All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th Tuesday prior to the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent
record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they
seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall
appear on the ballots in that order.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the 17th Tuesday prior to
any election at which City offices are to be filled by said election,
notify the general public of the opening filing date, the office or
offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the closing
filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125, RSMo. The notice shall be in writing,
shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by Section
115.125, RSMo., may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to the election, provided that
the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[Ord. No. 147-A §1, 12-12-2011]
A. The City of Hallsville is hereby divided into the following two (2)
wards:
1.
Ward One is described as: The dividing line beginning at a point
of intersection with Route OO and the east City limits thence running
west along the center line of Route OO to the intersection of Highway
124 and Route B. Then continuing west along center line of Highway
124 to the intersection of Bertie Avenue. Thence north along the center
line of Bertie Avenue to the intersection of North Street to the intersection
of Ricketts Road, thence west along the center line of Ricketts Road
to the intersection of Route U. Thence north along the center line
of Route U to the intersection of Route U and Route V. Thence north
along the center line of Route U to the north boundary of the City
limits. All area north of this line to the present city limits is
considered Ward One.
2.
Ward Two is described as: Beginning at the eastern boundary
of the Hallsville City limits at a point of intersection with Route
OO, thence running west along the center line of Route OO to the intersection
of Route B, and Highway 124, thence continuing west along the center
line of Highway 124 to its intersection of Bertie Avenue. Thence north
along the center line of Bertie Avenue to the intersection of North
Street. Thence west along the center line of North Street, to the
intersection of Ricketts Road. Thence west along the center line of
Ricketts Road to a point of intersection of the City limits West Boundary
of Lot F of a survey shown in Book 388, Page 315 of Boone County Records.
The area south of this line is described as Ward Two (South Ward)
to the southern City boundary.
B. A map of the City showing such ward boundaries is on file in the
office of the City Clerk and is made a part hereof by reference.