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e e ORDINANCE NO. 97-2160-A paqe 10 February 17, 1997. The filing fee for each candidate for the office of Councilperson is hereby established as Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The filing fee for each candidate for the office of Mayor is hereby established as One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The filing fees shall be used to defray the cost of the election, and said fees shall be prorated and any surplus shall be refunded to said c=andidates. As an alternative to paying a filing fee, a candidate may obtain a place on the ballot by filing a petition as provided for in City of La Porte Home Rule Charter, Article 2.04 c.3. section 11. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, and the general election laws of the state of Texas governing general and municipal elections, so far as same may be applicable thereto. SectioD 12. Immediately after said election, the officers holding the same shall make and deliver the returns of the results thereof and the accompanying records for use in the official canvass to the City Council of the City of La Porte, and the City Council shall canvass said returns at the earliest practicable time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, dec~lare the results of the election. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the majority of votes has been polled for each respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected officials shall assume their duties within ten (10) days thereafter, Sundays, excluded, upon their taking the oath of office. section 13. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other