O72-03CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 72-3
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS OF AN ELECTION ON
THE PROPOSITION OF CONSOLIDATION OF THE CITY OF
KE 'ALE, TEXAS, WITH THE CITY OF INGTON, TEXAS
BE IT 0 AI BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
1. That the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas,
officially finds and detertines that the election held in the city
of Kennedale, Texas, on the 26th day of February, 1972, on the
question of consolidation of the City of Kennedale, T xas, with
the city of Arlington, Texas, was duly called and held, after due
and proper notice, by duly app inted and qualified efficers, that
due return of the results of such election have been iade and de-
livere.i, and that the City Council has duly canvassed said returns,
all in accordance with law and the ordinance calling said election.
2. That the City COuncil officially finds and deterdeteriines
that a canvass 'of the returns of said election shows that votes
were cast at said election on such proposition as follows:
FOR CONSOLIDATION
AGAINST CONSOLIDATION.
votes;
votes.
3. That the City Co t cil finds that some voters at
said election were not qualified electors of the city of Ken-
nedale, and were erroneously but innocently allowed to cast
ballots by the election judges, but the City Council further
finds that the number of any illegal ballots would not be suf-
ficient to affect the result of said election.
4 That the City Council officially finds and deter-
mines and declares the result f s.id election to be that a ma-
jority of the qualified electors of the City of Kennedale voting
at said election voted against consolidation of the City of Ke
nedale, Texas, with th- ity of Arlington, Texas, and that the
proposition for such consolidation has failed to carry.
5. That in accordance w"th the applicable statute, no
election can again be held on such proposition in the City of
Kennedale, Texas, for a period of two years from the date of
the aforesaid election.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of March, 1972.
J. .Martin, Mayor of the City of
(ennedale, Texas
A7EST:
r ,
J4e1 D. Boyd, City ecretary
(CITY SEAL)
CERTIFICATE
I, Jewel D. :oyd, City Secretary of the City of Kenne-
dale, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Kennedale Ordinance No. 72-3 duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Kenned le, Texas,
at a regular eeting on the 23rd day of March, 1972.
'WITNESS my hand and the seal of said cit,- this
day of March, 1972.
Sectary, City
(CITY SEAL)
Texas