HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 57-01 Ordering a General Election on the First Tuesday in April of Each YearRESOLUTION NO. 1
WtfEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Title 28, Chapter 11,
of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, it is provided that there shall
be hold in each Municipality in the State of Texas on the first Tuesday
in April of each year, a general election for the purpose of electing
officers of said municipality:
NOW, T_IEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERKEN OF THE
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
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THAT the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Westlake, Texas, at
a regular meeting .held this date, does hereby order an election of
Officers for the Town of Westlake, Texas, to be held on Tuesday,
April 2, 1957, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, Five Aldermen and
a Marshal, for a term of one year, from April 1, 1957, or until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. The candidates for Mayor,
Alderman and Marshal, receiving the highest number of votes shall be
elected: to such offices for a -term of one yepr.
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FOR the Durpose of said election, the entire Town is hereby
constituted one voting precinct; the polling place for said election
shall be the Headquarters Building,,Circle 'ET" Ranch, within said Town,
and said election shall be held between the hours of 7:00 A.. and
said 7:00 P. M. on the aforementioned date, and the following persons
are hereby appointed to act as election officers:
,a /-I 9l�T'T -- Presiding Judge
C A R O L _RMO-N Asst. Presiding Judge
C 1 e rk
Clerk
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No person shall be eligible for the offices aforementioned
unless he' is qualified elector of the Town and. .has resided in the
State of Texas for a period of one year, and in the Town for six (6)
months next preceding the election at which he is elected.
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ANY eligible and qualified person may have his name printed upon
the official ballot as an independent Candidate for the offices herein
provided for by filing his sworn application with the Mayor not later
than Midnight, March 2, 1957. The application shall state the specific
office being sought by the applicant and that the applicant is eligible
and qualified under the Laws of the State of Texas, to become a can-
didate for and hold the office being sought, if elected.
V.
(A) The form of the sworn ap?lication shall be substantially
as follows:
To the 1'iayor of the Town of Westlake, Texas, Greetings:
I, , hereby make application to .have
my name printed on the official ballot as an independent can-
didate for the office of _, to be voted
upon at the Town Election to be .held on the 2 day of April,
1957, and I hereby certify that I have resided in the State
of Texas for at least one year and in the Town of Westlake,
Texas, for at least six months prior to the date of such elec-
tion, and am qualified to make this application and that I am
legally qualified to hold such office, if elected.
CANDIDATEtS SIGNATURE
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY 4F TARRANT �
I, _ , being duly sworn, deposes and
says that the statements contained in the foregoing application
are true.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before -,e this
A. D. 1957.
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day o -f
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR
TARR.A.NT COU1,lTY ,. 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 =rffidavit" as required
by Article 6.01 "2'1951 Election Code in Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes, in substantially the following form:
"I, , of the Town of
Westlake„ Texas,. County of Tarrant, State of Texas,
being a candidate for the office of ,
do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our
present representative form of government, and if elected,
I will support and defend our representative form of
government and shall resist any effort to movement from-
any
romany part thereof, and I will support and defend the
Constitution and Laws of the United States and of the
State of Texas.
Sworn to and subscribed
Tarrant County, Texas,
A. D. 1957.
VI.
CANDIDATEtS SIGNATURE
before me at Westlake, Texas,
this the _ day of
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR
TAtRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.
Any Candidate for either of the offices herein provided for may
have his name printed upon the ballot on application to the Mayor,
such application to be furnished by the Town Secretary and that
same shall contain the signatures of five (5) percent of the qualified
voters of tine Town, of the entire votes cast in the Town at the last
general election, which application small be accompanied by the
loyalty affidavit as hereinabove set out.
VII.
The names of all those who have filed their sworn applications t
have their names printed on the official ballot as well as those that
are nominated by petition, as candidates small be posted by the Town
Secretary in a conspicuous place at the office of the said Secretary
for inspection of the Public for at leastthirty (30) days before the
date of said Election. The Town Secretary shall preserve for a period
of two years all applications, petitions and other related papers.
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VIII.
Any person eligible to the offices herein provided for who has
filed his sworn application in accordance with the provisions of this
resolution, or who is nominated to any office by petition, 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
printed, by filing in writing with the Town Secretary a. request to that
effect over .his signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No
name so withdrawn shall be printed on the ballots.
IX.
The ballots to be used in said election shall be -prepared in the
manner and fora as provided in the election code of the State of `texas
enacted by the 1951 Legislature.
X.
All qualified voters within the meaning of the constitution and
Laws of the State of Texas, who have resided in the State of Texas
for a period of one year, and in the To;an of Westlake for a period
of six months prior to the date of the election herein provided for
shall be entitled to vote at such election.
XI.
Voting by absentee ballot in said election siaall commence on
March 12, 1957, at the office of the Town Secretary, Westlake, Texas,
Voting by absentee ballot shall close at five P. Y-, March 30, 1957.
XII.
The election officers above named sc_a.11 make and deliver the
returns of said election in triplicate, one being retained by the
presiding Judge, one delivered to the Mayor of the 'Town, and one
delivered to the Town Secretary. The ballot box containing the
signature stubs from ballots used in said election shall be delivered
to the District Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, and other ballot
boxes and election records and supplies shall be preserved by the
Town Secretary inthe proper office as by law provided. The Board
of Aldermen will meet not less than five and not more than seven days
following said election for the purpose of canvassing the returns of
said election.
XIII.
The Mayor is hereby directed to give notice of said election
which shall be signed by the Mayor under the attest of the Town
Secretary, and shall state the purpose of the election, the Officers
to be elected, and the Marsh&l shall post a properly executed copy
of the election proclamation at the polling place herein provided and tv
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copies at two other public places within the Town. Such notices
shall have attached thereto a certified copy of this resolution.
XIV.
Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas for the holding of general elections
for State and Coulty Offices except as otherwise provided by Chapter
11, Title 28, and the 1951 Election Code of the Revised Civil Statutes
of Texas.
ADOPTED this :1-,5 day of February, A. D. 1957.
A.PPROVEP:
MAYOR
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TO/WN SECRETARY
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF T.ARRAN+T
TOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDER AND NOTICE OF TOWN ELECTION
ELECTION ORDER
I, E. E. Garrett, Mayor of the Town of Westlake, Texas, by
Virtue of the power vested in my by law, do hereby order that an
election be hold in the Town of Westlake, Texas, on April 2, 1957,
being the first Tuesday thereof, for the purpose of electing
the following officers of said Town:
A Mayor, Five Aldermen and a Marshal, for a. terra of one
year, from April 1, 1957, or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified. The candidate for Mayon,
five Aldermen and Marshal receiving the highest number
of votes shall be elected to such offices for a term of
one year.
And, that said election shall be held at the Headquarters Building,
Circle "T" Ranch, in said Town, and the following named persons are
hereby appointed Managers thereof, to -wit:
Presiding Judge
P.0 )`/''17Q0 _ ASST. Presiding Judge
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Clerk
ELECTION NOTICE
The Marshal is hereby directed and instructed to post a pro-
perly executed copy of this order and notice of election at the
Headquarters Building, Circle SIT" Ranch, the place where this election
will be .held, and at two other public places within the Town. Said
notice s�.all be posted thirty days before the date of said election.
Signed and executed this the day of February, A. D. 1957•
MAYOR, Town of Westlake, Texas.
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