HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 99-024 ORDINANCE NO. q9-.41
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 99-8
TO CANCEL THE ELECTIONS IN WARDS I AND II,
DECLARE THE INCUMBENTS ELECTED, DELETE FIVE
POLLING LOCATIONS FOR WARD I AND ll; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
WHEREAS the City Council has received a certificate from the City Clerk that the
candidates for Ward 1, Lulu L. Smith and Ward Il, Guy N. Goodson are unopposed; that
no write-in candidate has declared for write-in status; that there is no proposition on the
ballot and that therefore, Lulu L. Smith and Guy N. Goodson should be declared elected
to office without need of an election in Wards I and II; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont is a home-rule city of the State of Texas located
in Jefferson County, Texas created according to the laws of the State of Texas and
operating in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the annual municipal election of the City of Beaumont has been
ordered for May 1, 1999 for the purpose of electing ward council members to serve on the
City Council, the City of Beaumont, Texas;
WHEREAS, in these circumstances the Election Code authorizes a governing body
to declare each unopposed candidate elected to office and cancel the election in such
Ward either by ordinance or order,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT the candidate for Ward I, Lulu L. Smith, and the candidate for Ward II, Guy
N. Goodson, are unopposed in the election and the elections in such wards are hereby
canceled, the five polling places in such wards are deleted for such elections and the
following candidates are hereby declared elected to office and shall be issued a Certificate
of Election and they shall be administered their oaths of offices at the same time that the
candidates elected for Wards III and IV are declared elected.
THAT the City Clerk is directed to post a copy of this order at each designated
polling place in Wards I and II before May 1, 1999.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day
of c�,�.d, , 1999.
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