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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />petition as provided for in City of La Porte Home Rule Charter, <br />Article 2.04 c.3. <br />Section 11. Said election shall be held in accordance with <br />the provisions of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, and <br />the general election laws of the State of Texas governing general <br />and municipal elections, so far as same may be applicable thereto. <br />section 12. Immediately after said election, the officers <br />holding the same shall make and deliver the returns of the results <br />thereof and the accompanying records for use in the official <br />canvass to the City Council of the City of La Porte, and the City <br />Council shall canvass said returns on May 24, 2004, and shall, <br />immediately after canvassing the returns, declare the results of <br />the election. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to <br />the candidate for whom the majority of votes has been polled for <br />each respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected <br />officials shall assume their duties within ten (10) days <br />thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the oath of <br />office. <br />section 13. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence <br />and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and <br />passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and <br />each said provision would have been separately passed without any <br />other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, <br />invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or <br />affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid <br />portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. <br /> <br />10 <br />