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· MINUTES PERTIANING TO PASSAGE AND ADOPTION OF
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF PLAIN-VIEW,
TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF HALE ~
C TY or PLA V EW
On this the ~T_~ day of~~,~.L, 1976, the City Council of
the City of Plainview, Texas, convened in regular session at the regular
meeting place thereof in the City Hall, the meeting being open to the
public and notice of said meeting having been given as prescribed by
Article 6252-17, Section 3A, V.A.T.C.S., there being present and in
attendance the following members, to-wit:
JOHN D. STONEHAM
MAYOR
KELTZ GARRISON
MEDLIN CARPENTER
JEANE L. BROWNING
TOM ALMON
NEAL WILLIAMS
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) ALDERMAN
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and with the following absent: ~/~t~/~'.
a quorum; and among other proceedingsr' had were~the fbllo~ing:
, constituting
The Mayor introduced a proposed ordinance. The ordinance was read in full.
Alderman_~-~_:~! made a motion that any rule requiring
ordinances to be read more than one time or at mor~ than one meeting be
suspended. The motion was seconded by Alderman 4.1~ ~ m ~ and
carried by the following vote:
YEAS: Aldermen Garrison, Carpenter, ]Browning, and Williams.
NAYS: None.
Alderman ~c>Ou,\~:~ then made a motion that the ordinance be
passed finally. The motion was seconded by Alderman ~.~ ,_~_%~4%and carried
by the following vote:
YEAS: .Aldermen Garrison, Carpenter, ]Browning, Almon and Williams.
NAYS: None.
The Mayor announced that the ordinance has been finally passed.
The ORDINANCE is as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 76-1913
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS;
ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT ~D RELATING THERETO; REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 75-1759, PROVIDING THE POLLING PLACE FOR EACH PRECINCT AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Article 202b of the Texas
Election Code, the governing body of an incorporated city is to
establish election precincts and designate the polling places for
elections held by such city, in acnordance with the provisions of
Article 2.05 of said Code; and
WHEREAS,, said Article 2.05 provides that the governing body of
a City may combine two or more County Election Precincts into one
Municipal Precinct but shall not include parts of one County Precinct
in more than one Municipal Precinct; and
WHEREAS, this governing body hereby finds and determines that
the election precincts for municipal elections held within the City
of Plainview, Texas should be defined; and the location of the polling
place for each precinct should be designated, now therefore,
BE IT OPDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW:
SECTION 1: That all territory located within the corporate
limits of the City of Plainview, Texas, shall be and is hereby
divided into two election precincts. One precinct (Precinct No. 1)
shall consist of all of the following territory, to wit:
All of that part of Hale County (Texas) election Precincts
Numbers Seven (7) and Eight (8), lying within the City Limits
of the City of Plainview.
Said Hale Cc
"Precinct
corporate limits
Street and West
Street and Quinc~
Thence Nortt
Railway;
Thence Nortt
~unty (Texas) Precincts 7 and 8 being as follows:
;even (7) shall include all the territory in the
of the City of Plainview liming North of West Tenth
,f a line beginning at the intersection of West Tenth
Street.
to the right-of-way to the Forth Worth and Denver
westerly along said right-of-way to the North
Corporate limi{8 of the City of Plainview.
Precinct Eight (8) shall include all the territory in the
corporate limits of the City of Plainview lying North of a line
beginning at the intersection of West Tenth Street and Quincy Street;
Thence East along West Tenth Street to Austin Street;
Thence South along Austin Street to West Ninth Street:
Thence East along West Ninth Street to Broadway Street;
And East of the East line of Election Precinct Seven (7)
as described above and West of the West line of Election Precinct
One (1) as described above."
The other precinct (Precinct No. 2) shall consist of all of the
following territory, to-wit:
Ail of that part of Hale County (Texas) election Precincts
Numbers One (1), Six (6), and Ten (10), lying within the City
Limits of the City of Plainview,
Said Hale County (Texas) Precincts 1, 6 and 10 being as follows:
"Precinct One (1) shall include all the territory in the corporate
limits of the City of Plainview lying East of a line beginning at
the intersection of Broadway Street and the South line of the
corporate limits of the City of Plainview;
Thence North along Broadway Street to the right-of-way of the
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway;
Thence in a Northwesterly direction along said right-of-way
and following said right-of-way to the North line of the corporate
limits of the City of Plainview.
Precinct Six (6) shallinclude all the territory in the
corporate limits of the City of Plainview lying South of West
Tenth Street and West of Quincy Street.
Precinct Ten (10) shall include all the territory in the
corporate limits of the City of Plainview lying East of Quincy
Street; South of the South line of Election Precinct Eight (8)
as described above and West of Broadway Street."
SECTION 2: That the City Hall of the City of Plainview, 901 Broad-
way Street, Plainview, Texas, is hereby designated as the polling place
within Precinct No. 1. That the City of Plainview, Texas, Chamber of
Commerce and Board of City Development Building, 710 West 5th Street,
Plainview, Texas, is hereby designated as t]he polling place within
Precinct No. 2.
SECTION 3: Ail qualified electors shall vote in the election
precinct in which they reside.
SECTION 4: Ordinance No. 75~1759 and all resolutions, orders
or ordinances in conflict are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That the public importance of this measure and the
fact that it is to the,best interest of the City t~ establish election
precincts for all municipal elections held or to be held in the City at
the earliest possible date constitute and create an emergency and an
urgent public necessity, requiring that any rule providing for ordinances
to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting of the City
Council be suspended, and requiring that this ordinance be passed and
take effect as an emergency measure, and any such rules or provisions
are accordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed as an emergency
measure, and shall take effect and be in full force from and after its
passage.
1976
PASSED and APPROVED This the ~?/ day of ~~j~ ~.~.~,
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~y~o , C{t~ of Plainview, Texas
ATTEST:
City Clerk
City of Plainview, Texas