§ 10-1. Procedure generally.  


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  • All elections pertaining to municipal affairs shall be governed by the election laws of the state. In all city elections, the chairman of the city commission, city secretary and the city commission shall do and perform each act in such elections required to be done and performed respectively by the county judge, the county clerk and the commissioners' court. In all city elections the city commission shall order the election, give notice and appoint election officers to hold the election. In general elections for officers the notice or proclamation shall be issued and posted at the polling places not later than thirty (30) days before the first Tuesday in April of the year in which the election is to be held, and by publication of such notice once each week for four weeks in the official newspaper in the city, the date of the first publication being not less than thirty (30) full days prior to the date of the election.

(Ord. No. 0-69-5, § 1, 2-28-69)