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• • -2- AMENDMENT N0. 2 Article II, Section 12, 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 12. City Commission, Number, Selection, Term: The members of 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 qua- lified. 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 (~1) Com- missioners and thereafter a Mayor and four (4) Commissioners shall be elected i on the fourth Tuesday in April, every two (2) years. At the first regular meet-~ I ing of the City Commission after the votes have been canvassed and the results of the regular City Election on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1958, have been de- clared, the two (2) candidates for the office of Commissioner receiving the thir I and fourth highest number of qualified votes at such election shall be declared elected and shall serve as Commissioners, upon qualifying as required by law. If, at the said election on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1958, there are less than four (4) candidates for the- office of City Commissioner, then after the re- sults of such election have been declared, the City Commission shall fill the vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be, by appointing a qualified voter or voters residing in the City and having the proper qualifications. Thereafter, in the election of the Commissioners, the four (4) candidates receiving the high est number of qualified votes shall be declared elected, and there shall be no run-off elections; in the election of a Mayor, the candidate receiving the high- est number of qualified votes shall be declared elected and there shall be no run-off elections. In the event the election of a Mayor or a Commissioner canno be determined because of a tie vote, the City Commission shall call a Special ! Election within thirty (3D) days to determine the winner between the candidates receiving such tie vote and the candidate receiving the highest number of quali- fied votes in such Special Election shall be declared elected. The four (4) pos - tions of the Commissioners on the City Commission shall be numbered One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4), and at the first regular meeting of the City Commis pion after the results of the regular City Election on the fourth Tuesday in ,