and that the said
applicant is eligible and qualified under the laws of the State
of Texas to become a candidate for and hold the office being
sought, if elected.
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SECTION 3: (a) The form of the sworn application shall be sub-
stantially as follows:
To the Honorable E. T. Gibbons, Mayor of the
City of Pearland, Texas, Greetings:
I, , hereby make application
to have my name printed on the official ballot
as an independent candidate for the office of
to be voted upon at the
City Election to be held on the first Tuesday
in April, 1964; and I hereby certify that I am
legally qualified to hold such office, if
elected.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
, being duly sworn,
deposes and says that the statements contained
in the foregoing application are true.
(signed)
Candidate
Subscribed and Sworn to before me by the said
, this the day of
, 1964.
(Seal)
Notary Public in and for
Brazoria County, Texas
(b) Such sworn application may be accompanied with
a petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition
is not required.
(c) Such sworn application shall be accompanied with
an executed copy of the "Loyalty Affidavit" as required by State
Statutes, in substantially the following form:
LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT
nI, , of the City of Pearland,
County of Brazoria, State of Texas, being a can-
didate for the office of ,do sol-
emnly swear that I believe in and approve of our
present representative form of Government, and if
elected, I will support and defend our present
representative form of government and will resist
any effort or movement from any source which seeks
to subvert or destroy the same, or any part thereof,
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and I will support and defend the Con-
stitution and the Laws of the United
States and of the State of Texas.
Candidate's Signature
Sworn to and Subscribed before me at Pearland,
Texas, this the day of , 1964.
(Seal)
Notary Public in and for
Brazoria County, Texas.
SECTION 4: The names of all those who have filed their sworn
application tohave their name printed on the official ballot
as candidates shall be posted by the City Secretary in a con-
spicuous place at his office for the inspection of the inspection
of the public for at least ten days before he orders the ballots
to be printed. All objections to the regularity or validity of
the application of any person shall bemade within five days
after such posting, by written notice filed with the City Secre-
tary, setting forth the grounds of such objections, In case no
such objection is filed within the time prescribed, the regu-
larity or validity of the application of no person whose name is
so posted shall thereafter be contested. The City Secretary
shall preserve in his office for a period of -two years all app-
lications, notice of objections and other related papers.
SECTION 5: Any person eligible to the office of Mayor, Alderman
or other office who has filed his sworn application
in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance shall have his name printed
on the official ballots. Any such person may cause his name to
be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots are actually
printed by filing in written notice with the City Secretary a
request to that effect over his own signature, duly attested to
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pensated for his services at the rate of
by a Notary Public. No name so withdrawn shall be printed on the
ballots. Not later than twenty (20) days before the City General
Election, the City Secretary shall have the official ballots print-'l'
ed.
SECTION 6: Each qualified voter who desires to cast an absentee
vote and who expects to be absent on the day of the City's general
election shall be entitled to an official ballot and the right to
cast such ballot in accordance with the provisions of the State
Statutes. Application for the absentee ballot shall be made to
the City Secretary and the voted ballot returned to him.
SECTION 7: That hereafter all municipal elections shall be con-
ducted by one presiding officer or Judge and two Assistant Judges
for each of the voting places to be appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Pearland, Texas; that the presiding officer shall be com-
✓mac ($
Dollars per day and said assistant Judges shall be compensated at
the rate of,/
04
) Dollars per day,
which services shall be paid from the General Fund of the City.
SECTION 8: That hereafter all elections for the election of offi-
cials shall be held in the City of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas',
'between the hours of 8:00 O'Clock A. M. and 7:00 O'Clock P. M.
SECTION 9: The City Marshall shall post a properly executed copy
of the election proclamation and Notice at the place where the
election is to be held. Said Notice shall be posted at least
thirty days prior to the date of.said election.
SECTION 10: It shall be the duty of the City Secretary to notify
all persons elected, and all newly elected officers may enter upon
their duties on the fifth day thereafter, Sundays excepted. If anyl
such officer fails to qualify within thirty days after his election$
his office shall be deemed vacant, and a new election shall be held
to fill the same.
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PASSES AND APPROVED this the p - day of fe.::e-ORd4ety, A. D. 1964.
CITY OF PEARLANDB TEXAS
By:
ATTEST:
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E. T. Gibbons, Mayor