HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 38-DAN ORDINANCE
Ordering the general municipal election for the City of
Beaumont for the year 1923, as provided by the Charter of the
City of Beaumont;on the date and at the places set forth in
said Ordinance,for the purposes of electing sig Councilmen, as
designated in said Ordinance; naming the places at"which said
election shall be held; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDADgED BY- THE CITY COPiMSSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUPTONT:
SECTION l:
That in accordance with Section 26; sub -section 4 of the
Charter of the City of Beaumont, anUother provisions of said
Charter, and the laws of the State of Texas, -relating thereto,
there shall be held in the City of Beaumont, on the first
Tuesday in April, 192'31 the same being April 3rd9, 1923, a
regular municipal election for said City for the purpose of
electing two councilmen for the First Ward, two councilmen for
the Second 17aCrd; and two councilmen forthe Third Ward in said
City.
SECTION 2.
That said. election shall be held in said City at the
following places, to wit: --
In the First Ward - At the Central Fire Station; i-
In the Second Ward - At the City Hall; -
In the Third. Ward - At the Jefferson County Courthouse.P'17-,� ��2
SECTION 3.
The folloi.:r.ng named persons are. appointed presiding judges
of their respective wards with the authority to select and appoint
their own clerks
For 'Ward t7vV,-1-. Z
For Ward 2���,� �r
For Ward 3
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SECTION 4®
That said election shall be held under,and the
qualifications of those voting thereat shall be controlled
by the provisions of the State Law governing eleet.ions:
SECTION 50'
That a copy of this .Ordinance, signed by the Mayor of the
City of Beaumont; and attested by the City Clerk thereof, shall
serve as proper and sufficient notice of said elect.ion;.and the
Mayor is hereby directed to cause a copy of this ordinance
signed by himself and attested by the City Clerk to be posted at
each of the places herein designated for holding said elections
at least thirty days prior to the date of holding said election.
SECTION 6
That an ordinance has not yetbeen passed providing for and
4 ordering a general municipal election for the year 1923 and that
such ordinance is necessary, thereby creating an imperative public
emergency necessitating the suspension of the rule requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate days before their passage.
Wherefore said rule is hereby suspended and this ordinance shall
take effect from and after its passage and the signature of the
Mayor.
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