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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 22 JH:rr-2-12-63 ORDINANCE NUMBER ZZ AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE FOR THE OFFICES OF ALDERMAN (OR COUNCILMAN) AND OTHER OFFICES FOR THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS: PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS , PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING CITY ELECTIONS AND PRO- VIDING FOR NOTICE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, 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 Secre- tary, or the governing body shaLL do and perform each act in such and other eLet:tions regixi•re;d 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 so, 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, I SECTION 2: Any eligible and qualified persom may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an Independent Candidate for the office of Mayor, or Alder- man, 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 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. SECTION 3: (a) The form of the sworn application shall be substantially as follows: "To the Honorable Kenneth Camp, Mayor of the City of Friendswood, i 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, 1963; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to make this appli- cation and that I am qualified legally to hold such office , if elected, THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF GALVESTON , being duly sworn, deposes and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true, (Signed) Candidate i Subscribed and Sworn to before me this day of , 1963, (Seal) Notary Public in and for Galveston County, Texas. (b) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a petition signed by qualified electors , although such petition is not required. -1- (c) Such sworn application shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the Loyalty Affidavit, as required by State Statutes , in substantially the foLLow-i ing form: "LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT" of the City of Friendswood, Texas , County of Galveston, 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 present representative form of government and will resist any form effort or movement from any source which seeks to subvert or destroy the same , or any part thereof; and I will support and l defend the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the State of Texas, Candidate's Signature Sworn to and Subscribed before me at Friendswood, Texas , this the _ day of 1963, (Seal) Notary Public in and for Galveston County, Texas, " SECTION 4: The names of all those who have filed their sworn applications to have their names printed on the official ballot as condidates shaLL be posted byl the City Secretary in a conspicuous pLacd at his office for 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 who has his name placed thereon shall be made within five days after such posting, by written notice filed with the City Secretary, setting forthu the grounds of such objections. In case no objection is filed within the time prescribed, the re- gularity 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 applications , 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 ballot. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots are actually printed by filing in writing with the City Secretary, a re- quest to that effect over his own signature, duly attested to 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 printed. 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—kith the provisions of the State Statutes, Applications for absentee ballot shall be amadeaoahe City Secretary and the voted ballot returned to him, SECTION 7: That hereafter all mudcipaL elections shall be conducted by one _2_ presiding officer or Judge and two assistant judges for each of the voting pLaces , to be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Friendswood, Texas; that the presiding officer shall be compensated for her/his services at the rate of Dollars per day and said assistant Judges shall be compensated at the rate of 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 officials shaLL be held in the City of Friendswood, Galveston 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 ELec i tion proclamation and Notice at the place where the election is to be held. Saidi 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 as or on the fifth day thereafter, Sundays excepted. If any such officer fails to qualify within thirty days after his election, his office shall be deemed vacant, and a new election held to fill the same. PASSED and APPROVED this the // day of F6_ ,6gugp,I/ I, A. D. 1963. 1 CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,TEXAS By: i Kenneth Camp, Nfayor . AT. T• � ,, City_'Sgcretazy -3-