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~ ,..: ,~: - .~ e ...-. .' . 197 ORDINANCE NO. tf~~ AN ORDINAN.CE FIXlNG'THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTEr TEXAS AND EN- LARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF. SAID CITY AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL TERRITORY LlING AD1ACENT TO SAID CITY WITHOUT THE. CONSENf OF THE TERRITORY AND THE INHABITANTS ANNEXEDj PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC1TlON OF THE ORDINANCE AFTER ITS INITIAL IN,TRODUGTION AND PASSAGE BY T.HE CITY COMMISSION OF S.AIDCITYiPROVIDING THAT ANY .CITIZEN OF'THE SAID CITY OR OF THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH ;ANNEXATlON AND 'BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD i . AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. .-........ ,..... . , ,"./' . WHEREAS,:under and by virtue of Section 2, Article 1175, of the Re- vised Civil Statutes of the State of Texast of 19251 as amendedt and Section 10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Portet the said City is autborized and empowered to fix the boundary limits of said City, and to provide for the extension of said boundary. limits and the'annexation of additional territory ly- ing adjacent to said City'1l with or witbout the consent of the territory and the inhabitants aD.D.exedj and IHEREASf th e C.ity Commi ssion of th e City of La Port e1' aft er du e and ". .. careful cOnsiderati~nt determined that the territory within the hereinafter de- scribed limitSl lyi~g adjacent to the City of La portet is adaptable to! and necessary fors the economical and municipal needs and growth of the City of La Porter and shoul~ be annexed to said City: NOW i THEREFOREt. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTEr TEXAS. THAT: . Section 1. Th,~ boundary limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, be enlarged and extended: asbereinafter set out, sO as to include within the bound ary limits of said City all that territory lying adjacent to said City within the following described limits~ without the c.nsent bf the territory and the inhabitants annex~ds to-wit: ,All the ter.ritory lying within the limits described as follows1' to-wi , , I Beginning a't a:.point on tbe present City limits of the City of La Porte at the intersection of the North bank of Little Cedar Creek and'Galv~ston.BaYi' . Thence in a No.rtbwesterly dIrection with the meanders of the North bank of Little Cedar Creek to the intersection of the Nortb bank of Little Geda,.!,' Creek. and the North right-of-way line of South IIOR Streetj' " . . Thence ina. We'sterly direction dong' the North right-of-way line of Sou.th 110" Street to. a point f(lor hundred (400) feet East of ~he E.ast right':'of-way line of the T&NO Railroad (also known as GH&SA R.ailroad) i' '. ' Thence1n a Southerly and Southeasterly direction along an iman- loary Ilne.patalleliBg and four hundred (400) feet distant East 9f the East right-of-way line of the said T&NO Railroad to a point where such imaginary line intersects with the North limit line .of tbe iricorporated,Town of Shoreacresf Harris County~ Texas; . .."..---....