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RESOLUT ION
Lubbock, Texas
April 9, 1948.
The pity Commission of the pity of Lubbock, Texas, met at 1:00
otclock P.M. in Special Session, at the "ity Hall in the pity of
Lubbock, with the following members being present, to -wit:
Mayor C A Be stwic k
Commissioner J Ray Dickey
Commissioner John Spikes
Absent: Commissioners W B Price and F H Childress
'Vpbn otiDn ifity cCommis si one r Dickey. seconded by Commissioner
Spikes, and carried unanimously, that the returns of the
General Election for the election of Mayor and two Commissioners,
held April 6, 1948, be opened and canvassed and results thereof
declared therefrom, and said returns having been duly canvassed
it was found that the votes for -the various candidates were as fol-
lows..
Candidates for Mayor:
C.A. Bestwick, Total Number of votes for Mayor: 1751
W.H. Rodgers, Total Number of votes for llliayor: 2151
E.K. Huf stedle r, Jr., for Commissioner No. '2 (unopposed) ,
Total Number of votes: 1 3797
Clarence K.Whiteside, for Commissioner No. 4 (unopposed),
Total nufter of votes: 3811
And it further appearing that said election was duly held
as provided by law, and that to.H. Rodgers received a majority of
400 votes for the office of iNayor, and that L.K. Hufstedler, Jr.,
received '37 9? votes, majority, for Commissioner No. 2, and
Clarence K. Whiteside, received 3811 votes, majority, for Commissio
No. 4 , and that each of said persons was duly elected ,-Uy the
quaFit, ified fvbters'. of. the City of Lubbock, it is therefore found
and declared by the Commission that W.H. Rodgers was duly elected
Mayor and E.K. Huf stedler, Jr., duly elected 'ommissioner No. 2,
and Clarence K. Whiteside, duly elected Commissioner No. 4, of the
City of Lubbock, at said election held April 6, 1948.
Passed and approved this the 9th day of Aril 194 .
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