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• i r~ ~~ ORDINANCE N0. ' ~'~ !AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORT E, TEXAS, AND EN- ''LARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITY AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL ;;TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO SAID CITY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE TERRITORY AND ~~THE INHABITANTS ANNEXED; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AFTER ITS ;.INITIAL INTRODUCTION AND PASSAGE BY THE GITY COMINISSION OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING ;'THAT ANY CITIZEN OF THE SAID CITY OR OF THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED SHALL HAVE :;THE RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH ANNEXATION AND BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; SAND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. WHEREAS, under and by virtue of Section 2, Article 1175, of the Re- vised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, of 1925, as amended, and Section 10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, the said City is authorized 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, with or without the consent of the territory and the inhabitants annexed; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte, after due and careful consideration, determined that the territory within the hereinafter de- scribed limits, lying adjacent to the City of La Porte, is adaptable to, and necessary for, the economical and municipal needs and growth of the City of La Porte, and should be annexed to said City: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The boundary limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, be en- • larged and extended, as hereinafter set out, so as to include within the boun- dary limits of said City all that territory lying adjacent to said City within the following described limits, without the consent of the territory and the in- habitants annexed, to-wit: All the territory lying within the limits described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the point where the South right-of-way line of South "J" Street intersects with the West right-of-way line of the TGNO Railroad (also known as GHvSA Railroad), such point being on the present City Limits of the City of La Porte; Thence in a Westerly direction along the South right-of-way line of the said South "J" Street to the point which is due South of the point on the South right-of-way line of Spencer Highway located five hundred (5G0) feet West from the intersection of the South right-of-way line of Spencer Highway ,and tt~e East right- of-way line of Underu~ood Road projected Southerly; -'~'1