Ord 1680 2/8/1954 ORDINANCE NC. / 7 C �
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE SU EMISSION T10 THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THE QUEST[ON OF REPEAL OF THE FIRErEN'S
AND POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SERVICE LAW, AS THE SAME APPLIES TO THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS; PROVIDING FOR THE FORM OF BLLI,OT TO BE USED; SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
FOR THE }+TFCTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1h)18, passed and approved the 1st day
of December 1947, the City of Wichita Falls submitted to the people of said City
the desirability of adopting the Civil Service Law, and
WHEREAS, the 52nd Legislature authorized the resubmission of such
issue to the qualified voters of cities with a population of less than 70,000
inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census, and
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has heretofore adopted the
Civil Service Law as set out in Article 1269 m of the Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas, and the same has been in full effect in said City for a period of two years,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls according to the last preceding
Federal Census had a population of less than 70,000 inhabitants, and
WHEREAS, various interested persons have requested the submission
of the repeal of the provisions of the Civil Service Law to the popular vote in
said City;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ECARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That there shall be submitted to the qualified voters
of the City of Wichita. Falls, Texas, the question of the repeal of the provisions
of House Bill No. 34, the same being Article 1269m of the Revised Civil Statutes
of Texas, insofar as the same is effective in the City of Wichita Falls.
SECTION 2. That the question of the repeal of the provisions of
Article 1269m of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as applied to the City of
Wichita Falls shall be submitted at a special municipal election b be held on
the 16th day of March, A. D. 1954. Said election to be held at the regular
polling places in each of the election precincts of said City.
SECTION 3. The polls shall be open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and
the election shall be conducted by the election judges and other election officials
appointed by the Board of Aldermen for conducting elections in said City, and shall
be otherwise conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the State
of Texas. The ballots used in said election shall be in the following form:
"FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FIRE EN 1 S AND POLICFNI2, '6 CIVIL SERVICE LAW
AS APPLIED `10 THE CITY OF WICHITA FAT,TS UNDER AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE
1269m, AS AMENDED, OF THE REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS."
"AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE, 'I R.EliEM;'S LTD POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SERVICE LAW
AS APPLIED TO THE CITY OF SIC_ ITA FAITS UNDER AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE
1269m, AS AME DED, OF THE REVISED CIVIL STATUTES 02 MICAS."
"Strike out the provision you do not favor."
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be immediately published in the
Record Mews in Wichita Falls, Texas, which is designated as the official newspaper
for the City of Wichita Falls, and a copy of the same shall be posted at each
precinct thirty (30) days before said election, and the same shall be notice of
said election.
SECTION 6. The fact that it would be to the public benefit to hold
this election at the same time another election has been called on the issue of
Firemen's and Policemen's Minimum Wage Scale in the City of Wichita Falls, creates
an emergency and it is hereby declared that the foregoing ordinance is an emergency
measure on the zrounds of urgent public need and necessity, and this ordinance
shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Board
of Lldermen.
PASSED AND APPRG VED This 8th day of February, A. D. 1954.
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