HomeMy WebLinkAbout0147_0019k';T ORDINkNCL SPECIFYING WHAT OFFICERS SHALL CONSTITUTE
THE MUNICIPAL GOV3TtMM?TT OF THE CITY OF GEORG1,TOWN9 AND
PROVIDING TIV, TIME AND WXTER OF THEIR RLECTION9 THE LENGTHS
OF THEIR TERMS OF OFFICB.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown thats
Section 1. The municipal government of the City of George-
town, Texas, shall consist of the City Council, composed of a
Mayor and five aldermen, a majority of whom shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, except at called meet-
ings or meetings for the imposition of taxes, when two-thirds
of a full board shall be required. The other officers of the
corporation shall be a Treasurer, an Assessor and Collector,
a Secretary, a City Attorney, and a Marshal, and such Marshal
shall also be ex -officio Street Commissioner, and such other
officers and agents as the City Gouneil may from time to time
direct. The above named officers shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the City, as hereinafter provided for,
and shall hold their offices for two years and until the elec-
tion and qualification of their successors.
Section 2. An election shall be held in this City on the
first Tuesday in April next after the passage of this ordinance,
to -wit; On the first Tuesday in April, 1907# and annually there-
after at such place in such City as the City Council may directp
and of which thirty days notice shall be given by publication
in some newspaper published in this City, such notice to be
signed by the Mayor and attested by the Secretary. Said election
shall be ordered by the City Council, but -in case of their
failure to order +same, then the Mayor may make such order.
Such order and notice shall specify the officers to be elected
at each election. The officers to hold said election shall be
appointed and said election shall be held in accordance with
the general law of this State governing municipal elections.
Such notice shall also give the name of the presiding officers
of said election and shall specify the place where the same
is to be held. The officers holding such election shall re-
ceive the same compensation as is or may be provided by the
general election lays of this State.
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