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                                                          OFFICIAL RESULTS                                                           
                                                         CITY OF VELDA CITY                                                          
                                                     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI                                                      
                                                       TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1997                                                        
                                                                                                                                     
********* CITY OF VELDA CITY (1 POLLING PLACE) *********         ***** CITY OF VELDA CITY-WARD 1 (1 POLLING PLACE) ******            
          1 Registered Voters -                                            6 Registered Voters -                                     
          2 Ballots Cast -                                                 7 Ballots Cast -                                          
          3 Percent of Registered Voters                                   8 Percent of Registered Voters                            
MAYOR                                                            ALDERMAN-WARD 1                                                     
 1 TO BE ELECTED                                                  1 TO BE ELECTED                                                    
          4    LOTTIE MAE WILLIAMS                                         9    CAROLE A. MATHIS                                     
          5    ROBERT L. HENSLEY                                          10    ALTHEA MORRIS                                        
                                                                                                                                     
                                              1      2......3      4......5      6      7......8      9.....10                       
0596 NOR 9                                  556    208  37.41    123     79      .      .      .      .      .                       
0597 NOR 37,53                              449    228  50.78     83    141    449    228  50.78     92    113                       
TOTAL                                     1,005    436  43.38    206    220    449    228  50.78     92    113                       
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
***** CITY OF VELDA CITY-WARD 2 (1 POLLING PLACE) ******         ALDERMAN-WARD 2                                                     
          1 Registered Voters -                                   1 TO BE ELECTED                                                    
          2 Ballots Cast -                                                 4    JAMES A. BUCHANAN                                    
          3 Percent of Registered Voters                                   5    ORESTUS DISMUKE                                      
                                                                                                                                     
                                              1      2......3      4......5                                                          
0596 NOR 9                                  556    208  37.41    100     88                                                          
TOTAL                                       556    208  37.41    100     88                                                          
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
WE, THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, ACTING AS THE VERIFICATION BOARD PURSUANT TO                  
115.507,R.S.Mo 1978, HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT ABSTRACT OF VOTES CAST FOR THE CANDIDATES                 
AND OR PROPOSITIONS, AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, ON APRIL 1, 1997.                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                     
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WE HAVE HEREUNTO SET OUR HAND AT OUR OFFICE IN MAPLEWOOD, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI,                          
THIS 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 1997.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
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   VIVIAN G. SCHMIDT, CHAIRWOMAN       JOHN MOTEN JR., SECRETARY       PATRICK J. HICKEY, MEMBER       FRANCIS "BUD" BARNES III, MEMBER