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Stephenville, Texas
April 4, 1961.
The City Council met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Evans;
presiding and the following Aldermen present: Virgil Dickerson, I. D. Reynolds,
Chas. Riggins, Burl Lawrence, Albert Graves, Raymond Anderson, Scott D. Reed and
J. P. Hedrick.
Others present were Water Supt. Gann, St. Supt. Collins, Chief Cornell and
City Atty. Chandler.
Minutes of previous meetings were read and approved.
Mr. Taylor Almon appeared before the Council and presented a resolution ap=
proving final estimate of City Electric Company. It was moved by Alderman Reed,
seconded by Alderman-Graves, to adopt a resolution approving final estimate of
City Electric Company for construction of water works improvements. Motion car -
ried (said resolution being attached to and becoming a part of these minutes).
Alderman Dickerson introduced an ordinance and made a motion that it be passed.
The motion was seconded by Alderman Graves. The motion carrying with it the passage
of the ordinance prevailed by the following voter AYES. Aldermen H?eed, Dickerson,
Reynolds, Hedrick, Lawrence, Riggins:; Graves and Anderson. NOES: None. The ordin-
ance is as follows:
ORDINANCE
Authorizing the issuance of City of Stephenville Refunding Bonds, in the amount
of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($175,000.00) Dollars, bearing interest at the
rate of 32% per annum, maturing serially throughout the years 1962 to 1970, both
inclusive, for the purpose of refunding One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($175,000.00)
Dollars of Time Warrants, Series 1960; Levying an Ad Valorem Tax to pay the princi-
pal as it matures and the interest as it accrues and ordaining other matters relating
to the issuance and exchange of said Refunding Bonds.
Messrs. Sam Monroe and E. H. Burk appeared before the Council to present a
proposal for subdividing lots 23, 24 and 25 of Block 143, City Addition. lifter
discussion, the Council did not accept this proposal since it would have a dead
end street, however, if these persons can secure land to give an out -let to these
proposed lots the Council will consider at a later date.
Alderman Reed asked the Council's consideration of placing Emma Marshall on
charity water. It was agreed for Alderman Reed to handle this matter.
Alderman Reed also reported that a party wants to buy 2 acres of land near
the West End Cemetery for the purpose of building a rest home. It was agreed
not to seb/this land.
Alderman Graves reported several complaints of stray dogs. It was asked
that the Chief of Police try to hire a dog catcher.
.Alderman Graves also asked that a policy be made on the cost of sewer line
from Dale Avenue, and in Blocks 3 and 4 of the Groesbeck Addition. It was agreed
that property owners in Blocks 3 and 4 pay -75X per foot plus a $15.00 sewer tap
fee. These persons to receive a refund of one -half the cost of sewer line when
lots west of them are connected to this line.
Alderman Dickerson reported there is only one lot between the Fort Worth
Highway and East Long Street, along the Bosque, which the City does not own.
This lot can be purchased for $300.00. It was moved by Alderman Dickerson, sec-
onded by Alderman Reynolds, to purchase Lot 6, Block 51, City Addition for $300.00.
'Motion carried.
Alderman Anderson reported that Charlie Hook had asked the City for two
weeks vacation pay, claiming hot had no notice of being fired. After discussion,
it was agreed that Mr. Hook would not be given any additional pay.
It was moved by A lderman Lawrence, seconded by Alderman Graves, to offer
the City owned land across the Bosque from the Park to the Little League to use
as an additional baseball field. Motion carried.
City Secretary Cates reported the Topographical Survey of the Bosque was
complete. It was moved by Alderman Reed, seconded by Alderman Graves, to pa y
the firm of Freese & Nichols for this Topographical Survey. Motion carried.
It was moved by A lderman Reed, seconded by Alderman Reynolds, to grant
Mr. A. B. Hutchison permission to use the City owned property north of Block
39, Frey Addition., for entering and leaving his property in said Block 39, Frey
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Addition. Motion carried.
It was moved by Alderman Reed, seconded by' Alderman Graves, to accept a plat
of lots 2A, 2B, 2C, Subdivision of Lot 2, Block 103, City of Stephenville; and
lots 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, Subdivisions of the South 5 feet of Lot 2, all of lots 3 and
4, and the North 10.5 feet of Lot 5, and Lots 6A and 6B, subdivisions of the North
7 feet of Lot 5, and all of Lot 6, of Block 3, Milligan & Ott Addition in the City
of Stephenville, on the John Blair Survey in Erath County, Texas, with a 30 foot
wide street through same as shown on plat. Motion carried.
Presented at this time was a bid from Reeves & Gregory, consulting engineers,
to furnish engineering service to the City on a retainer basis. Discussed but no
action taken.
It was reported that John T. Heaton wanted to buy a 30 foot strip of land
near the airport well. It was agreed not to sell this land.
The Council discussed some Speed Zone Ordinances as prepared by Texas High-
way Department. No action was taken until this can be looked into further.
The City Secretary asked the Council to consider the following salary re
commendations for assistant cashier in the water department. To start at $175.00
per month, then if work satisfactory to receive $25.00 per month at the end of
six months, then another $25.00 per month at €shd of the following six months, then
periodic raises to $240.00 per month. It was moved by Alderman Anderson, seconded
by Alderman Dickerson, to accept the above salary recommendations as set out by the
City Secretary. Motion carried.
The Council considered applications for assistant cashier in the water depart -
ment. It was moved by Alderman Reed, seconded by Alderman Graves, to hire Mrs.
Lavern Long as assistant cashier in the water department. Motion carried.
it was moved by A lderman Graves, seconded by Alderman Riggins, to transfer
$2000.00 to the R.& B Fund from the General Fund. Motion carried.
Mayor Evans appointed Aldermen Anderson, Riggins and Reynolds as a committee
to canvass the results of the City Election. This committee reported the election
returns in order and the candidates received the following votes::
0. C. Parham, 538 Alderman Ward 1
Virgil Dickerson, 771 Alderman Ward 1
Wm. 0. Croft, 1322 Alderman Ward 2
W. S. Alsup, 545 Alderman Ward 3
Albert L. Graves, 782 Alderman Ward 3
W. H. Stem, 7021- Alderman Ward 4
N. B. Jeans, 149 Alderman Ward 4
J. P. Hedrick, 458 Alderman Ward 4
Adoption of Home Rule Charter 767 For
Against Adoption of Home Rule Charter 577.
It was moved by Alderman Riggins, seconded by Alderman Reed, that the report of
the committee be accepted and the payroll for holding tie election be approved.
Motion carried.
The candidates receiving the highest number of votes being: Virgil Dicker -
son in Ward 1; Wm. 0. Croft in Ward 2r Albert L. Graves in Ward 3; and W. H. Stem
in Ward 4. These candidates were declared elected, a motion put to a vote carried
unanimously. (Said election returns.being attached to and becoming a part of these,
minutes).
Whereas, the returns of the election held for the adoption of a City Charter_
for the City of Stephenville which election was held April 4, 1961, show at such
election there were casd-1344 votes of which number.there were cast For Adoption
of the Charter 767; Against adoption of the Charter 577, and it appearing that a
ma jority of the qualified voters of said City voting in said election voted in
favor of said proposed Charter and that said Charter was adopted by the duly qual-
ified voters of the City of Stephenville; therefore it was moved by Alderman Dick-
erson, seconded by Alderman Riggins, that the following resolution be passed:
RESOLUTION
Resolved, that the proposition to adopt a charter for 6he City of Stephenville
was sustained and at such election above mentioned such charter was adopted by a
majority of the qualified voters of said City voting at said election and that said
charter became and is now hereby recognized and declared to be the charter of the
City of Stephenville, Texas.
,Said resolution being put to a vote carried unanimously at the regular meet -
ing of the City Council held on A Aril 4, 1961.
It was moved by Alderman Dickerson, seconded by Alderman Riggins, to adopt
the following resolutions
RESOLUTION
Resolved, that the City Attorney, Joseph A. Chandler, be, and he is h
directed to file suit in condemnation for State Highway on land in the Cit,
Stephenville against Mrs. A da McElroy, a widow, as to 3.901 acres of land
by her and being described in the Highway Right -of -Way Deed submitted to h,
execution with said suit to be filed by the City Attorney on behalf of the
of Stephenville to acquire the fee simple title to said land and the City
henville by and through its City Council at this meeting is hereby express
decision to take the fee of said land to be condemned as provided in Art.
the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
Be it further resolved, that the City Attorney, Joseph A. Chandler, b
he is hereby directed to file a suit in condemnation to acquire an easemen
highway pruposes across a part of the William Motley Survey, Abst: 515, coi
by Mrs. Ida Blue et al to Mrs. Ada McElroy by deed dated March 15, 1939, ai
corded in Vol. 257 at Page 379, of the Deed Records of Erath County, Texas
easement being for drainage channel purposes and being on and upon 1.468 al
of land described in said deed and said land being fully described in the
ment for drainage channel purposes submitted to Mrs. Ada McElroy for execu
reference being hereby made thereto for all purposes.
Said motion being put to a vote and carried unanimously.
Mayor Evans expressed appreciation to Aldermen Riggins and Hedrick fo3
good work while on the City Council.
It was moved by Alderman Riggins, seconded by A lderman Graves, that 1
and accounts be allowed and ordered paid. Motion carried.
There being no other business at this time, the Counci stood journe
ject to the Mayor's call.
ATT
l��y ecretaryecretary.
Jos EPH A. GHANDLER
ATTORNEY -AT -LAW
NE LETT-KING BUILDING
STEPIIBN ILLE,TEXAS
June 29, 1961
Mr. Rex Cates
City Secretary
Stephenville, Texas
Dear Rex:
Enclosed is certificate of the Secretary of State of
Texas reflecting the filing and recording of the Charter adopted
by the City of Stephenville, Texas,in the office of the Secretary
of State.
This certificate should be kept among the permanent
records of the City, preferably with the official copy of the
City Charter. I believe that I recommended to you that you ob-
tain some heavy,or substantial, binder for one of the copies of
the Charter and that you':keep that among the permanent record
books for any future reference or court proof of the contents of
the Charter that might be necessary. I believe it would be well
to place this certificate in the same book.
JAC:reg
Encl.
Very truly yours,
A9
Jo ph A. Chandler
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MUNSON Mc KINNEY, PRESIDENT
TAYLOR B. ALMON. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
NEW ISSUE
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INTEREST EXEMPT FROM ALL PRESENT FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
$175,000
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE,'TEXAS
3 1/2%
WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT REFUNDING BONDS
Dated: April 1, 1961 Denomination: $1,000
Principal and semi - annual interest (April 1 and October 1) payable at the
Farmers-First National Bank, Stephenville, Texas. First interest coupon
payable October 1, 1961,
THESE BONDS, authorized to refund a like amount of Waterworks Improvement Warrants,
constitute direct and general obligations of the City, payable from ad valorem taxes
levied against all taxable property located therein, within the limits prescribed by
law,
MATURITY SCHEDULE
(Due April 1)
AMOUNT MATURITY
$15,000 1962
20,000 1963
20,000 1964
20,000 1965
20,000 1966
20,000 1967
20,000 1968
20,000 1969
20,000 1970
Non- optional
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(As of May 15, 1960)
Estimated Actual Valuation, 1960----------------------------------- - - - - -- $19,768,380,00
Assessed Valuation, 1960 (33 1/3% of Actual ) ----------------------- - - - - -- 6,589,460.00
Total Debt (Including this Issue) ---------------------------------- - - - - -- 472,000.00
Less: Interest and Sinking Fund----------------------------------- - - - - -- 49,217°98
NET DEBT---------------------------------- ---------- --- - - - - -- ---- - - -- -$ 422,782,02
Ratio of NET DEBT to Estimated Actual Valuation-------------------- - - - - -- 2.14%
Ratio of NET DEBT to Assessed Valuation---------------------------- - - - - -- 6.42%
Population; 1960 Preliminary Census Estimate - 7,300 Population, 1950 Census — 7,155
NOTE: The above statement of indebtedness does not include $314,000 Waterworks and
Sewer Revenue Bonds, nor does it include the debt of other political subdivisions
having the authority to levy taxes against the property located within the City,
LEGAL"ITYo Messrs. McCall, Parkhurst, Crowe, McCall & Horton, Attorneys, Dallas, Texas.
DELIVERY: On or about May 5, 1961.
PAYMENT RECORD: THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE HAS NEVER DEFAULTED.
Injormafion contained herein, whi a noa guaranteed, hoe hoen obtained jrom ...race -- °.Haider redah[e and accurate.
Tax Assessed
Year Valuations
T A X D A T A
Current
Tax Rate Collections
Ending
Total Year
Collections Ending
1954
$4,777,370
$1.50
94.49%
96.94%
8 -31 -1955
1955
5,004,060
1.50
95.86
99.64
8 -31 -1956
1956
5,173,820
1.60
95.30
99.60
8 -31 -1957
1957
5,332,932
1.60
95.64
99.09
8 -31 -1958
1958
5,616,560
1.60
95.77
100.20
8 -31 -1959
1959
5,955,985
1.60
95.69
98.82
8 -31 -1960
1960
6,589,460
1.60
91.94
93.94
* Collections to 2 -28 -1961 only.
The City has a Home Rule Charter with a maximum tax rate of $2.50.
Coverage of Average
Annual Requirements
on Revenue Bonds 3.84X 3.49X 3.37X 3.27X 3.33X
THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, located in the Central Texas farming and ranching region
approximately 65 miles southwest of 'Fort Worth, is the County Seat of Erath County
and the chief commercial center for the surrounding territory. Income in the area
is widely diversified with cattle and sheep raising, cotton, peanuts, nursery stock,
grain sorghums and truck farming. Stephenville has well - established hatcheries, pea-
nut and milk processing plants, a dress factory, and cotton gins. Stephenville is
also the home of John Tarleton Agricultural College, a branch of Texas A. & M. There
are two banks in the City with total deposits in excess of $10,800,000.
ERATH COUNTY is located in the North Central Region of Texas. The surface is rolling
to hilly with much level land. The soil types are dark, sandy loam to sandy with some
black waxy. Principal crops are corn, oats, sorghums, and pecans. Dairy cattle, beef,
swine and poultry constitute the main livestock and fowl production and furnish a large
part of the income.
WATERWORKS & SEWER
OPERATING STATEMENT
Fiscal Year Ending
8 -31 -1960
8 -31 -1959
8 -31 -1958
8 -31 -1957
8 -31 -1956
Revenue
$158,543.67
$153,841.76
$140,652.44
$146,425.81
I
$145,846.11
Expense
70.784.81
73,949.97
63,554.43
711563.80
69,586.88
Net Income
$ 87,758.86
$ 79,891.79
$ 77,098.01
$ 74,862.01
$ 76,259.23
Coverage of Average
Annual Requirements
on Revenue Bonds 3.84X 3.49X 3.37X 3.27X 3.33X
THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, located in the Central Texas farming and ranching region
approximately 65 miles southwest of 'Fort Worth, is the County Seat of Erath County
and the chief commercial center for the surrounding territory. Income in the area
is widely diversified with cattle and sheep raising, cotton, peanuts, nursery stock,
grain sorghums and truck farming. Stephenville has well - established hatcheries, pea-
nut and milk processing plants, a dress factory, and cotton gins. Stephenville is
also the home of John Tarleton Agricultural College, a branch of Texas A. & M. There
are two banks in the City with total deposits in excess of $10,800,000.
ERATH COUNTY is located in the North Central Region of Texas. The surface is rolling
to hilly with much level land. The soil types are dark, sandy loam to sandy with some
black waxy. Principal crops are corn, oats, sorghums, and pecans. Dairy cattle, beef,
swine and poultry constitute the main livestock and fowl production and furnish a large
part of the income.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
On this the 5th day of April, 1960, the City Council of
the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened in Regular Meeting, at the regular
meeting place, with the following members present, to -wit:
J. Louis Evans, Mayor,
Scott D. Reed,
Virgil Dickerson,
Dean Murray,
J. P. Hedrick,
Aldermen,
Walter Brandon,
Charles Biggins,
Albert L. Graves,
- Marvis- Rata -if €;
Rex H. Cates, City Secretary,
and with the following absent: Ratliff
constituting a quorum of the City Council, at which time the following
proceedings were had:
Alderman Murray introduced an ordinance and made
a motion that it be passed. The motion was seconded by Alderman Brandon
The motion carrying with it the passage of the ordinance prevailed by the
following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Reed, Dickerson, Murray, Hedrick, Brandon,
Biggins, Graves, 8NMMR1XXW and Mayor Evans.
NOES: None.
The ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
REFUNDING BONDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000.00,
BEARING INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 4 -3/4% PER
ANNUM, MATURING. .SE_RIAL Y THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
1974 to 1978, BOTH INCLUSIVE, FOR TO PURPOSE
OF REFUNDING $75,000.00 OF AIRPORT. TIME WARRANTS,
SERIES 1959; LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAeTO PAY
THE PRINCIPAL, AS IT MATURES AND THE INTEREST
AS IT ACCRUES AND,ORDAINING OTHER.MATTERS RELAT-
ING TO THE ISSUANCE AND EXCHANGE OF SAID REFUNDING
BONDS,
WHEREAS, heretofore on the 5th day of May, 1959, the
City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, passed an ordinance auth-
orizing the issuance of Seventy Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars of
City of Stephenville Airport Warrants, Series 1959, dated June 1, 1959,
bearing interest at the rate of Four and Three- Fourths (4 -3/4 %) per cent
per annum, numbered One (1) to Seventy Five (75), both inclusive, of the
denomination of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars each, and maturing serially
throughout the years 1974 to 1978, both inclusive; and
WHEREAS, all of said Warrants have been delivered, and the
City has received full value for them; and
WHEREAS, all of said Warrants are now outstanding, and the
owners of said Warrants have agreed to accept in lieu thereof Refunding Bonds;
:..
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of February, 1960, the City Council
of the City of Stephenville, Texas, adopted a resolution directing the giving
of notice of intention to issue Refunding Bonds; and
WHEREAS., said notice waspublished as required by law; and
WHEREAS, no Petition was filed by the property taxpaying
voters of the City asking for a referendum on the question of issuing said
bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the City and of its
taxpayers to issue the Refunding Bonds as hereinafter set out;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS:
1. That the bonds of the City to be called "City of Stephen-
ville Refunding Bonds, Series 1960," be issued under and by virtue of the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including Chapter 163, Acts of
the Regular Session of the Forty Second Legislature, in the amount of Seventy
Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars, for the purpose of refunding a like amount
of outstanding Time Warrants of the City of Stephenville, Texas, hereinabove
described.
2. That said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from One
(1) to Seventy Five (75), both inclusive, of the denomination of One Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars each, and shall become due and payable serially as follows:
1,10 11jW1 1 ZWW
1 to
10, both incl.,
11 to
15, "
16 to
35, "
36 to
55,
56 to
75,
U` Ali 4 1' i � T-•.
April
1,
1974
$ 10,000.00
April
1,
1975
5,000.00
April
1,
1976
20,000.00
April
1,
1977
20,000.00
April
1,
1978
20,000.00
The City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, official-
ly determines, finds and declares that the maturities provided herein fixes a
uniform burden of taxation throughout the term of the bond issue insofar as
the financial condition of the City will permit.
3. That said bonds shall be dated April 1, 1960.
4. That said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of
Four and Three- Fourths (4 -3/4 %) per cent per annum, evidenced by coupons
payable October 1, 1960, and semi - annually thereafter on April 1 and October 1
of each year.
5. That the principal of and interest on said bonds shall be
payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation
and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the Farmers -First National Bank,
Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or
holder thereof.
6. Each of said bonds and coupons shall be executed by
the imprinted facsimile signature of the Mayor and countersigned by the
imprinted facsimile signature of the City Secretary, and such facsimile
signatures shall have the same effect as manual signatures, and the corporate
seal of the City shall be impressed upon each of the bonds.
7. The form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows:
NO. $ 11000.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS .
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPBENVILLE
REFUNDING, BOND
SERIES 1960_
The City of Stephenville, in the County of Erath, State of
Texas, a municipal corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of the State
of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof
on the 1st day of April, 19 , the sum of
� i• V� It !• �'
in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon from
date hereof at the rate of Four and Three- Fourths (4 -3/4 %) per cent per annum,
evidenced by coupons payable October 1, 1960, and semi - annually thereafter on
April 1 and October 1 of each year, principal and interest payable upon pre-
sentation and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the Farmers -First Nation-
al Bank, Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the
owner or holder hereof, and the City of Stephenville, Texas, is hereby held
and firmly bound and its full faith and credit and all taxable property in
said City are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the principal of this
bond at maturity and the interest thereon as it accrues.
This bond is one of a series of Seventy Five (75) bonds of
like tenor and effect, except as to number and maturity, numbered from
One (1) to Seventy Five (75), both inclusive, of the denomination of One
Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars each, aggregating Seventy Five Thousand
($75,000.00) Dollars, issued for the purpose of refunding a li4e amount of
outstanding Time Warrants of said City, constituting a charge upon its
taxing powers, all of which original items of indebtedness are being cancelled
by the proper authorities simultaneously with the issuance of this bond and
the series of which it is a part.
The date of this bond in conformity with the ordinance
above mentioned is April 1, 1960.
In addition to all other rights the holder or holders of
this bond and of the series of'which it is a part is and are subrogated to
all of the rights held by the holders of the original warrants refunded by
this issue of refunding bonds.
This issue of bonds was expressly authorized by an ordinance
duly passed by the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, duly
recorded in the minutes of said City Council, in conformity with the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Texas, including Chapter 163, Acts of the
Regular Session of the Forty Second Legislature.
AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of
this bond, and the series of which it is a part, is duly authorized by
law; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to
and in the issuance of this series of bonds, and of this bond, have been
proper3ydone and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form
and manner as required by law; that due provision has been made for levying
and collecting annually by taxation an amount sufficient to pay the int-
erest on these bonds as it falls due and to provide a sinking fund for the
final redemption of said bonds at maturity; that the total indebtedness of
said City of Stephenville, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of
which this is one, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be impressed hereon
and this bond and the interest coupons hereto attached to be executed by the
imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayo City S retary.
Ma or, City of Step enville, Texas.
COUNTERSIGNED:
City Secretary, City of Stephenville,
Texas.
NO.
8. The form of coupon shall be substantially as follows:
ON THE 1ST DAY OF
19
The City of Stephenville, Texas, will pay to bearer at the
Farmers -First National Bank., Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or
collection charges to the owner or holder hereof, the sum of
($ ) Dollars, in lawful money of
the United States of America, being months' interest due that day on
"City of Stephenville Refunding Bond, Series 1960 ", dated April 1,11960.
Bond No.
City Secretary.
9. That substantially the following certificate shall be
printed on the back of each bond:
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER
STATE OF TEXAS
I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my
office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to
the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required by law and
that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and
laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation
upon said Stephenville, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered
by me.
WITNESS MY HAND and seal of .office at Austin, Texas,
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas.
10. That a special fund to be designated "City of Stephenville
Refunding Bonds, Series 1960 Fund ", is hereby created and the proceeds from
all taxes collected for and on account of this series of bonds shall be
credited to said fund for the purpose of paying the interest as it accrues
and to provide a sinking fund for the purpose of paying each installments
of principal as it becomes due, and said fund shall be used for no other
purpose. For the current year and each year while any of said bonds, or
interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be computed and
ascertained, at the time other taxes are levied, the rate of tax based on
the latest approved rolls of said City as will be requisite and sufficient
to make, raise and produce in each of said years a fund to pay the interest
on said bonds and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal
as it matures, or to provide at least Two (2%) per cent as a sinking fund,
whichever is greater, full allowances being made for delinquencies and costs
of collection. A tax.at the rate as hereinabove determined is hereby ordered
to be levied and is hereby levied against all of the taxable property in said
City for the current year and each year respectively while any of said bonds,
or interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, and the said tax each year
shall be assessed and collected and placed in the Fund hereby created and the
Treasurer shall honor warrants against said Fund for the purpose of paying
the interest maturing and principal of said bonds and for no other purpose.
11. The Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of
Texas, is hereby directed to register said bonds only as and when a like
amount of the original warrants are surrendered to him, delivering to the
holder of the original warrants a like amount of the registered refunding
bonds of this issue in such installments as the warrants are presented.
The holder or holders of said original warrants shall be entitled to the
accrued interest on the refunding bonds as compensation for not drawing
interest on the original warrants beyond the date of the Refunding Bonds.
12. The Comptroller is authorized to accept from Rauscher,
Pierce & Company, Inc., Dallas, Texas, or their order, the original warrants
and is authorized to deliver to said Rauscher, Pierce & Company, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas, or their order, said refunding bonds as and when registered.
13. There is hereby appropriated all of the money in the
interest and sinking fund for the Series 1959 warrants to the interest and
sinking fund For this issue of bonds, and all taxes now in process of
collection for said warrants. The Mayor and City Secretary are hereby
directed to take such steps as are necessary to transfer said funds to the
interest and sinking fund for this bond issue.
14. The Mayor shall be and is hereby authorized to take
and have charge of all necessary records pending investigation and approval
by the Attorney General, and shall have control of said bonds during said
time. After the record has been approved the Mayor is authorized to leave
the bonds in the office of the Comptroller pending the exchange for the
original warrants and pending their registration which may be at one time
or in installments. Upon registration of said bonds, the Comptroller of
Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller)
shall manually sign the Comptroller's certificate of registration prescribed
herein to be printed on the back of each bond, and the seal of said Comp-
troller shall be affixed to each of said bonds.
15. That all ordinances and parts thereof in conflict here-
with are hereby expressly repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED this t e th day,, f April, 196o.
yor, City of Stephenville, Texas.
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Ci a retary, City of Stephenville, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTS OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPRENVILLE
I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Stephenville,
Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an ordinance passed at a meting of the City Council of the City of
Stephenville held on the 5th day of April, 1960, (and of the minutes pertain-
ing thereto) authorizing the issuance of $75,000,00 City of Stephenville
Refunding Bonds, Series 1960, which ordinance is duly of record in the minutes
of said City Council of the City of Stephenville.
EXECUTED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said City, this the 5th
day of April, 1960.
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Texas.
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
;.STATE OF TEXAS
UY OF ERATH
�Ok STEPHEMILLE
BEFORE MEN the undersigned authority, on this day personally
2. Tr
eo. A Lee bared 4 , known to me, who being
sworn, deposed and upon his oath said:
1. That he is the
henville Daily Empire
Business Manager of the
", a newspaper which has been
regularly and continuously published in the City of Stephenville, Texas,
for a "period of more than one year prior to the date of the above and fore-
going Notice of Intention to issue Refunding Bonds; that such newspaper has
a general circulation in said City; that as such officer or employee of said
newspaper, he caused said Notice to be published in said newspaper on the
dates, to-wit:
March 3
1961;
March 10 , 1961;
March 17 1961;
the date of the first publication being not less than thirty days prior to
the date of passage of the ordinance for the issuance of Refunding Bonds.
2. That the publication made is a true and correct copy of
said notice, a printed copy of which is atta a reto.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this the 4th day Of
April, 1961. r17 !
Notary Public inn forunty,
Texas.
(SEAL)
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
On this the 4th day of April, 1961, the City Council of
the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened in Regular Meeting, at the regular
meeting place, with the following members present, to -wit:
J. Louis Evans, Mayor,
Scott D. Reed, .
Virgil Dickerson,
I. D. Reynolds,
J. P. Hedrick,
Aldermen,
Burl Lawrence,
Charles Riggins,
Albert L. Graves,
Raymond Anderson,
Rex H. Cates, City Secretary,
and with the following absent: None ,
constituting a quorum of the City Council, at which time the following
proceedings were had:
Alderman Dickerson introduced an ordinance and
made a motion that it be passed. The motion was seconded by Alderman
Graves The motion carrying with it the passage of the ordi-
nance prevailed by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Reed, Dickerson, Reynolds, Hedrick, Lawrence,
Riggins, Graves and Anderson and Mayor Evans.
NOES: None.
The ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
REFUNDING BONDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($175,000.00) DOLLARS,
BEARING INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 3 -1/2% PER ANNUM,
MATURING SERIALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS 1962 TO
1970; BOTH INCLUSIVE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUND-
ING ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($1751000.00)
DOLLARS OF TIME WARRANTS, SERIES 1960; LEVYING AN
AD VALOREM TAX TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AS IT MATURES
AND THE INTEREST AS IT ACCRUES AND ORDAINING OTHER
MATTERS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND EXCHANGE OF
SAID REFUNDING BONDS.
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WHEREAS, heretofore on the 11th day of February, 1960, the
City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, passed an ordinance auth-
orizing the issuance of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($175,000.00)
Dollars of City of Stephenville Waterworks Improvement Warrants, Series 1960,
dated April 1, 1960, bearing interest at the rate of 4 -3/4% per annum, number-
ed One (1) to One Hundred Seventy Five (175), both inclusive, of the denomi-
nation of One Thousand ($1,000,00) Dollars each, and maturing serially through•
out the years 1962 to 1970, both :1clusive; and
WHEREAS, all of said Warrants have been delivered and the
City has received full value for them; and
WHEREAS, all of said Warrants are now outstanding and the
owners of said Warrants have agreed to accept in lieu thereof Refunding Bonds;
and
WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of March, 1961, the City Council of
the City of Stephenville, Texas, adopted a resolution directing the giving
11 of notice of intention to issue Refunding Bonds; and
WHEREAS, said notice was published as required by law; and
i ^ffiEREAS, no Petition was filed by the property taxpaying
voters of the City asking for a referendum on the question of issuing said
bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the City and of its
taxpayers to issue the Refunding Bonds as hereinafter set out;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS:
1. That the Bonds of the City to be called "City of
Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961 ", be issued under and by virtue
of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including Chapter 163,
Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty Second Legislature, in the amount
of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($175,000.00) Dollars, for the purpose
of refunding a like amount of outstanding Time Warrants of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, hereinabove described.
2. That said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from
One (1) to One Hundred Seventy Five (175), both inclusive, of the denomina-
tion of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars each, and shall become due and
payable serially as follows:
BONDS NUMBERS
1
to
15,
both
incl.,
16
to
35,
April
"
36
to
55,
1,
1965
56
to
75;
1966
20,000.00
76
to
95,
20,000.00
April
96
to
115,
April
1,
116
to
135,
1,
"
136
to
155,
"
"
156
to
175,
"
it
MATURITY DATES AMOUNTS
April
1,
1962
15,000,00
April
1,
1963
20,000.00
April
1,
1964
20,000.00
April
1,
1965
20,000.00
April
1,
1966
20,000.00
April
1,
1967
20,000.00
April
1,
1968
20,000.00
April
1,
1969
20,000.00
April
1,
1970
20,000.00
The City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas;
ly determines, finds and declares that the maturities provided herein fixes a
uniform burden of taxation throughout the term of the bond issue insofar as
the financial condition of the City will permit.
3. That said bonds shall be dated April 1, 1961.
4. That said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of
Three and one�half (3 -1/2 %) per cent per annum, evidenced by coupons payable
October 1, 1961, and semi - annually thereafter on April 1 and October 1 of
each year.
5. That the principal of and interest on said bonds shall
be payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation
and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the Farmers -First National Bank,
Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or
holder thereof.
6. Each of said bonds and coupons shall be executed by the
imprinted facsimile signature of the Mayor and countersigned by the imprinted
facsimile signature of the City Secretary, and such facsimile signatures
shall have the same effect as manual signatures, and the corporate seal of
the City shall be impressed upon each of the bonds.
NO.
7. The form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows;
1,000.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
REFUNDING BOND
SERIES 1961
The City of Stephenville, in the County of Erath, State of
Texas, a municipal corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of the State
of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof on
the lst day of April, 19 , the sum of
in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon from
date hereof at the rate of Three and one -half (3 -112%) per cent per annum,
evidenced by coupons payable October 1, 1961, and semi - annually thereafter
on April 1 and October 1 of each year, principal and interest payable
upon presentation and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the Farmers -First
National Bank, Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or collection charges
to the owner or holder hereof, and the City of Stephenville, Texas, is
hereby held and firmly bound and its full faith and credit and all taxable
property in said City are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the prin-
cipal of this bond at maturity and the interest thereon as it accrues.
This bond is one of a series of One Hundred Seventy Five
(175) bonds of like tenor and effect, except as to number and maturity,
numbered from One (1) to One Hundred Seventy Five (175), both inclusive, of
the denomination of One Thousand ($11,000.00) Dollars each, aggregating
One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand (175,000.00) Dollars, issued for the
purpose of refunding a like amount of outstanding Time Warrants of said City,
constituting a charge upon its taxing powers, all of which original items of
indebtedness are being cancelled by the proper authorities simultaneously
with the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is a part.
The date of this bond in conformity with the ordinance above
mentioned is April 1, 1961.
In addition to all other rights the holder or holders of
this bond and of the series of which it is a part is and are subrogated to
all of the rights held by the holders of the original warrants refunded by
this issue of refunding bonds.
This issue of bonds was expressly authorized by an ordinance
duly passed by the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, duly
recorded in the minutes of said City Council, in conformity with the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Texas, including Chapter 163, Acts of the
Regular Session of the Forty Second Legislature.
AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of
this bond,, and the series of which it is a part, is duly authorized by law;
that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and
in the issuance of this series of bonds, and of this bond, have been properly
dope and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form and
manner as required by law; that due provision has been made for levying and
collecting annually by taxation an amount sufficient to pay the interest on
these bonds as it falls due and to provide a sinking fund for the final
redemption of said bonds at maturity; that the total indebtedness of said
City of Stephenville, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of which
this is one, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by the Consti-
tution. and laws of the State of Texas.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, has caused the seal of said City to be impressed hereon
and this bond and the interest coupons hereto attached to be executed by the
imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary.
City Secretary, City of Stephenville,
Texas.
NO.
Mayor, City of Stephenville, Texas.
8, The form of coupon shall be substantially as follows;
Es
ON THE 1ST DAY OF
19
The City of Stephenville, Texas, will pay to bearer at the
Farmers -First National Bank, Stephenville, Texas, without exchange or
collection charges to the owner or holder hereof, the sum of
($ ) Dollars, in lawful money
of the United States of America, being months' interest due that day
on "City of Stephenville Refunding Bond, Series 1961 ", dated April 1, 1961.
Bond No.
City Secretary. Mayor.
9. That substantially the following certificate shall be
printed on the back of each bond;
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER
STATE OF TEXAS
I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in
my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to
the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required by law and
that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution
and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation
upon said City of Stephenville, Texas, and said bond has this day been regis-
tered by me.
WITNESS MY HAND and seal of office at Austin, Texas,
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas.
10. That a special fund to be designated "City of Stephen-
ville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961 Fund ", is hereby created and the proceeds
from all taxes collected for and on account of this series of bonds shall be
credited to said fund for the purpose of paying the interest as it accrues
and to provide a sinking fund for the purpose of paying each installment
of principal as it becomes due, and said fund shall be used for no other
purpose. For the current year and each year while any of said bonds, or
interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be computed and
ascertained, at the time other taxes are levied, the rate of tax based on
the latest approved rolls of said City as will be requisite and sufficient
to make, raise and produce in each of said years a fund to pay the interest
on said bonds and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal
as it matures, or to provide at least Two (2 %) per cent as a sinking fund,
whichever is greater, full allowances being made for delinquencies and costs
of collection. A tax at the rate as hereinabove determined is hereby ordered
to be levied and is hereby levied against all of the taxable property in said
City for the current year and each year respectively while any of said bonds,
or interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, and the said tax each year
shall be assessed and collected and placed in the Fund hereby created and the
Treasurer shall honor warrants against said Fund for the purpose of paying
the interest maturing and principal of said bonds and for no other purpose.
11. The Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of
Texas, is hereby directed to register said bonds only as and when a like
amount of the original warrants are surrendered to him, delivering to the
holder of the original warrants a like amount of the registered refunding
bonds of this issue in such installments as the warrants are presented.
The holder or holders of said original warrants shall be entitled to the
accrued interest on the 'refunding bonds as compensation for not drawing
interest on the original warrants beyond the date of the Refunding Bonds.
12. The Comptroller is authorized to accept from
Almon & McKinneyj, Dallas$ Texas
or its order, the original warrants and is authorized to deliver to said
Almon & McKinney ,
or its order, said refunding bonds as and when registered.
13. •There is hereby appropriated all of the money in the
interest and sinking fund for the Series 1960 Warrants to the interest and
sinking fund for this issue of bonds, and all taxes now in process of
collection for said Warrants. The Mayor and City Secretary are hereby
directed to take such steps as are necessary to transfer said funds to the
interest and sinking fund for this bond issue.
14. The Mayor shall be and is hereby authorized to take and
have charge of all necessary records pending investigation and approval by
the Attorney General, and shall have control of said bonds during said time.
After the record has been approved the Mayor is authorized to leave the bonds
in the office of the Comptroller pending the exchange for the original
warrants and pending their registration which may be at one time or in
installments. Upon registration of said bonds, the Comptroller of Public
Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller)
shall manually sign the Comptroller's certificate of registration prescribed
herein to be printed on the back of each bond, and the seal of said Comptroll
shall be affixed to each of said bonds.
15. That all ordinances and parts thereof in conflict here-
with are hereby expressly repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED th' t e 4th da of April, 1961.
Ma or, City of Stephenville, Texas.
ATTE
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TOE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Stephen-
ville, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an ordinance passed at a meeting of the City Council of the
City of Stephenville, Texas, held on the 4th day of April, 1961, (and of
the minutes pertaining thereto) authorizing the issuance of City of
Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961, $175,000.00, which ordinance is
duly of record in the minutes of said City Council of the City of Stephen -
ville,,Texas.
EXECUTED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said City, this the
4th day of April, 1961.
Ci cretary, City of Stephenville,
Texas.
(SEAL)
STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
The following is a complete statement of the indebtedness
of the City of Stephenville, Texas, including the series of bonds proposed:
I.
PROPOSED BONDS
City of Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961, dated
April 1, 1961, numbered One (1) to One Hundred Seventy Five (175), both
inclusive, of the denomination of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars each,
aggregating One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($175,000.00) Dollars, bearing
interest at the rate of Three and one -half (3 -1/2 %) per cent per annum,
payable October 1, 1961, and semi - annually thereafter on April 1 and October
1 of each year and maturing as follows: $15,000.00 4/1/62; $20,000.00 63/70.
II.
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND WARRANTS
City of Stephenville Airport Bonds, Series 1958, dated June 1,
1958, originally issued in the amount of $25,000.00, now out-
standing in the amount of $25,000.00, bearing 3 -1/2% interest,
and maturing as follows: $10,000.00 6/1/74; $15,000.00 75.
City of Stephenville Waterworks and Sewer Improvement and Ex-
tension Bonds, Series 1949, dated march 15, 1949, originally
issued in the amount of $150,000.00, now outstanding in the
amount of $47,000.00, bearing interest at the rate of 2 -1/2 %,
and maturing as follows: $15,000.00 3/15/62; $16,000.00 63/64.
City of Stephenville Sewer System Improvement and Extension
Bonds, Series 1955, dated November 1, 1955, originally issued
in the amount of $150,000.00, now outstanding in the amount of
$150,000.00, bearing 2 -3/4 °% and 3% interest, and maturing as
follows: $15,000.00 11/1/65/70; $20 000.00 71/73.
*City of Stephenville Waterworks Improvement Warrants, Series
_1960, dated April 1, 1960, originally issued in the amount
of $175,000.00, now outstanding in the amount of $175,000.00,
bearing 4 -3/4% interest, and maturing as follows: $15,000.00
4/1/62; $20,000.00 63/70.
City of Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1960, dated
April 1, 1960, originally issued in the amount of $75,000.00,
now outstanding in the amount of $75,000.00, bearing 4 -3/4% int-
erest, and maturing as follows: $10,000.00 4/1/74; $5,000.00 75;
$20,000.00 76/78.
Amount on hand in the Interest and Sinking Fund is: $ 49,217,98
We, the undersigned, City Secretary and City Treasurer of
the City of Stephenville, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing statement exhibits a true, full and correct statement of the
tax - supported indebtedness of said City existing on this date, as shown
by the books and records of said City on file in the office of the City
Secretary.
WITNESS OUR HANDS and the seal of said City, this the 4th
day of April, 1961.
City Secretary.
City Treasurer.
(SEAL)
STAMENT OF TAXABLE VALUES
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
I, the undersigned, Tax Assessor for the City of Stephen-
ville, Texas, do hereby certify that the assessed value of property for the
purpose of taxation in the City of Stephenville, Texas, for the year 1960, as
shown by the approved rolls, being the last approved rolls of said City is;
6,589,460
WITNESS W HAND this the 4th day of April, 1961.
T ssessor, City of St enville, Texas.
(SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
We, the undersigned, Mayor and City Secretary of the City
of Stephenville, Texas, do hereby certify:
(a) That this certificate is in reference to City of
Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961, $175,000.00;
(b) That none of the original warrants being refunded
have ever been redeemed with money in the sinking fund accumulated from
taxation for that particular issue; that there are no sinking funds avail-
able for the retirement of any of the original warrants being refunded.
EXECUTED this the 4th day of Apri , 1961.
Mayor.
City Secretary.
(SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
lie, the undersigned, Mayor and City Secretary of the City
of Stephenville, Texas, do hereby certify:
1. That this certificate is in reference to City of
Stephenville Refunding Bonds, Series 1961, $175,000.00;
2. That the City of Stephenville, Texas, has heretofore
been incorporated under the general laws of the State of Texas, and that the
provisions of Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, have been duly
adopted and are made applicable to said City; and that the City of Stephen-
ville is now operating under the provisions of Title 28, Revised Civil
Statutes of 1925, having a population at this time of approximately 8,500
inhabitants;
3. That the names of the City Officials and the members of
the City Council of the City of Stephenville, Texas, are as follows:
J. Louis Evans, Mayor,
Scott D. Reed,
Virgil Dickerson,
I. D. Reynolds,
J. P. Hedrick,
Aldermen,
Burl Lawrence,
Charles Riggins,
Albert L. Graves,
Raymond Anderson,
Rex H. Cates, City Secretary,
Rex H. Cates, Tax Assessor - Collector;
4. That no litigation of any nature has been filed or is
now pending to restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of said Bonds or
the Coupons appertaining thereto, or which would affect the provision made
for their payment or security, or in any manner questioning the validity
of said Bonds or Coupons or the proceedings or authority pertaining to the
issuance of said Bonds and Coupons, and that so far as we know and believe,
no such litigation is threatened.
5. That neither the corporate existence nor boundaries
nor the title of present officers to their respective offices is being
contested and that no authority or proceedings for the issuance of said
Bonds and Coupons have been repealed, revoked or rescinded.
EXECUTED UNDER MY HAM and seal of said City, this the 4th
day of April, 1961. �
City Secretary.
(SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
April
On this the 4th day of jkW,,,,b, 1961, the City Council of
the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened in Regular Meeting, at
the regular meeting place, with the following members present, to -wit:
J. Louis Evans, Mayor,
Scott D. Reed,
Virgil Dickerson,
I. D. Reynolds,
J. P. Hedrick,
Aldermen,
Burl Lawrence,
Charles Riggins,
Albert L. Graves,
Raymond Anderson,
Rex H. Cates, City Secretary,
and with the following absent: None
constituting a quorum, at which time the following proceedings were had:
Alderman Riggins introduced a resolution and made
a motion that it be adopted. The motion was seconded by Alderman
Dickerson The motion carrying with it the adoption of the
resolution prevailed by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Reed, Dickeson, Reynolds, Hedrick, Lawrence,
Riggins, Graves and Anderson and Mayor Evans.
NOES: None.
The resolution as adopted is as follows:
A RESOLUPION
APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 IN CONTRACT WITH
CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance passed by the City Council
on February 11, 1960, this City entered into a contract with City Electric
Company under which the said City Electric Company agreed to furnish all
the materials and perform all of the electrical work in connection with the
construction of waterworks improvements; and
wHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the City to make the
changes hereinafter mentioned;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS:
1. The City of Stephenville hereby authorizes the following
changes in the above described contract:
Additions:
Four (4) emergency stop switches to
the main control panel $ 66.00
Three (3) weatherproof enclosures
for well relays 65.45
Two (2) zero switches for chlorinator
water valves 25.30
One (1) exhaust fan for Chlorinator
room at new pump station 34.50
TOTAL ADDITIONS $ 191.25
Deductions:
Credit for omitting rewiring of two (2)
pumps at existing pump station $ 52.25
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS $ 52.25
2. The Mayor of this City is directed to sign the contract
change order for the changes above mentioned.
3. The amount of cash to be paid City Electric Company is
hereby increased by the added payment required by the above change, and
funds presently available are hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying
such increased amount.
April
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the,4 4th day f , 1961. wu�' y4 o .
r, City of Stephenville, Texas.
;.Vi/Secretary, City of Stephenville,
Texas.
TAE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Stephen-
ville, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, full
and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, (and of the minutes pertaining thereto) on the 6th
April
day of Mumho 1961, approving Change Order No. 1 in contract with City
Electric Company, which resolution is of record in the minutes of the City
Council.
EXECUPED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said City, this the 6th
April
day of Mawmki 1961.
C' cretary, City of Stephenville,
Texas.
(SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
April
On this the 4th day of k, 1961, the City Council
of the City of Stephenville, Texas, convened in Regular Meeting,
at the regular meeting place, with the following members present, to -wit:
J. Louis Evans, Mayor,
Scott D. Reed,
Virgil Dickerson,
I. D. Reynolds,
J. P. Hedrick,
Aldermen,
Burl Lawrence,
Charles Riggins,
Albert L. Graves,
Raymond Anderson,
Rex H. Cates, City Secretary,
and with the following absent: None ,
constituting a quorum, at which time the following proceedings were had;
Alderman 'Rped introduced a resolution and made
a motion that it be adopted. The motion was seconded by Alderman
Graves The motion carrying with it the adoption of the
resolution prevailed by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Reed, Dickeson, Reynolds, Hedrick, Lawrence,
Riggins, Graves, and Anderson and Mayor Evans.
NOES: None.
The resolution as adopted is as follows:
A RESOLUTION
APPROVING FINAL ESTIMATE OF CITY ELECTRIC
COMPANY ON CONSTRUCTION OF WATERWORKS IMPROVE -
MENTS.
WHEREAS, on February 11, 1960, the City Council of the City
of Stephenville, Texas, passed an ordinance, among other things authorizing
the issuance of $175,000.00 of City of Stephenville Waterworks Improvement
Warrants, Series 1960, for the purpose of paying contracts "A ", "B ", "C ", "D"
and "E ", therein authorized; and
WHEREAS, Contract "C" has been finally performed and the
Contractor, City Electric Company, has filed a request for payment designated
"Final Estimate ", as follows;
Original Contract $27,777.00
Plus Change Order No. 1 139.00
Revised Contract Amount $27,916.00
Percent Completed 100%
Value of Work Completed $27,916.00
Less Amount Retained -
$27.00
Less Previous Payments .20,000.00
Amount Due $ 7,916.00
WHEREAS, the foregoing final estimate has been approved by
Homer A. Hunter Associates, Consulting Engineers for this City, and this
City Council has fully investigated the work performed and materials furnish-
ed and has found that the contract has been satisfactorily performed; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has been furnished with satisfac-
tory evidence that all laborers and materialmen have been paid down to the
date of said request; and
WHEREAS, the Contractor should now be paid as hereinafter
provided;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, 'TEXAS;
1. That the above Final Estimate is hereby approved and
the City Council of the City of Stephenville hereby finds and declares
that said contract has been satisfactorily performed and materials furnished
in accordance with said contract,,plans and specifications and that the City
of Stephenville has received full value for the amounts to be paid to said
Contractors.
2. That the City shall pay to City Electric Company the
sum of $7,916.00 in cash.
April
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this thel 4th da of MjKR4, 1961.
yor, City of Stephenville, Texas.
ATTE L v jZ&
Cit , retary, City of Stephenville, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
CITY OF STEPONVILLE
I. the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Stephenville,
Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, full and
correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, (and of the minutes pertaining thereto) on the 6th
April
day of Xa-=k, 1961, approving final estimate of City Electric Company on
construction of waterworks improvements, which resolution is recorded in the
minutes of the City Council.
EXECUTED UNDER MY HAND and seal of said City, this the
April
6th day of M&=h, 1961.
Ci cretary' City of Stephenville
Texas.
(SEAL)
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PLAT of Lots 2 A, 2- -B,and 2-C. subdivisions of Lot No.2,in Block No.103,City Of Stephenville,
and Lots 3 A,3- L';4 -A,and 4-B, subdivisions of kut the Sough 5 feet of Lot No.2,all of Lots
3,and 4,and the North 10.5 feet of Lot N0.5,and Lots 6 -A,and 6-13, subdivisions of the.gaMMth
7 feet of Lot No.5,and all of Lot No.6,of Block No.3,of the M illican,and Ott Addition in
City Of Stephenville,on the John Blair Survey,in Erath County,Texas,with a 30 feet wide
street, through the same as is shown on plat.
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I, J.O. Yantis,the undersigned authority,do hereby certify that the above
plat was made from notes compiled from a survey actually made on the ground,that Lots No.
2A,23,and 2C,are out of Lot No.2,Block No.103,City of Stephenville,and that Lots,No.3A,33;
4A,4B,and 6A,6B,are out of Block No.3,of the M illican,and Ott Addition,in City of
Stephenville,on the John Blair Survey,in Erath County,Texas,and that a strwet 30 feet in
width was stakeQ out of the above as shown on plat.
Given under my hand,and seal,tuis the 13th,day of March,lgol.
�APSE oF�r� m
County Surveyor Eratn tntTexas /
.............. .•4A Texas Registered Public Survejor,No.634.
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RETURN ONE COPY OF POLL LIST TO THE MAYOR (See Sections 78 and 111, Elec-
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RETURN ONE COPY OF POLL LIST TO THE CITY SECRETARY (See Sections 78 and
111, Election Code)
RETURN ONE COPY OF POLL LIST IN THE BALLOT BOX (See Sections 78 and 114,
Election Code)
PRESIDING JUDGE RETAINS ONE COPY (See Sections 78 and 115, Election Code)
(See back of this Poll List for election code sections above referred to)
This Form is in accordance with provisions of Election Code.
FORM 2028 Clarke a Gaulle, evv.eva- muu- 0anuroe
OPENING AND CLOSING OF POLLS
Art. 9, Election Code, provides that in all elections, general, special, or primary, the polls shall open from seven
o'clock a. m, to seven o'clock p. m. in all counties having a population of 100,000 or more according to the last Federal Cen-
sus and in all other counties the polls shall be opened at 8 a. m. and shall remain open until 7 p. m. The election shall be held
for one (1) day only.
Art. 84, Election Code. The judges and clerks of election for each precinct, and supervisors, if any, shall meet at the
polling place at least half an hour before the time for opening the polls, and shall proceed to arrange the guard rail, the space
within the guard rail, the voting booths, if any, and the furniture for the orderly and legal conduct of the election. The judges
of election shall then examine the ballot boxes and the blank official ballots, and shall deposit such ballots as are found to be
defective in printing in ballot box No. 4 for mutilated or returned ballots. They shall examine the sample ballots, in-
struction cards, distance markers, tally sheets, return sheets, certified list of voters, rubber stamps and all things required
for the election. The package of official ballots shall remain in the custody of the judges and the polling clerks, and shall
not be opened until the morning of the election and at the polling place. The judges shall cause to be placed at the distance
of ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET from the entrance of the room at which the election is held VISIBLE DISTANCE
MARKERS in EACH DIRECTION OF APPROACHES TO THE POLLS. On each of which shall be printed in
large letters the words: "DISTANCE MARKERS. NO ELECTIONEERING OR LOITERING BETWEEN THIS
POINT AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE POLLS." The judges shall examine the ballot boxes and then relock them,
after all present can see they are empty. The ballot clerk with official ballots, the presiding officers of election, the poll
clerk, the election supplies and the certified lists of qualified voters for the precinct, and the supervisors, if any, shall be
as conveniently near each other as practicable within the polling place.
OATH OF OFFICERS OF ELECTION
Art. 83, Election Code. Before opening the polls the presiding judge of election and each of the other judges and
clerks shall repeat in an audible voice:
"I solemnly swear that I will not in any manner request or seek to persuade or induce any voter to vote for or against
any candidate or candidates, or for or against any proposition to be voted on; and that I will faithfully perform this day
my duty as officer of the election, and guard, as far as I am able, the purity of the ballot box. So help me God."
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Election Code, Art. 78. Municipal Elections ... In all such elections, the mayor, the city secretary, and /or the
governing body shall do and perform each act which in other elections are required to be done and performed respectively
by the county judge, the county clerk and the Commissioners Court.
Election Code, Chapter 3, Sec. 15, which is applicable to small precincts having less than one hundred voters
in part provides: One of the judges who shall in all cases belong to the party that at the last general election cast
the largest vote for Governor throughout the state, shall be designated as the Presiding Judge at elections; he shall
appoint two competent and reputable qualified voters of different political parties if practicable, to act as clerks of the
election. The order appointing all judges shall be entered of record. The presiding judge shall act in receiving and
depositing the votes in the ballot boxes and the other judges shall act in counting the votes cast. One clerk shall
keep the poll list of qualified voters and upon the poll list he shall write at the time of voting the name of each voter.
The other clerk shall act as canvassing clerk and shall keep the tally, list of voters counted. Said officer shall perform
such other duties as the Presiding judge may direct.
Election Code, Chapter 3, Sec. 16, which' is applicable to precincts in which there are one hundred voters or more
in part provides: The presiding and one assistant judge shall act in receiving and depositing the votes in the ballot box,
the other two judges shall act in counting the votes cast. The presiding judge shall appoint four competent and repu-
table clerks and as many other clerks as may be authorized by the Commissioners' Court who have paid their poll tax
or have secured their exemptions, and of different political parties, when practicable; two of said clerks shall assist in
keeping the poll lists and the list of qualified voters; upon the poll list they shall write the name of each voter at the
time voted and two clerks shall be canvassing clerks who shall keep tally lists of votes counted and perform such other
'duties as the presiding judge may direct. At the close of the canvassing and during its progress, the tally clerks shall
compare their tally lists and certify officially to their correctness.
SECTION 111: RETURN OF ELECTIONS: When the ballots have all been counted, the managers of the election
in person shall make out triplicate returns of the same certified to be correct, and signed by them officially, showing:
First, the total number of votes polled at such box; second, the number polled for each candidate; one of which re-
turns, together with poll lists and tally lists shall be sealed up in an envelope and delivered by one of the precinct
judges to the county judge of the county; another of said returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be de-
livered by one of the managers of election to the county clerk of the county to be kept by him in his office open to
inspection by the public for twelve (12) months from the day of the election; and the other of said returns shall be kept
by the presiding officer of the election for twelve (12) months from the day of the election. In case of vacancy in the
�,. office of county judge, or the absence, failure or inability of that officer to act, the election returns shall be delivered to
`� the county clerk of the county who shall safely keep the same in his office, and he, or the county judge, shall deliver the
same to the Commissioners' Court on the day appointed by law to open and compare the polls.
SECTION 114: BALLOTS AND COPY OF REPORT OF RETURNS DELIVERED TO COUNTY CLERK;
ANNOUNCEMENT. Immediately after counting votes by the managers of the election, the presiding officer shall place
all the ballots voted, together with one (1) poll tax list and one (1) tally list, into a wooden or metallic box, and shall
securely fasten the box with nails, screws, or locks, the key or keys shall be delivered to the sheriff, as provided by law,
,and he shall immediately, in no case later than thirty -six (36) hours after the closing of the polls deliver said box to the
county clerk of his county whose duty it shall be to keep the same securely. And it shall be unlawful for the county clerk
or anyone else to burn or otherwise destroy these ballots and records, or permit it to be done, except where provided by
law. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000). Also, the presiding judge shall deliver a copy of the report of the returns to said county cleric, together with
the ballot box, and the clerk shall immediately announce the returns of the election in the precinct reporting, and shall
post said returns on a bulletin board within his office. In event of any contest growing out of election within six (6)
months thereafter, the county clerk shall deliver said ballot box to any competent officer having process therefor, for any
tribunal or authority authorized by law to demand such ballot box; provided that all questions arising at any
election box shall be settled and determined by the presiding officer and judges, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
If no contest arise out of the election within six (6) months after the day of such election, said clerk shall destroy the
contents of said ballot box by burning the same.
SECTION 115: TO RETAIN POLL AND TALLY LISTS. The presiding officer shall retain in his custody
one return sheet, one poll list and one tally list of the election, and shall keep the same for six (6) months after elec-
tion, subject to the inspection of anyone interested in such election.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, l
County of...-.:..._....._....-.._........_ .................. ..... ...._------- .------- - -_. }I I, the undersigned, one of the Clerks of Election held
on the- . -------------------------- day
in Election Precinct No_........ ....................
for said election, and the same is correct.
A. D. 19 ....... _,
said County, do hereby certify that I kept the foregoing Poll List at and
Clerk of Election.
(4 POLL LIST
OF A
ELECTION
HELD ON THE
DAY OF _ Ll..l=
i
At , Election Precinct No.
In County, Texas
Y f
(See back of this Poll List for election code Articles applicable)
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of
held on the day of
I, the undersigned, one of the Clerks of the Election
A. D. 19 --------- at
in Election Precinct No. ---------------------- of said County, do hereby certify that I kept the foregoing Poll List
at and for said election, and the same is correct.
Clerk of Election.
NOTE: In this set of supplies you will find three copies of a "Returns of Election" addressed to the proper
authority as provided in the laws governing this election. In addition, you will find three envelopes'
to enclose one copy each of the returns, poll list, and tally list. These three envelopes are addressed
to the proper authority as provided in the laws governing this election.
A1916 ('Rev. 4 -54) The Sleek Ca., Austin, Texas
POLL LIST OF A
Held at Precinct No.
---------------- day of --------
at--------------------------
A. D. 19--- - - - - -, with
ELECTION
--------------- County, Texas on the`-)
---------------- as Presiding'Officer,
and----------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------------------ and ------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------- Judges,
and- -------- - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- and ------- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
and ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - and -------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------- Clerks of said Election, were severally swom as the law directs, previous to their entering upon the duties
of their respective offices.
Art. 8.11, Texas Election Code, in part provides that "each voter shall be allowed to take his own ballot
without the number being known or written down in any manner by the election judge." The numbers
on the poll list being only for the purpose of ascertaining the total number of voters that have voted.
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
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114
75
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76
116
77
117
78
118
79
119
80
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251
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286
287
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291
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292
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294
334
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612
652
613
653
614
654
615
1655
616
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657
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658
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620
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621
661
622
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664
625
665
626
666
627
667
628
668
629
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630
670
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672
633
673
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645
685
646
686
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647
687
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689
650
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NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
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731
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741
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743
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7441
705
745
706
746
707
747
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748
709
749
710
750.
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712
7521
753
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715
755
716
756
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757
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718
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719
759
720
7601
721
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762
723
763
724
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725
765
726
766
727
767
728
768
729
769
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8111
1 841
812
813
814
843
815
816
846
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
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1
825
826
827
828
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1 8401
1 841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
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853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
890
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
NAME
No.
NAME
891
911
1912
913
892
914
890
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
NAME
No.
NAME
891
911
1912
913
892
914
915
916
893
917
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895
921
1922
896
923
897
924
925
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927
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928
900
929
1901
1902
903
904
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906
907
908
909
910
911
1912
913
914
915
916
917
14
918
Io
919
920
921
1922
923
924
925
lo, I,
926
927
928
929
1930
No.
943
No.
931
944
932
945
933
934
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935
972
936
937
947
938
948
939
995
940
941
ii
942
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
NAME
943
No.
944
NAME
945
992
946
972
947
994
948
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995
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949
950
996
974
951
997
952
953
954
999
975
955
1000
956
957
958
1002.
976
959
1003
977
960
IA
961
962
978
963
1007
979
964
965
966
980
967
968
969
981
982
970
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
NAME
991
No.
NAME
971
992
972
994
995
973
996
974
997
998
999
975
1000
1001
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1002.
976
1003
977
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1004
1005
978
1006
1007
979
1008
1009
980
981
982
983
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984
985
986
987
988
989
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993
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995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002.
1003
IA
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
No.
NAME
No.
1073
NAME
- 41
1051
1074
1052
1035
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1013
10751
1053
1036
10761
1014
1
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1037
1015
1055
1038
1016
1056
1039
1017
1057
1040
41
1018
1058
1041
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1042
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1089
1050 l
1027
1067
1028
1068
1029
1069
1030
1070
1031
1071
1032
1072
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1073
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1074
1035
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1036
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1037
10771
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10781
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1040
1080
1041
1081
1042
1082
1043
1083
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1087
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1088
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TEXAS ELECTION CODE
Art. 7.13, Texas Election Code: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The expense of all city and town election,%,
shall be paid by the municipality in which same are held. In all such elections, the mayor, the city secretary;
and /or the governing body shall do and perform each act which in other elections are required to be done]
and performed respectively by the county judge, the county clerk and the Commissioners' Court. r.,3
Art. 8.33, Texas Election Code: TO RETAIN POLL AND TALLY LISTS. The presiding officer shall
retain in his custody one return sheet, one poll list and one tally list of the election, and shall keep the same
for six (6) months after election, subject to the inspection of anyone interested in such election.
Art. 3.01, Texas Election Code, which is applicable to small precincts having less than one hundred
voters in part provides: One of the judges who shall in all cases belong to the party that at the last
general election cast the largest vote for Governor throughout the state, shall be designated as the Pre-
siding Judge at elections; he shall appoint two competent and reputable qualified voters of different polit-
ical parties if practicable, to act as clerks of the election. The order appointing all judges shall be
entered of record. The presiding judge shall act in receiving and depositing the votes in the ballot boxes
and the other judges shall act in counting the votes cast. One clerk shall keep the poll list of qualified
voters and upon the poll list he shall write at the time of voting the name of each voter. The other clerk
shall act as canvassing clerk and shall keep the tally list of voters counted. Said officer shall perform
such other duties as the Presiding Judge may direct. t
Art. 3.02, Texas Election Code, which is applicable to precincts in which there are one hundred voters I
or more in part provides: The presiding and one assistant judge shall act in receiving and depositing
the votes in the ballot box, the other two judges shall act in counting the votes cast. The presiding judge
shall appoint four competent and reputable clerks and as many other clerks as may be authorized by the
Commissioners' Court who have paid their poll tax or have secured their exemptions, and of different
political parties, when practicable; two of said clerks shall assist in keeping the poll lists and the list
of qualified voters; upon the poll list they shall write the name of each voter at the time voted and two
clerks shall be canvassing clerks who shall keep tally lists of votes counted and perform such other duties
as the presiding judge may direct. At the close of the canvassing and during its progress, the tally
clerks shall compare their tally lists and certify officially to their correctness.
Art. 8.29, Texas Election Code: RETURN OF ELECTIONS: When the ballots have all been counted,
the managers of the election in person shall make out triplicate returns of the same certified to be correct,
and signed by them officially, showing: First, the total number of votes polled at such box; second, the num-
ber polled for each candidate; one of which returns, together with poll lists and tally lists shall be sealed up in
an envelope and delivered by one of the precinct judges to the county judge of the county; another of
said returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be delivered by one of the managers of election
to the county clerk of the county to be kept by him in his office open to inspection by the public for twelve
(12) months from the day of the election; and the other of said returns shall be kept by the presiding
officer of the election for twelve (12) months from the day of the election. In case of vacancy in the office
of county judge, or the absence, failure or inability of that officer to act, the election returns shall be
delivered to the county clerk of the county who shall safely keep the same in his office, and he, or the
county judge, shall deliver the same to the Commissioners' Court on the day appointed by law to open and
compare the polls. r
Art. 8.32, Texas Election Code: BALLOTS AND COPY OF REPORT OF RETURNS DELIVERED
TO COUNTY CLERK; ANNOUNCEMENT. Immediately after counting votes by the managers of the
election, the presiding officer shall place all the ballots voted, together with one (1) poll tax list and one (1)'z
-
tally list, into a wooden or metallic box, and shall securely fasten the box with nails, screws, or locks, the key
or keys shall be delivered to the sheriff, as provided by law, and he shall immediately, in no case later
than thirty -six (36) hours after the closing of the polls deliver said box to the county clerk of his county
whose duty it shall be to keep the same securely. And it shall be unlawful for the county clerk or anyone
else to burn or otherwise destroy these ballots and records, or permit it to be done, except where provided
by law. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000). Also, the presiding judge shall deliver a copy of the report of the returns to
said county clerk, together with the ballot box, and the clerk shall immediately announce the returns of the
election in the precinct reporting, and shall post said returns on a bulletin board within his office. In
event of any contest growing out of election within six (6) months thereafter, the county clerk shall deliver
said ballot box to any competent officer having process therefor, for any tribunal or authority authorized
by law to demand such ballot box; provided that all questions arising at any election box shall be settled
and determined by the presiding officer and judges, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. If no contest
arise out of the election within six (6) months after the day of such election, said clerk shall destroy the con-
tents of said ballot box by burning the same.
Art. 2776, R.C.S.: BOARD SHALL ORDER ELECTION. —All elections shall be ordered by the board of
trustees of each independent school district; and such order shall be made at least ten days before the date
of election; and a notice of the order shall be posted at three different places in the district. The board of
school trustees, at the time of ordering such election, shall appoint three persons to hold the election, and
shall designate the places where the polls shall be open: Each person appointed to hold such election shall
receive one dollar therefor, to be paid 'out of the general fund of the county as other claims are paid. All such
elections shall be held, and returns thereof made to the board of school trustees, in accordance with the
general election laws. The board of school trustees shall canvass such returns, declare the result of such
election, and issue certificates of election to the persons shown by such returns to be elected. (Acts 1905,
p..263; Acts 1915, p. 205)
TALLY LIST
OF A
Special Election
HELD ON THE
DAY OF 19
AT-
V
Election Precinct No. /
If
County, Texas
RETURN ONE COPY OF TALLY LIST TO COUNTY JUDGE (See Sec. 111, Election Code)
RETURN ONE COPY OF TALLY LIST TO COUNTY CLERK (See Sec. 111, Election Code)
RETURN ONE COPY OF TALLY LIST TO BALLOT BOX (See Sec. 114, Election Code)
PRESIDING JUDGE RETAINS ONE COPY (See Sec. 115, Election Code)
(See last page of Tally List for the Election Code Sections above referred to)
This Form is prescribed in accordance with The Texas Election Code.
Secretary of State
�'� Tally List (Rev. 1 -52)
TALLY LIST Tally thus I& in each Square
Na 10 20 30 40 50 60
O: Name of Names of Persons or Object
Office Voted On 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
- -_-DR. G. H. ALLEN
JIM W. AMOS
DALE BAKER
DR. MALI JEAN RAUCH BARRACO_
1
TOM E. BARTON
R. G. BECKEB
JACOB (JAKE) BERGOL4DFSKY— —'
DR. TED BIS -LAND --
W WILLIAM A. (BILL) BLAKLEY—
G. E. (ED) BLEWETT
LAWRENCE S. BOSWORTH, JR.— —
Z
JOYCE J. BRADSHAW —' —
o CHESTER D. BROOKS W. L. BURLISON -- —
{V RONALD J. BYERS '- -- -- --
JOSEPH M. CARTER
GEORGE A. DAVISSON '— —
MRS. WINNIE K. DERRICK —
HARRY R. DIEHT
W HARVILL O. (TENNESSEE) EATON —
ZREV. JONNIE MAE ECKMAN_- --
PAUL F. EIX
N _
O BEN H. FABER
DR. H. E. PANNING—
. -
- -- -
TALLY LIST Tally thus 7& in each Square
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SECTION 111: RETURNS OF ELECTIONS: When the ballots have all been counted, the managers of
the election in person shall make out triplicate returns of the same certified to be correct, and signed by
them officially, showing: First, the total number of votes polled at such box; second, the number polled for
each candidate; one of which returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be sealed up in an envelope �.
and delivered by one of the precinct judges to the county judge of the county; another of said returns,
together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be delivered by one of the managers of election to the county
clerk of the county to be kept by him in his office open to inspection by the public for twelve (12) months
from the day of the election; and the other of said returns shall be kept by the presiding officer of the
election for twelve (12) months from the day of the election. In ease of vacancy in the office of county
judge, or the absence, failure or inability of that officer to act, the election returns shall be delivered to the
county clerk of the county who shall safely keep the same in his office, and he, or the county judge, shall
deliver the same to the Commissioners' Court on the day appointed by law to open and compare the polls.
SECTION 114: BALLOTS AND COPY OF REPORT OF RETURNS DELIVERED TO COUNTY
CLERK; ANNOUNCEMENT. Immediately after counting votes by the managers of the election, the presid-
ing officer shall place all the ballots voted, together with one (1) poll tax list and one (1) tally list, into a
wooden or metallic box, and shall securely fasten the box with nails, screws, or locks, the key or keys shall
be delivered to the sheriff, as provided by law, and he shall immediately, in no case later than thirty -six
(36) hours after the closing of the polls deliver said box to the county clerk of his county whose duty it shall
be to keep the same securely. And it shall be unlawful for the county clerk or anyone else to burn or other-
wise destroy these ballots and records, or permit it to be done, except, where provided by law. Anyone
violating the provisions of this Section upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000). Also, the presiding judge shall deliver a copy of the report of the returns to said county clerk,
together with the ballot box, and the clerk shall immediately announce the returns of the election in the
precinct reporting, and shall post said returns on a bulletin board within his office. In event of any contest
growing out of election within six (6) months thereafter, the county clerk shall deliver said ballot box to
any competent officer having process therefor, for any tribunal or authority authorized by law to demand
such ballot box; provided that all questions arising at any election box shall be settled and determined by
the presiding officer and judges, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. If no contest arise out of the
election within six (6) months after the day of such election, said clerk shall destroy the contents of said
ballot box by burning the same.
SECTION 115: TO RETAIN POLL AND TALLY LISTS. The presiding officer shall retain in his
custody one return sheet, one poll list and one tally list of the election, and shall keep the same for six (6)
months after election, subject to the inspection of anyone interested in such election.
4
Election Code, Chapter 3, Sec. 15, which is applicable to small precincts having less than one hundred
voters in part provides: One of the judges who shall in all cases belong to the party that at the last general
election cast the largest vote for Governor throughout the state, shall be designated as the Presiding Judge
at elections; he shall appoint two competent and reputable qualified voters of different political parties if
practicable, to act as clerks of the election. The order appointing all judges shall be entered of record. The
presiding judge shall act in receiving and depositing the votes in the ballot boxes and the other judges shall
act in counting the votes cast. One clerk shall keep the poll list of qualified voters and upon the poll list he
shall write at the time of voting the name of each voter. The other clerk shall act as canvassing clerk and
shall keep the tally list of voters counted. Said officer shall perform such other duties as the Presiding
Judge may direct.
Election Code, Chapter 3, Sec. 16, which is applicable to precincts in which there are one hundred
voters or more in part provides: The presiding and one assistant judge shall act in receiving and depositing
the votes in the ballot box, the other two judges shall act in counting the votes cast. The presiding judge
shall appoint four competent and reputable clerks and as many other clerks as may be authorized by the
Commissioners' Court who have paid their poll tax or have secured their exemptions, and of different politi-
cal parties, when practicable; two of said clerks shall assist in keeping the poll lists and the list of qualified
voters; upon the poll list they shall write the name of each voter at the time voted and two clerks shall be
convassing clerks who shall keep tally lists of votes counted and perform such other duties as the presiding
judge may direct. At the close of the canvassing and during its progress, the tally clerks shall compare
their tally lists and certify officially to their correctness.
I HEREBY CERTIFY That the foregoing is a true and Correct Tally List kept by me
at the above Election and polling place, and that each of the foregoing named persons or
objects voted on received the number of votes set opposite his name, as above set forth, for
the office specified, or objects voted on.
Dated this— day of i , 19
Clerk who kept this Tally List.
TALLY LIST
OF THE
C' ' ELECTION
HELD ON THE
DAY OF 19/,j
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In Election Precinct No.
County, Texas
AS MANY AS 1280 TALLIES PER CANDIDATE
(Use as many lines or as few lines as necessary for each candidate or proposition. There are 160 tallies for
each single line or 320 for each double line.)
This Form is prescribed in accordance with the Texas Election Code.
(See last page of Tally List for the Election Code Sections applicable.)
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A1917 —Tally List (Rev. 1 -69)
The 9teck Co., Austin, Texas
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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the day of A. D. 19
Judge.
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A1691 —Lost Poll Tax Receipt or Exemption Certificate Affidavit (Rev. 4 -54)
THE STATE 'OF TEXAS 1
COUNTY OF )}
Election, held on day of
(Purpose)
19 , at
-- (Polling Place and Precinct -No.)
in Texas.
(County, City or District) ' -,_-
Before me, the undersigned election official, on this day personally appeared the undersigned who after
each being by me duly sworn upon oath' deposea and says that he or she is over twenty -one years of age and
resides at the address opposite his or her name and that he or she is a -duly 'qualified elector entitled to
vote at the 'above named polling place for the above named election, and that his or her poll tax receipt
or certificate of exemption has been'.duly issued to him or her and that said poll tax receipt or exemption
certificate has been lost, mislaid or left at home. (See Art. 5.02, 8.07 and 8.08, Texas Election Code.)
Name Address.
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ARTICLE 8.29: RETURN OF ELECTIONS: When the ballots have all been counted, the managers of
the election in person shall make out triplicate returns of the same certified to be correct, and signed by
them officially, showing: First, the total number of votes polled at such box; second, the number polled
for each candidate; one of which returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be sealed up in
an envelope and delivered by one of the precinct judges to the county judge of the county; another of
said returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be delivered by one of the managers of election
to the county clerk of the county to be kept by him in his office open to inspection by the public for twelve
(12) months from the day of the election; and the other of said returns shall be kept by the presiding
officer of the election for twelve (12) months from the day of the election. In case of vacancy in the office
of county judge, or the absence, failure or inability of that officer to act, the election returns shall be
delivered to the county clerk of the county who shall safely keep the same in his office, and he, or the
county judge, shall deliver the same to the Commissioners' Court on the day appointed by law to open and
compare the polls.
ARTICLE 8.32: BALLOTS AND COPY OF REPORT OF RETURNS DELIVERED TO COUNTY
CLERK; ANNOUNCEMENT. Immediately after counting votes by the managers of the election, the
presiding officer shall place all the ballots voted, together with one (1) poll tax list and one (1) tally
list, into a wooden or metallic box, and shall securely fasten the box with nails, screws, or locks, the key
or keys shall be delivered to the sheriff, as provided by law, and he shall immediately, in no case later
than thirty -six (36) hours after the closing of the polls deliver said box to the county clerk of his county
whose duty it shall be to keep the same securely. And it shall be unlawful for the county clerk or anyone
else to burn or otherwise destroy these ballots and records, or permit it to be done, except where provided
by law. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000). Also, the presiding judge shall deliver a copy of the report of the returns to
said county clerk, together with the ballot box, and the clerk shall immediately announce the returns of the
election in the precinct reporting, and shall post said returns on a bulletin board within his office. In
event of any contest growing out of election within six (6) months thereafter, the county clerk shall deliver
said ballot box to any competent officer having process therefor, for any tribunal or authority authorized
by law to demand such ballot box; provided that all questions arising at any election box shall be settled
and determined by the presiding officer and judges, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. If no contest
arise out of the election within six (6) months after the day of such election, said clerk shall destroy the con-
tents of said ballot box by burning the same.
ARTICLE 8.33: TO RETAIN POLL AND TALLY LISTS. The presiding officer shall retain in his
custody one return sheet, one poll list and one tally list of the election, and shall keep the same for
six (6) months after election, subject to the inspection of anyone interested in such election.
Election Code, Article 3.01, which is applicable to small precincts having less than one hundred
voters in part provides: One of the judges who shall in all cases belong to the. party that at the last
general election cast the largest vote for Governor throughout the state, shall be designated as the Pre-
siding Judge at elections; he shall appoint two competent and reputable qualified voters of different polit-
ical parties if practicable, to act as clerks of the election. The order appointing all judges shall be
entered of record. The presiding judge shall act in receiving and depositing the votes in the ballot boxes
and the other judges shall act in counting the votes cast. One clerk shall keep the poll list of qualified
voters and upon the poll list he shall write at the time of voting the name of each voter. The other clerk
shall act as canvassing clerk and shall keep the tally list of voters counted. Said officer shall perform
such other duties as the Presiding Judge may direct.
Election Code, Article 3.02, which is applicable to precincts in which there are one hundred
voters or more in part provides: The presiding and one assistant judge shall act in receiving and depositing
the votes in the ballot box, the other two judges shall actin counting the votes cast. The presiding judge
shall appoint four competent and reputable clerks and as many other clerks as may be authorized by the
Commissioners' Court who have paid their poll tax or have secured their exemptions, and of different
political parties, when practicable; two of said clerks shall assist in keeping the poll lists and the list
of qualified voters; upon the poll list they shall write the name of each voter at the time voted and two
clerks shall be canvassing clerks who shall keep tally lists of votes counted and perform such other duties
as the presiding judge may direct. At the close of the canvassing and during its progress, the tally
clerks shall compare their tally lists and certify officially to their correctness.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE WITHIN AND FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND COR-
RECT TALLY LIST KEPT BY ME FOR THE ABOVE DESCRIBED ELECTION.
- - - - ----- -- - -
Clerk who kept this Tally List.
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ELECTION
HELD ON THE
DAY OF
At , Election Precinct No.
., In County, Texas
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(See back of this Poll List for election code Articles applicable)
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of ________________ ________________________- ___ - -- I, the undersigned, one of the Clerks of the Election
heldon the ---- ------- - - - --- day of --------------------------------------------- - - - --- A. D. 19- - - - - - -- at --------------------------------------------------------
in Election Precinct No. ---------------------- of said County, do hereby certify that I kept the foregoing Poll List
at and for said election, and the same is correct.
Clerk of Election.
NOTE: In this set of supplies you will find three copies of a "Returns of Election" addressed to the proper
authority as provided in the laws governing this election. In addition, you will find three envelopes
to enclose one copy each of the returns, poll list, and tally list. These three envelopes are addressed
to the proper authority as provided in the laws governing this election.
A1916 ('Rev. 4.54) The Slack Co., Austin, Texas
POLL LIST OF A
Held at Precinct No.
---------------- day of --------
at-------------------------------------- I - ----- - - - - --
A. D. 19- - - - - -- with ---------- - ---- - --------
ELECTION s.
_----- -_ - - -- County, Texas on the
---------------- as Presiding Officer,
and------ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and -------------------- - -------------- - ---------------------------------- Judges,
and- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and ------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------ - ----
and---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and ------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----------------
Clerks of said Election, were severally 8wom as the law directs, previous to their entering upon the duties
of their respective offices.
Art. 8.11, Texas Election Code, in part provides that "each voter shall be allowed to take his own ballot
without the number being known or written down in any manner by the election judge." The numbers
on the poll list being only for the purpose of ascertaining the total number of voters that have voted.
NUMBERS AND NAMES OF VOTERS
No.
NAME
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108
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70
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77
96
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98
118
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102
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270
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271
232
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276
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277
238
278
239
279
240
280
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281
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243
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284
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285
246
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247
287
248
288
249
289
250
290
TEXAS ELECTION CODE
Art. 7.13, Texas Election Code: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The expense of all city and town elections ...,
shall be paid by the municipality in which same are held. In all such elections, the mayor, the city secretary,
and /or the governing body shall do and perform each act which in other elections are required to be done
and performed respectively by the county judge, the county clerk and the Commissioners' Court.
Art. 8.33, Texas Election Code: TO RETAIN POLL AND TALLY LISTS. The presiding officer shall
retain in his custody one return sheet, one poll list and one tally list of the election, and shall keep the same
for six (6) months after election, subject to the inspection of anyone interested in such election.
Art. 3.01, Texas Election Code, which is applicable to small precincts having less than one hundred
voters in part provides: One of the judges who shall in all cases belong to the party that at the last
general election cast the largest vote for Governor throughout the state, shall be designated as the Pre-
siding Judge at elections; he shall appoint two competent and reputable qualified voters of different polit-
ical parties if practicable, to act as clerks of the election. The order appointing all judges shall be
entered of record. The presiding judge shall act in receiving and depositing the votes in the ballot boxes
and the other judges shall act in counting the votes cast. One clerk shall keep the poll list of qualified
voters and upon the poll list he shall write at the time of voting the name of each voter. The other clerk
shall act as canvassing clerk and shall keep the tally list of voters counted. Said officer shall perform
such other duties as the Presiding Judge may direct.
Art. 3.02, Texas Election Code, which is applicable to precincts in which there are one hundred voters
or more in part provides: The presiding and one assistant judge shall act in receiving and depositing
the votes in the ballot box, the other two judges shall act in counting the votes cast. The presiding judge
shall appoint four competent and reputable clerks and as many other clerks as may be authorized by the
Commissioners' Court who have paid their poll tax or have secured their exemptions, and of different
political parties, when practicable; two of said clerks shall assist in keeping the poll lists and the list
of qualified voters; upon the poll list they shall write the name of each voter at the time voted and two
clerks shall be canvassing clerks who shall keep tally lists of votes counted and perform such other duties
as the presiding judge may direct. At the close of the canvassing and during its progress, the tally
clerks shall compare their tally lists and certify officially to their correctness.
Art. 8.29, Texas Election Code: RETURN OF ELECTIONS: When the ballots have all been counted,
the managers of the election in person shall make out triplicate returns of the same certified to be correct,
and signed by them officially, showing: First, the total number of votes polled at such box; second, the num-
ber polled for each candidate; one of which returns, together with poll lists and tally lists shall be sealed up in
an envelope and delivered by one of the precinct judges to the county judge of the county; another of
said returns, together with poll lists and tally lists, shall be delivered by one of the managers of election
to the county clerk of the county to be kept by him in his office open to inspection by the public for twelve
(12) months from the day of the election; and the other of said returns shall be kept by the presiding
officer of the election for twelve (12) months from the day of the election. In case of vacancy in the office
of county judge, or the absence, failure or inability of that officer to act, the election returns shall be
delivered to the county clerk of the county who shall safely keep the same in his office, and he, or the
county judge, shall deliver the same to the Commissioners' Court on the day appointed by law to open and
compare the polls.
Art. 8.32, Texas Election Code: BALLOTS AND COPY OF REPORT OF RETURNS DELIVERED
TO COUNTY CLERK; ANNOUNCEMENT. Immediately after counting votes by the managers of the
election, the presiding officer shall place all the ballots voted, together with one (1) poll tax list and one (1)
tally list, into a wooden or metallic box, and shall securely fasten the box with nails, screws, or locks, the key
or keys shall be delivered to the sheriff, as provided bylaw, and he shall immediately; in no case later
than thirty -six (36) hours after the closing of the polls deliver said box to the county clerk of his county
whose duty it shall be to keep the same securely. And it shall be unlawful for the county clerk or anyone
else to burn or otherwise destroy these ballots and records, or permit it to be done, except where provided
by law. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000). Also, the presiding judge shall deliver a copy of the report of the returns to
said county clerk, together with the ballot box, and the clerk shall immediately announce the returns of the
election in the precinct reporting, and shall post said returns on a bulletin board within his office. In
event of any contest growing out of election within six (6) months thereafter, the county clerk shall deliver
said ballot box to any competent officer having process therefor, for any tribunal or authority authorized
by -law to demand such ballot box; provided that all questions arising at any election box shall be settled
and determined by the presiding officer and judges, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. If no contest
arise out of the election within six (6) months after the day of such election, said clerk shall destroy the con-
tents of said ballot box by burning the same. r
Art. 2776, R.C.S.: BOARD SHALL ORDER ELECTION. —All elections shall be ordered by the board of
trustees of each independent school district; and such order shall be made at least ten days before the date
of election; and a notice of the order shall be posted at three different places in the district. The'board of
school trustees, at the time of ordering such election, shall appoint three persons to hold the election, and
shall designate the places where the polls shall be open: Each person appointed to hold such election shall
receive one dollar therefor, to be paid out of the general fund of the county as other claims are paid. All such
elections shall be held, and returns thereof made to the board of school trustees, in accordance with the
general election laws. The board of school trustees shall canvass such returns, declare the result of such
election, and issue certificates of election to the persons shown by such returns to be elected. (Acts 1905,
p. 263; Acts 1915, p. 205)