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~J -2- ~ J ~J • • AMENDMENT N0. 1 Article I, Section 3, of the Hame Rule Charter of the City of La Porte Texas, shall be amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: j "Section 3. Form of Government: The governing body of the City of La Porte shall be a Commission composed of the Mayor and four (4) Commissioners, to be known as the City Commission of the City of La Porte. The members of the City Commission shall be elected from the City of La Porte at large in the manne prescribed elsewhere in this Charter. As hereinafter used in the Charter, the words City Commission shall be construed to mean a Mayor and four (4) Commission rs. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in the elected City Commission, which shall enact local legislation, adopt bud- gets, determine policies and execute the laws and administer the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by ~ithis Charter or if the manner be not prescribed then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance." AMENDMENT ND. 2 Article II, Section 12, of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Por e, Texas, shall be amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: "Section 12. City Commission, Number, Selection, Term: The members o~ the City Commission of the City of La Porte shall hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and until their successors have been elected and duly qualifie . After the regular City Election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in .April, 1958, the City Commission shall be composed of a Mayor and four (4) Com- '~~missioners and thereafter a Mayor and four (4) Commissioners shall be elected on the fourth Tuesday in April, every two (2) years. At the first regular meeting Hof the City Commission after the votes have been canvassed and the results of th regular City Election on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1958, have been declared, the two (2) candidates for the office of Commissioner receiving the third and lfourth highest number of qualified votes at such election shall be declared elec ~ted and shall serve as Commissioners, upon qualifying as required by law. If, a the said election on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1958, there are less than four ~~ ,~