Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-22

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tive TO nomination OF candidates
be added 10 the existing charter Of
the City Of Brownsville. Texas. and
be enacted and adopted as part
Of the charter OF said City Of
Brownsville, TO be known as Sec
ton 4-A Article W.
NOMINATIONS:
Subsection !: NOMINATION
BY PETITION: The mode OF
nomination of candidates for the
City Commission provided Tor By
TINS Charter shall be by petition.
The name OF any elector OF the
City shall be printed upon the bal
lot whenever a petition. as here
inaf<r prescribed, shall have been
filed III his behalf with the City
Secretary. Such a petition shall
be signed by not less than one
hundred nor more than five hun
dred electors. No elector shall
sign more than one petition for
the same office, and should an
elector do so, his signature shall
be void as TO the petition or petit
tons last filed.
Subsection 2: SIGNATURES
TO AND FORM OF NOMINATION
PAPERS: The signatures TO the
nomination petition need not all
be appended 10 one paper, but TO
each separate paper there shall be
attached an affidavit Of the cir
culato- thereof, stating the number
of signers Of such paper and that
each signature appended thereto
was made in his presence and Is
the genuine signature Of the per-
son whose name 1t purports TO be.
With each signature shall be stated
the place Of residence OF the sign
er, giving the street and number,
or other description sufficient to
identify the same.
The form Of the nomination Pc
tition shall be substantially as fol-
lows:
I'VE. the undersigned electors OF
the City Of Brownsville, hereby
nominate
whose residence Is
for the office Of
TO be voted at the election to be
held in the City Of Brownsville. or
the $500. day OF .......... l9....
and we individually certify that we
are qualified to vote for a candi-
date for the office named, and that
we have not signed any other
nomination petition for the same
office.
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Street 81 Number
THE STATE OF TEXAS)
COUNTY OF CAMERON
being duly
sworn. deposes and says that he Is
the circulator of the foregoing Pc
tition papers containing ........
signatures. and that the signatures
appended thereto were made in his
presence and are the signatures Of
the persons whose name they pur-
port TO be.
CSigned)
Sworn TO and subscribed before
this the ........... day Of
lS.......
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This petition. II found insuffi-
Gent BY the City Commission. shall
be returned to
at No. Street.
Subsection 8: FILING AND
VERIFICATION OF NOMINA-
TON PAPERS.-All nomination
papers comprising a petition shall
be assembled and filed with the
City Secretary as one instrument,
not earlier than ninety days nor
later than thirty days before the
election. Within five days after
the filing Of a nomination petition
the City Secretary shall notify the
person who filed such petition
whether OF not 1t IS found TO be
signed by the required number OF
qualified voters. II q petition 'be
found insufficient, the City Secre-
tary shall return 1t Immediately to
the person who filed II with the
statement certifying wherein the
petition Is found insufficient. With
in the regular time allowed for the
filing OF petitions such petition
may be amended and filed again
as a new petition. or a different
petition may be filed for the same
Any eligible person
in nomination as hereinbe-
fore provided shall have his name
printed on the ballots II within
five days after notification to him
by the City Secretary he shall have
filed with such Secretary a writ
ten acceptance of the nomination.
In no event shall such person or
group OF persons appear on the
ballots by national political party
designation. Nothing in this para
graph shall be construed to pro-
hibit candidates being grouped un-
der local designations. Any three
or more candidates. upon making
to the City Secretary.
shall have their names placed up
on the ballots grouped in a
separate and apart from
other candidates. All candidates
not making such application shall
be placed in n column, and any
disagreement a to position IN said
column shall be determined by lot.
The petition OF each person noni-
mated TO be a member OF the Com
mission shall be preserved by the
election authorities until the ex-
piration OF the term Of office for
which he has been elected.
Subsection a: REGULATIONS
OF ELECTIONS: The City Com
mission shall make all needful
rules and regulations. not incon-
with this Charter or the
general laws for the conduct Of
elections, for the prevention Of