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r ~ • • ORDINANCE N0. 531 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD APRIL 22, 1958, FOR THE ELEC- TORS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO ACCEPT OR REJECT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER OF SAID CITY PROVIDING FOR A CITY COMMISSION COMPOSED OF A MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING FOR DECLARING THE TWO (2) CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER RECEIVING THE THIRD AND FOURTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF QUALIFIED VOTF AT A REGULAR CITY ELECTION ON APRIL 22, 1958, TO BE DECLARED ELECTED; PROVIDING THAT THE FOUR (4) POSITIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE NUMBERED ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (~) AND FOUR (4) AND THEREAFTER THAT THE CANDI- DATES FOR CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE VOTED ON AND ELECTED SEPARATELY FOR POSITION` ON SAID CITY COMMISSION AND THAT ALL CANDIDATES SHALL BE DE5IGNATED ON THE OFFI- CIAL BALLOT ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH POSITIONS TO WHICH THEY 5EEK ELEC- ~TION; PROVIDING THAT VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED BY APPOIN9 ~MENT OF THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND PROVID] THAT A CITY COMMISSIONER MAY BE APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR BY THE MAJORITI VOTE OF ALL OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORT E, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. An election shall be held in and throughout the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, on the 22d day of April, .1958, at which election there shall be submitted to the resident qualified electors of the City of La Porte, for their acceptance or rejection of the following amendments to the Home ,Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, to-wit: AMENDMENT N0. 1 Article I, Section 3, of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La ',Porte, Texas, shall be amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows; "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 manna 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 ers. 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 vest d 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 b~~ this Charter or if the manner be not prescribed then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance." •