This Charter shall be submitted to the qualified voters, for adoption or rejection, on Tuesday, the 8th day of May, A. D. 1923, at which election if a majority of the qualified voters voting in such election shall vote in favor of the adoption of this Charter, it shall thereupon become the Charter of the City of Burkburnett, Texas, until amended or repealed.
It being impracticable to segregate each subject so that the voter may vote "yes" or "no" on the same, it is hereby prescribed that the form of ballot for use in such election shall be as follows, to-wit:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
City Election
QUESTION: SHALL THE CHARTER FRAMED BY THE
CHARTER COMMISSION BE ADOPTED?
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FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER
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AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER
The present Mayor and City Council of the City of Burkburnett shall call said election and the same shall be conducted and returns made, and results declared, as provided by the laws of the State of Texas governing municipal elections, and in case a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of the adoption of this Charter, then an official order shall be entered upon the records of said city, by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Burkburnett, declaring the same adopted, and the City Secretary shall record, at length, upon the records of the city, in a separate book to be kept in his office for such purpose, this Charter is adopted, and said Secretary shall furnish to the Mayor a copy of this Charter, so adopted and authenticated by his signature and the seal of the city, which copy of the Charter shall be forwarded by the Mayor of the City of Burkburnett to the Secretary of State, and shall show the approval of this Charter by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the City of Burkburnett.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. WALLACE MARTIN, Chairman
GLENN R. KINCAID
AUGUST LOHOEFENER
JNO. E. HAYNES
A. R. THOMAS
F. COVINGTON
R. E. FISHER
E. J. WOODWARD
J. D. MAJORS
J. S. MILLS
W. R. HILL
W. D. UTTS
C. O. WALLING
L. J. DICKSON, Secretary