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OFFICIAL BALLOT SHALL A COMMISSION BE CHOSEN TO FRAME A NEW CHARTER? YES NO FOR THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS TO CONSTITUTE THE CHARTER COMMISSION (NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN IN NUMBER): I Any voter desiring to vote in favor of the proposition "Shall a commission be chosen to frame a new charter? tl shall scratch out the word IINo", thus leaving the word "Yes" as indicating his vote on the question. Any voter desiring to vote against such proposition shall scratch or mark out the word "Yes", thus leaving the word lINoll as indicating his vote on the question. In either event, voters will then vote for a charter commission of fifteen members. Voters desiring to vote for any person whose n&lie appears on the ballot may do so by leaving such name on the ballot unscratched and unmarked. Any voter desiring to vote against any of such persons shall do so by scratching or marking out the name or names of such other person or persons. Any voter may vote for any other person or persons by writing in the space provided on the ballot the name or names I of such other person or persons. No voter shall vote for more than fifteen members. Failure of a voter to name a charter commission shall not invalidate his vote on the question "Shall a commission be chosen to frame a new charter?'! * * * * * Section 6: That, should a majority of the qualified voters voting in said election vote in the affirmative to the question "Shall a commission be chosen to frame a new charter?lI, then, after the charter commission has completed its work, the charter so framed by said commission shall be submitted to the quali- fied voters of said city at an election to be called and held, as provided by law, to determine whether the charter so framed by the commission shall be adopted as the Home Rule charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. Section T: That notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be given by (a) publication of a notice containing a substantial copy of this ordinance in the San Marcos RECORD, which notice shall be published at least thirty full days prior to the 21st day of June, 1966, and (b) by posting of such notice at the City Hall and at a public place in each of the election precincts of the City not less than thirty full days prior to the 21st day of June, 1966. It is hereby found and determined that The San Marcos RECORD is a newspaper published in the City of San Marcos, and is a newspaper of general circulation within said city. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this the 13th day of May, 1966. c~~~~~/ , / I Mayor, City'of San Marcos, Texas ATTEST: