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various precincts on election day. The central counting station is established as the Hays County Elections Administrator's office, 401-C Broadway, San Marcos, Texas. SECTION 13. The Hays County Elections Administrator will appoint the Early Voting Ballot Board, a Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station, a Tabulation Supervisor of the Central Counting Station, and a Central Counting Station Manager, and any and all assistants appointed by the Presiding Judge and Tabulation Supervisor shall be subject to the approval of the Hays County Elections Administrator. SECTION 14. The election will be held in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Marcos and the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 15. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 16. Notice of the election, including a Spanish translation thereof, will be published at least once in a newspaper published in San Marcos on or after October 7,2007 and on or before October16 2007, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before October 27, 2007. SECTION 17. A Writ of Election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before October 22, 2007 by the Hays County Election Administrator to the presiding and alternate judges of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held. SECTION 18. Testing of the automatic tabulating equipment will be performed and notice thereof will be given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code. SECTION 19. The rate of compensation to be paid judges, clerks, and assistants to the Central Counting Station Presiding Judge will be compensated at the rate of $7.00 per hour and Tabulation Supervisor will be compensated at the rate of $10.00 per hour. SECTION 20. The additional compensation to be paid judges who deliver returns of the election is established at $25.00. SECTION 21. If any portion of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 22. The importance of this Ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity, and the provisions of the Charter requiring that ordinances be presented at three separate meetings, and that ordinances do not take effect until ten days after the date of its final passage are suspended, and this Ordinance will take effect upon publication of notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. 5