RE 04-07-72.1
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNT Y OF DALLAS
CITY OF COPPELL
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
OF AN ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS
APRIL 1, 1972
BE IT REMEMBERED THAT on this the
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day of April,
1972, at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas,
a quorum being present, the meeting was called to order and the
following business was transacted.
Upon motion of Councilman
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and seconded
by Councilman W~
, it was unanimously ordered
that the City Council consider the official returns of an election
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held in the City on the above mentioned date, for the election of three
City Councilmen for a two year term.
WHEREUPON said official returns were opened, examined,
canvassed and the results declared as follows:
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
WHEREAS, heretofore, the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texas, called an election to be held in the City on April 1, 1972, for
the purpose of electing three City Councilmen for two year terms,
commencing April, 1972, and caused notice thereof to be posted in
the manner and for the time provided for by law, which Order, together
with the Notice issued thereon, is recorded in the minutes of the City
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Council and is hereby referred to and made a part hereof for all
purposes, and,
WHEREAS, immediately after said election the Presiding Judge
and other officials holding said election made their returns of the
results thereof to the City Council as follows, and said returns
being made according to law, and duly authenticated, and it being
shown that written notice of said election was posted for the time
and in the manner provided by law and all other proceedings pertaining
to said election having been shown to have been done and performed
at and within the time and in the manner provided by law, and all
papers pertaining thereto having been returned and filed with the
City Council and no protest or objection being made to or regarding
any matter pertaining to said election:
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the City Council of
the City of Coppell, Texas, after examining said returns and
opening and canvassing the votes of said election, that the results of
said election are as follows:
That the following number of votes were cast for the following
named candidates for the office of City Councilman or Councilwoman
for a two year term, to wit:
NAME
NO. OF VOTES
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Donald J. Carter
Bobby E. Hefner
Melanie Nan Woolery
Michael B. Miller
Joseph C. Thweatt
Louie C. Bailey, Jr.
Samuel Lee Tiner
It appearing that ~d.Pd,~. (!~)
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received the largest number of votes for the office of City Councilman /
Councilwoman, for a two year term, and they are hereby declared to
be elected to the office to serve after qualifying for the term commencing
April, 1972.
IT IS, FURTHER, ORDERED that this canvass and declaration
of results of said election be entered in the minutes of the City
Council and that said officers, after they have qualified and taken
their oaths, shall during the term commencing April, 1972, and
thereafter until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
That this Resolution declaring the results of the election
called for April l, 1972, shall become effective immediately after
its passage.
DUL Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texas, this the
'7
day of April, 1972.
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ATTEST:
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Secretary
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