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ORD CC 08/30/49 - Election resultsTHE STATE OF-TEXAS COUNTY OF WALKER CITY OF HUNTSVILLE 0 ORDER DECLARING RESULTS OF ELECTION '.HEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, pursuant to a petition filed with the City Secretary of said city, did, by ordinance on August 429, 1949, order an elec- tion to be held on August 23, 1949 within the territory de- scribed in said petition and in said ordinance, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors residing in such terri- tory the question of whether such territory should become a part of such city; and, YHLREAS, said ordinance provided that ten (10) days notice of such election should be given by posting a copy of the ordinance, certified by the City Secretary, in three (3) public places in such territory, and by publishing the same for one (1) time in The Huntsville Item, a newspaper published in said city, and said notice of such election was given in the manner and for the length of tine required by law and the ordi- nance aforesaid, and said election was held on the 23rd day of August, 1949, with voting boxes established at Bryan Standley's Store, Lilco's Station and J. H. Beathard's ihashateria, as in said ordinance provided, the manner of holding said election be- ing governed by the Laws and Constitution of the State of Texas relating to such election; and, WHEREAS, only qualified electors residing in said ter- ritory were allowed to vote at said election, and the returns of said election were duly certified by the Judges and Clerks, and said returns were duly and legally canvassed by the city` Council, and at said election there were cast two hundred seven- ty nine (279) votes, with one hundred three (103) of said votes being cast at the election box at Bryan Standley's Gore, of which eighty one (81) votes were in favor of becoming a part of said city and twenty two (22) votes being against becoming a part of said city; with sixty six (66) of said votes being cast at the voting box at Lilco's Station, with sixty four (64) be- ing for becoming a part of said city and two (2) being against becoming a part of said city; and with one hundred ten (110) of said votes being cast at the election box at J. A. Beathard's Tashateria, with seventy one (71) votes being for becoming a part of said city and thirty nine (39) votes being against be- coming a part of said city, and of the total votes cast, two hundred sixteen (216) voted for becoming a part of said city and sixty three (63) voted against becoming a part of said city, with a majority of one hundred fifty three (153) voting for be- coming a part of said city: THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS: That said election was duly and legally held on the 23rd day of August, 1949, after a valid petition and ordinance providing for said election, and after due and legal notice of - 1- such election was given in the manner and for the length of time required by law, that at said election only qualified electors residing in said territory were permitted to vote, and that said election was had and conducted in accordance with the ordinance and the Laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, and that at said election two hundred seventy nine (279) legal votes were cast, with two hundred sixteen (216) treing for becoming a part of said city and sixty three (63) being against becoming a part of said city, and -riith a major- ity of one hundred fifty three (153) voting for becoming a part of said city. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED ATTTD ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEL CITY OF HUhTSVILLE, TEXAS, that the proposition, "shall such territory, described in said petition and in said election order, become a part of the City of Huntsville, Tex - es," carried by a majority of one hundred fifty three (153) votes, and that the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Tex- as is authorized and permitted by Senate Bill No. 324, Acts of the Fifty First Legislature of the State of Texas, at its regu- lar session, approved and effective Yay 14, 1949, by ordinance to receive such territory, fully described in said petition and election order, as a part of said city. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption by the City Council, and upon its approval by the Mayor of said City of Huntsville, Texas. The above and foregoing ordinance was adopted by unan- imous vote of the Council an appr ved by the Mayor in open coun- cil, this the I0 day of , 949. ATTEST: � L. - CITY SECRETA'Y 2 IND ,/1",4) MAYOR CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS