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• -3- Section 3. From and after the passage of this ordinance, the inhabi- ',tants of the territory hereby annexed shall be entitled to all the rights and ;privileges of other citizens of the City of La Porte and shall be bound by the E '..acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the said City of La Porte. E ? Section 4. upon the introduction of this ordinance in the City Commis= sion of the City of La Porte, Texas, it shall be published in the official news- . ;paper as adopted by the said City Commission in the City of La Porte one (1) a gtime, and it shall not thereafter be finally acted upon until at least thirty ;(30) days have elapsed after the first notification thereof. Any citizen of the ,City of La Porte or of the territory to be annexed shall have the right to contest 'such annexation by filing with the City Commission of the City of La Porte a written petition setting out the reasons for said contest, and after such citizen !or citizens shall have been given an opportunity to be heard, this ordinance, in its original or amended form, as the said City Commission in its judgment may a 1 determine, may be finally passed. i r Section 5. Should any section or part of this ordinance be held uncon- .t • • stitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality, or invali-! dity of such section or part shall in nowise affect, impair or invalidate the c .remaining portions thereof, but as to such remaining portions the same shall be ,'.and remain in full force and effect; and should this ordinance for any reason be ~~ `ineffective as to any part of the area hereby annexed to the City of La Porte or as to any part of the area hereby declared and ordained to be within the City Limits of the City of La Porte, such ineffectiveness of this ordinance as to any y such part or parts of any such area shall not affect the effectiveness of this ordinance as to all of the remainder of such area, and the City Commission here- by declares it to be its purpose to annex to the City of La Porte every part of i the area described in Section 1 of this ordinance regardless of i~hether any other; a particular part or parts of the land so described in Section 1 hereof, is or are effectively annexed to the City of La Porte. Section b. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after it has been published and finally passed by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, in accordance with the provision of Section ~ of this ordinance. F