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,i ~ ~ .. ORDINANCE NO. 558 I; AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS TO INCLUDE ALL ,LANDS AND AREA WITHIfd CERTAIN LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF ~; LA PURTE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN SAID LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES, EXCLUDING SUCH LANDS OR AREA WHICH IT IS NOT WITHIN] THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA FORTE TO ANNEX;'; 'PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AFTER ITS INITIAL INTRODUCTION AND .PASSAGE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE SAII3 CITY; PROVIDING THAT ANY CITIZEN OF 'TIiE SAID CITY OR OF THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO COP]TEST '.'SUCH ANNEXATION AND BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; PROVIDING THAT THE IN- j~IIABITANTS OF THE TERRITORY HEREBY ANNE:~.ED SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE RIGHTS AND ;;PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS OF THE CITY Ur LA FORTE AND SHALL BE BOUND RY THE I ACT S, ORDINANCES, ETC., OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. ~+ WHEREAS, under and by virtue of Section 2, Article 1175, of the Revised: ~j ,Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, of 125, as amended, and Section 10 of the ,; ~liome Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, the said City is authorized and em- ~~~; I~;~powered to fix the boundary limits of said City, and to provide for the extension Hof said boundary limits and the annexation of additional territory lying adja- ';cent to said City, with or without the consent of the territory and the inhabi- tams annexed; and WIiEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte, after due and • determined that the territory within the hereinafter ''described 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 E "Porte, and should be annexed to said City: ~` NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY C0,~1[~SISSION OF TIIE CITY OF rcareful consideration, LA FORTE, TEXAS, THAT: is '; Section 1. r, The boundary limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, be en- 3 larged and extended, as hereinafter set out, so as to include within the boundary :,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 inhabi- ;tams annexed, to-wit: Beginning on the present City Limit line of the City of La Porte, at the intersection of the center line of West i~adison Street (formerly known as North D Street) and the West right-of-way line of North Second Street; Thence in a Northerly direction along the West right-of--way line of North Second Street to the point where the West right-of-way line of said North Second Street, extended in the same airection, intersects with North right-of-tray line of the T. G N. 0. Railroad (also known as the G. H. U S. A. Railroad?; Thence in a Northwesterly direction along the North right-of-way ! line of the said 'T. ~~ N. 0. Railroad to the point where the same `' intersects with the East boundary line of the To~an of Lomax, Texas;