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. . """"'~ (~ ORDINANCE No 156. :f!=I/=I!=II=II#II=II=fI:IF!I=t'=lI=lF/J=IA~'# Section One: All elect1,ons shall be held as provided under the General Lans for Elections in Cities. At least Ten (10) days prior to the annual City election, and all Special elections that may be called, the Mayor shall appoint e Presidin8 Officer,which presiding officer shall appoint 2 Judges and 2 Clerks"'to assist him in holding such election. Such Presiding Officer and Judges shall have all the powers and duties of EIGction Officers under the General Laws; and shall receive for their com- pensation the sum of Two (2) ~ollars per day. Section Two: Of the Five Alderman to be elected at the first election of the City of La Porte under its City Charter, Two shall be elected for. a period of Two yearseach; and Three shall be clectQd , for a period of One year each, and the mode and manner of deciding ;' \1hich members shall hold'fol! the long term, and which for the short .J' i' term shall be as follows:- V At the first meeting of the City Council following the election at which time the vote for such election shall be canvassed, the names of the Vive Aldermen who shall have been declared elected .a shall be written on separate pieces of paper, and placed in a hat by ~ the City Secretary, and the Mayor elect shall draw from such hat two of such manes, and the Aldermen so named shall hold th"r office for a term of Two years; and the other Three Aldermen shall hold their office tor a term of One Year each; and in each succeed,ing year there shall bo elected Three Aldermen, and "Two Aldermon respec- tively as their term may expire, which Aldermen shall be elected for a term of Two Years each. 4t. Section Threethis Ordinance shall take effect from and atter its passage. Passod March 13th . } 'Af- .II l-;-' Attest Wilbur H. Smith, Secretary. A. N. Mc Kay, Mayor. - ORDINANCE No 157. 7?i/fHI=!l=if=lI=lM/=/Nl=I/://=/l1/=/#/=l:/Nf: I " ,/ ~I} v Of the City of La Porte, Texas, levying a tax of one quarter of One per cent, upon and against all taxable property in the City of La Porte, for the year 1916, for improvement purposes. BE IT ORDAINED: By the City Coun~il of the City of La Porte:- Section One: ~hat a tax of one-quarter of One per cent be, and the same is hereby levied and assessed upon and against all taxable property, both roal and personal, lying and being situated in the City of La Porte for the current year, begimning on the ~irst day ot January 1916, and ending on the Thirty-first day of December 1916, for improvemont purposes. Passed April 24th 1916. ,e Attest T. K. ~oreman, Cit,y Clerk. A. N. Me Kay, Mayor. t I '\ \ ..< ..