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O14ETFCTION ORDINANCE - GENERAL LAW CITIES AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE FOR THE. OFFICES OF MAYOR, COUNCTUIEN AND OTHER OFFICES. FOR THE CITY OF NE2JAJ2, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS, PLACE AND MANNER OF HOLDING CITY ELECTIONS AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INNEDALE, 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 Clerk), or the governing body shall do and perform each act in other elec- tions required 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 elec- tion 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. Section 2. Any eligible aid qualified person may have his name printed upon the of- ficial ballot as an independent candidate for the office of Mayor or Councilman 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 became a candidate for and hold the office being sought, if elected. Section 3. (a) The form of the sworn application sin:J1 be substantially as follows: "To the Mayor of the City of Kennedale Texas, Greet5ngs: "I, (name of candidate), hereby make application to have my name printed on the official ballot as an independent candidate for the office of (designation of office sought) to be voted upon at the city election to be held on the 1st day of April, 1952; and I hereby certify that I am qualified to make this application and that I am legally qualified to hold such office, if elected. "State of Texas .County of Tarrant (Name of candidate), being duly sworn, deposes and says that the statements contained in the foregoing application are true. (Signed) (By candidate) "Subscribed and sworn to before me this the , day of , 1952. (Seal) Notary Public in and for Tarrant County, 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 Affidavit" as required by Artiftle 2978a, Vernon's Texas Statutes, in sub- stantially the following form: "I, (Name of cPndidate), of the City of Kennedale, County of Tarrant, State of Texas, being a candidate for the office of (designation of office sought), do solemnly swear that I believe in and approve of our present representative form of gov- ernment, and if elected, I will support and defend our present representative fofa of government and will resist any effort or movement from any source which seeks to sub- vert or destroy the same or any part thereof, and I will support and defend the Con- stitution and Laws of the United States and of the State of Texas. (Candidate's Signature) "Sworn to and subscribed before me at Kennedale, Texas, this the day of , A. D. 1952. (Seal) (Notary Public) "In and for Tarrant 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 candidates shall be posted by the City Secretary in a conspicuous place 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 shall be made within five days after such posting, by written notice filed with the City Secretary, setting forth the grounds of objections. In case no such objection iS filed within the time pre- scribed, the regularity or validity of the application of no person whose name is so posted, shall be thereafter contested. The City Secretary shall preserve in his of- fice for a period of two years all applications, notice of objections and other re- lated papers. Section 5. Any person eligible to the office of Mayor, Councilman 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 ballots. Any such person may cause his name to be withdrawn at any time before the official ballots are actually pri nted, by filing in writing with the City Secretary a request to that effect over his own signature, duly attested to by a Notary Public. No name so withdrawn shall be printed on the bal- lots. Not later than twenty (20) days before the city general election the City Sec- retary 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 general election shall be entitled to an official ballot and the right to cast such ballot in accordance with the privosions of Article 2956, Vernon's Texas Statutes. Section 7. That hereafter all municipal elections shall be conducted by one presid- ing officer or judge and two assistant judges to be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Kennedale, Texas; that the presiding officer shall be compensated for his services at the rate of six dollars (f,6.00) per day and said assistant judges shall be compensated at the rate of five dollars (35.00) per day, which services shall be paid from the general fund of the city. Section 8. That hereafter all elections for the selection of officials shall be held at the Kennedale 0dd Fellows Hall in the City of Kennedale, Texas, between the hours of 7:00 A. M. and:00 P. M. Section 9. The City Marshal (or Chief of Police) shall post a properly executed copy of the election proclamation and notice at the place (Places) where the election is to be held. Said notice shall be posted thirty days before the date of said election. Section 10. It shall be the duty of the City Secretaryto notify all persons elected, and all newly elected officers may enter upon their duties 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 lst day of February, A. D. 1952. ATTEST: i 04.:b Secretary APPROVED: 1 Mayor City of Kennedale, Texas.