Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-02

Of the charter OF said City OF
TO be known as Sec
ton 4-A Article v.
NOMINATIONS:
Subsection J.: NOMINATION
By PETITION: The mode OF
nomination OF candidates for the
ely Commission provided for b.
Inls 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
iraI<r prescribed, shall have been
nled in 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 ar
elector do so, his signature shall
De void as 10 the petition Or petit
tons last filed.
Subsection 2: SIGNATURES
TO AND FORM OF NOMINATION
PAPERS: The signatures 10 the
nomination petition need not all
be appended to one paper. but TO
each separate paper there shall be
attached an affidavit OF the cir
culator thereof, stating the number
OF signers OF such paper and that
each signature appended thereto
vas made in his presence and Is
the genuine signature Of the per-
son whose name IL purports 10 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-
We. 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
in the City OF Brownsville, on
the ...... day OF .......... H..
and We individually certify that We
are qualified TO vote for a candi-
for the office named. and that
we have not signed any other
nomination petition for the same
Name ........A........-...,,
space for signature)
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 10 be.
tSignedl ....................
Sworn TO and subscribed before
me this the ............ day Of
b..
CTitle)
This petition, If found insuffi-
BY the City Commission, shall
returned to
No. Street.
Subsection 8: FILING AND
.ERIFICATION OF NOMINA-
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
than thirty days before the
election. Within five days after
he filing Of a nomination petition
he City Secretary shall notify the
person who filed such petition
whether OF not it is found TO be
by the required number Of
qualified voters. If a petition be
found insufficient. the City Secre-
AIRY shall return it immediately to
he person who filed ii with the
statement certifying wherein the
petition is found insufficient. With
n the regular time allowed for the
fling Of petitions such petition
nay be amended and filed again
IS a new petition. or a different
petition may be filed for the same
candidate. Any eligible person
placed in nomination as hereinbe-
Tore provided shall have his name
Oh the ballots If within
i've days after notification TO him
the City Secretary he shall have
lied with such Secretary a writ
acceptance OF the nomination. /
In no event shall such person or
yroup OF persons appear on the
oallots by national political party
designation. Nothing in this para
graph shall be construed TO pro-
libit candidates being grouped I'M
Ter local designations. ANY three
D. more candidates, upon making
10 the City Secretary.
have their names placed up-
,n the ballots grouped in a
column, separate and apart from
)ther candidates. AL candidates
not making such application shall
placed in one column. and any
disagreement as to position in said
column shall be determined by lot.
The petition OF each person nomi-
hated to be a member Of the Com
mission shall be preserved by the
authorities until the ex-
.oiration OF the term Of office for
which he has been elected.
Subsection 4: REGULATIONS |
Of ELECTIONS: The City Com
mission shall make all needful
Jules and regulations, not incon-
with this Charter or the
laws for the conduct OF