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 fifteenth Tuesday
prior to nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the eleventh 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 fifteenth 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.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF NEWTON
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Diamond, County
of Newton, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that I do hereby
declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, _____, and I
meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said office,
and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot
for said election for said office and state that I will serve as such
officer, if elected.
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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ____________,
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City Clerk
City of Diamond
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
of Newton County prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior
to any City election except as noted in Section 115.125.1, 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 written notice shall
be executed on behalf of the Board of Aldermen by the Mayor of the
Board and shall include the attestation of the City Clerk and shall
have affixed thereto the Seal of the City of Diamond. The notice and
any other information required by this Section 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 tenth (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.
[CC 1979 §§31.010—31.030]
A. The City
is hereby divided into two (2) wards as hereinafter delineated.
1. Ward Number One. All that portion of said City lying west
of the centerline of Main Street in the City of Diamond, also described
as the section line between Sections three (3) and four (4), and between
Sections nine (9) and ten (10), Township 26, Range 31, is hereby designated
as Ward Number One of this City.
2. Ward Number Two. All that portion of the said City of Diamond
lying east of the centerline of said Main Street, also described as
the section line between Sections three (3) and four (4), and between
Sections nine (9) and ten (10), Township 26, Range 31, is hereby designated
as Ward Number Two of this City.