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-3- shall be the absentee clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be sent for said School District. Absentee votes shall be delivered to the San Marcos Public Library at 12:00 noon on April 6, 1985. The Absentee Voting Canvassing Board shall consist of Presiding Judge Margie Villalpando and Alternate Judge Mary Ann Till. Absentee votes shall be counted at the central counting station. The special canvassing board shall perform in accordance with the provisions of Articles 7.15 and 5.05, Texas Election Code. SECTION 10. That an electronic voting system, as the term is defined in Article 7.15, Texas Election Code, shall be utilized in connection with said election. Said system shall be utilized for all absentee voting as well as for all precinct voting conducted on election day. Ample voting equipment shall be provided for absentee voting and in each of the various precincts on election day. The central counting station is established as the Conference Room, San Marcos, City Hall, 630 East Hopkins. The Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station shall be Dr. Wilbon Davis. The Alternate Judge and Counting Station Supervisor shall be Danny Dever. SECTION 11. That said election shall be held under the provisions of and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, and so far as may be applicable, in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 12. That a copy of this Ordinance signed by the Mayor of the City, attested by the City Secretary and approved by the City Attorney, shall serve as proper notice of said election. SECTION 13. That notice of said election including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be published in a newspaper published in San Marcos at least once between March 12, 1985, and March 26, 1985; shall be posted in each City election precinct in which said election is to be held on or before March 16, 1985 and shall be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before March 16, 1985. SECTION 14. That a copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to the presiding judge of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held, which copy shall serve as a writ of election, giving notice of said election, the location of the polling places and the hours during which the polls shall be kept open. SECTION 15. That a test of the automatic tabulating equipment shall be performed pursuant to Article 7.15-20(f) of the Texas Election Code prior to the start of the count of the ballots. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given at least 48 hours prior thereto by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which said equipment shall be used. A like test shall be performed at the conclusion of the count before the election returns are approved as official. SECTION 16. That the rate of compensation to be paid judges and clerks for services rendered during said joint general election by said City and the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District to be held on April 6, 1985 be, and the same is hereby, established at Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour. SECTION 17. That the additional compensation to be paid judges who deliver returns of said election is hereby established at Twenty-Five Dollars ($ 2 5 . 00 ) .