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145e -5- 4.05 Sec. 4.05. City health officer. . . . [changed from "Department of health and sanitation" ] 5.01 Sec. 5.01. Elections. The reg~ar city election shall be held annually on the first Saturday [changed from "Tuesday"] in April, . 5.02 Sec. 5102. Regulation of elections. I 5.03 Sec. 5.03. Filing for office. be governed by the Constitution of the state of Texas, :haws of the state this charter and ordinances of the Cit in the order this is a change in form only, the content remains the same] provided. . . Any ~ualified person who desires to become a candidate for election to a place on the city council shall file with the mayor at least thirty (30) days prior to the election day an application for his or her [added] name to appear on the b!ulot. Such application shall clear~y designate the place on the council to which the candidate seeks election and shall contain the 'candidate's sworn statement of compliance with the qualificationsforn61ding the office sought under the laws of Texas and the provisions of this 'chatter. lchange in form--not in content] 5.04 Sec. 5.04. The official ballot. . . . be held under the supervision of the city secretary, at which drawing each candidate of the candidate's Ichanged from "his] named representative shall ha~e a right to be present. Incumbent council members Ichanged from "councilmen"] seeking re-election must file for the place for which they were originally elected. 5.05 Sec. 5.05. Election by majority. I . . . a runoff election shall be held between the two (2) candidates who received the greatest number of votes for each place. Such runoff election shall be held on the fourth Saturday following the preceding regular or special election unless the fourth' Saturday is also the date of the state primary election , in which case the runoff election shall be held on the 'fifth Saturda followin the re ar election. this change requires elections to be on Saturday instead of Tuesday as they have in the past.] 5.06 Sec. 5.06. Laws governing city elections. This section is deleted entirely as it is already covered in Sec. 5.02. Sec. 5.06. Conducting and canvassing elections. Iformerly Sec. 5.07] . . . Returns of the elections, general and special, shall be presented to the city council on the first Monday lchanged from "Wednesday" to correspond with Saturday elections] next following said election at which time the council shall canvass and declare the results of such election.