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17/P . -5- SECTION 13, All early votes and other votes to be proces~ed in accordance with early voting procedures pursuant to the Texas Electio~ Code shall be delivered to the Early Voting Ballot Board at City Hall Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins Street in the City in accordance with the Election Code, Early votes shall be counted at the central counting station, The Early Voting Ballot Bpard shall perform in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code, SECTION 14, That an electronic voting system, as the term is defined in the Texas Election Code, shall be utilized in connection with the election, This system shall be utilized for all early voting as well as for all precinct voting conducted on election day. Ramona Brown is hereby appointed as programmer, and she shall prepare a program for the automatic tabulating equipment. Ample voting equipment shall be provided for early voting and in each of the various precincts on election day, The central counting station is established as the office of the Legal Department, San Marcos City Hall, 630 East Hopkins, SECTION 15. That the City Council of the City shall, by resolution, 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 Tabulation Supervisor shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. . SECTION 16. That the election shall be held under, and in accordance with the provisions of, the Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, and in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, SECTION 17, 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 the election. SECTION 18, That notice of the election including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in San Marcos on or after April 6, 1995 and on or before April 26, 1995, and shall be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before April 17, 1995'. SECTION 19, That a copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered on or before March 27, 1995 to the presiding judge of each election precinct in which the, election is ordered to be held, which copy shall serve as a notice or writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code. SECTION 20. That testing of the automatic tabulating equipment shall be performed and notice thereof shall be given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code. SECTION 21, That the rate of compensation to be paid judges, clerks, and assistants to the Tabulation Supervisor for services rendered during the joint general and special election by the City and the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District to be held on May 6, 1995 is hereby established at Six Dollars ($6,00) per hour. SECTION 22, That the additional compensation to be paid judges who deliver returns of the election is hereby established at Twenty-Five Dollars ($25,00). SECTION 23. That 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 24, That the importance of this Ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity so that the provisions of the charter requiring that ordinances shall be presented at three separate meetings and that no ordinance shall become effe~ive until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage