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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02.13.1950 - Elections for City Officers28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, RELATING TO ELECTIONS FOR CITY OFFICERS AND PROVIDING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO SUCH ELECTIONS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas: Section I. That in all elections, held in and for the City of Georgetown, Texas, the lavas of the State of Texas shall apply to and govern the same. That in City elections, the duties with reference thereto that would be performed by the County Fudge, in a State or County .Election, shall be performed by the Mayor; and the duties that would be performed by the County Clerk in a State or County election, shall be performed by the City Secretary, and that the duties that are performed by the Commissioners Court in a State or County election shall with reference to City elections be performed by the City Council. In all City elections, the Mayor, and in the event of his failure, the City Council, shall order the election, cause notice to be given of the time and place of holding the same, and shall appoint a presiding judge to conduct said election, and may appoint such other assistants as he may deem necessary. That notice, of such election, shall be given by causing same to be in writing and be posted at three public places within the City, one of which shall be at the designated polling place, and that such notices shall be posted at least thirty days befre the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. of the day designated in the notice; and that each election shall be held at the City Nall building of said City', unless some other place be designated in the order calling the same. Section 11. Any eligible person, qualified under the law, seeking election to an elective office of the said City, may have his name printed upon the official ballot as a'cand date for the office being sought by him, by filing with the Mayor a sworn application, at least thirty days prior to the day o the election. Such application shall state the specific place or office being sought by the applicant, and shall state that the applicant is eligible and qualified under the laws of the State of Texas to become a candidate for and to hold the office for which he seeks election. Section - form of application mentioned in the preceding section shall be substantially as follows* ttTo the Mayor of the City of Georgetown, Texas, Greetings. hereby make application to have my name placed 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 it day of April, 19., and I hereby certify that I am qualified to make this application and that I am legally qualified to hold such office if elected. Applioant Mate of Texas County of Williamson Q Before me the undersigwied officer on this day personally appeared the person whose name is signed to the fore- going, application, and after being by me duly sworn states on his oath, that the matters and facts setout in the foregoing application are true, and he further states on oath, that he is not the nominee of any political party or organization, holding, advocation, or asserting any doctrine subversive of or contrary to, the principles of and the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United Mates of America, or of the State of Texas; and that he believes in and approves of our representative form of government, and that he will resist any effort of movement from any source which seeks to subvert or destroy the same, or any part thereof, and that if he is elected to the office mentioned in the said application, that he will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and of the State of Texas. Subscribed and sworn to before me on this the day of A.D* , 19„ „0 notary Pu 1 c, Williamson County, Texas." Section Ne That each candidate for an elective office in the said. City, shall make and file the application and affidavit thereto, as above set out; the same may be accompanied by a,petition of the qualified voters, or any number of them; or it may be accom- panied by a certificate of ;nomination by a political party; provided that no person nominated for the office for which he seeks, known to hold, maintain or teach doctrines or principles that are sub- versive of or contrary to free government,; as same is exem. plified by the constitution and laws of the United States and the.State of Texas shall have his name printed on the official ballot, Section Vs That each person who files the verified application above set out, with in the time for filing same, shall be deemed to be a candidate for the office he seeks; and that his application together with any matter filed with same, shall be delivered by the Mayor to the City Secretary# and printed, cause said names to be posted in some conspicuous placE in his office, and the said names, together with the applica� tions, and the papers, if any accompanying the same shall be subject to inspection by the public. That any objection being urged by any person as to the validity or regularity of any application, or the eligibility of any candidate, shall, be made within days after such posting* and that such objection shall be made in writing setting out the grounds thereof, and shall be delivered to the City Secretary. That in case no such ob- jections are filed within the 5 days from the date of posting, as to a candidate, the regularity and validity of his applica- tion cannot be thereafter questioned. That all applications delivered by the Mayor to the City Secretary, with all matters pertaining thereto, shall be 'preserved by the City Secretary for a period of two years, so that said applications together with any objections thereto may be available in the event of any court proceedings with reference thereto* Section VI. That the official ballot shall be printed at least 20 days prior to the date of the election, and the neuaes of any person who has filed the properly verified applica- tions within the time prescribed by law shall have his name printed thereon Before the official ballot is actually printed, any candidate may have his name withdrawn, and not printed thereon, by making his request in writing, duly attested before a notary, and filing such request with the City Secretary. Section VII® That the laws of this State, pertaining _._J 4, 1. 4 a..'" 4 , City, and the City Secretary shall perform the duties, that are performed by the County Clerk in State elections. Section VIII, That the presiding judge shall receive for his services in holding an election the sum of and that each assistant or clerk shall receive the sum of h , the same to be paid by the City, Section IX, That the fact that it is necessary to promptly rake provisions for the holding of the next general City Election, creates an emergency, a.d makes it necessary that the rules regarding that an ordinance be read at three separate meetings before final passage, be suspended, and they said rules are hereby suspended, ana this ordinance is here and now passed -and it is ordered that it take effect at once, PASSED AND .APPROVED CI'H IS TI -E 121 JET E1`a T H DAY OF FEBRUARY A o D o 19500 % r Texas -.r City Clerk, City of° eor etmgn: Texas