RE 04-12-65.1 041265.1
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 of
Coppell, on April 8, 1985, for the purpose of electing a Mayor
and five (5) City Councilmen to serve for terms commencing
April, 1965, 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 Vol.
page - 287 of the Minutes of the City Council an~ is hereb~
referred to ana made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, immediately after said election the presiding
Judge and other officers holding said election made their returns
Of the results thereof to the City Council as follows, to-wit:
Said returns being made according to law, and duly
authenticated, and it being shown that written notices 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 Coppe11, 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 Mayor, to-wit:
NAME NO. OF VOTES
W. T. Cozby 18~
Rufus L. McDowell 15~
That the following number of votes were cast for the
following named candidates for the office of City Councilmen,
to-wit:
NAME NO. OF VOTES
Thomas C. Sisk 190
Wheelice H. Wilson 183
Ross Riney
James H. Rutherford 162
Edgar Hughes 1~
C. T. Waters ... 171
Cecil Dobecka 180
Bill Harwell 210
C. E. Chapman 161
It appearing that W.T.C.~h received
the largest number of votes for the office of Mayor and he is
hereby declared elected to the office of Mayor of the City of
Coppell, Texas, to serve, after qualifying for the term
commencing April, 1965.
It further appearing that Tham~ a: g~k ,
~:~eelice Wilsen , c-T~w~rm ,
Cecil Dobecka and R~ 11 w~l ~
received ~he largest number of votes for the office of City
Councilmen, and they are hereby declared to be elected t.Q the
office, and to serve after qualifying for the term commencing
April, 1965.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this canvass and the declara-
tion of the results of said election be entered in the minutes
of the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, and that
said officers, after they have qualified and taken their oaths,
shall serve during the term commencing April, 1985, and there-
after until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
That this Resolution declaring the results of the
election called on April 8, 1965, shall become effective im-
mediately after its passage.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppe11, Texas,
on this the ~ day of April, 1965.
ATTEST:
City ~cretary