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r di <br />PoItTE, Tox- <br />lip <br />the removal from streets, <br />property or places of all obs <br />trOft �&* <br />show cases and encroachments of" <br />upon any of said streets and iddevr#U <br />Section S. Street improvements. <br />The City of La Porte shall have ewtwv.P-d <br />and jurisdiction in, upon and over #n4 tilkilthit 1W., <br />• avenues, alleys and highways f <br />1W.111rayfik.0m, . <br />the improvement thereof of 0 the-#f,7,'4id <br />Paving, kelmVin-, <br />ing, or Otherwise. The provisions of Cha <br />ptei <br />Legislature, First Called Session,. 'A` <br />existing amendments and all <br />such Anidnom" <br />may be made, are expressly WOPW sad mge <br />a part -at 41g, charter. Such exclusive dominion, ,.cOnW,Jkn4 <br />upon, over and under the public a .'Juill <br />highways of the city -'hall also include bat not bi. Mi%Q <br />to, the right to regulates locates, relocate, renlove; or <br />the location of, all utility P!Pei, lines, w <br />'Section 9. Extending city Hmits.0 fires, or other props*. <br />Pon petitk" <br />Whenever a majority Of the qualified voters w%.Are cites <br />of the State Of Texas and Inhabitants of any t4rltery <br />joining the City Of La Porte, as' said teMtory-10ay be desfg, <br />nated by the commission or' in case -th <br />voters in said territory, then when persons <br />are no qualified <br />ersOnff Owning a majority <br />of the land in area. in sale d"tertitory desire the-.8ftnexatib, <br />Of such territory to the7,.City. of La Porte, they msy pregmt <br />a written petition to that effect to the commission and shall <br />attach to said Petition the affidavit of one or more of "r <br />number to the effect that said petition is signed by a mai6ray <br />-Of such qualified voters, or in case there' are no quallged <br />-voters in said territory and that the personp signi4g_ <br />petition own a majority of the land.in <br />area in said teL <br />and thereupon the commission at regular session held not <br />sooner than twenty (20) days after the Presentation of said, <br />Petition may by ordinance annex such territory to the Cy - <br />Of La Porte and thenceforth the said territory sbsll'b <br />of the City Of 1A Porte, and . e &-prt <br />the Inhabitants thereof shall <br />entitled ' to all the rights and privileges of other cititens and <br />shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and reguls. <br />tiOns of the said city. <br />Election 10. Extension and contraction of bolndary limits. <br />The Commission 81,411 have Power by ordinance to - fix the <br />boundary limits .of the City of, La Porte and to Pr6vide for %a <br />extension of said bPundary limits, and the anilexation of addl. <br />'tional territory lying adjacent. to the city, to Provide for the <br />disannexation of territory within the . city, <br />for the exchange of and to provid <br />territory with other cities and to*ss. <br />Pursuant to and in accordance with the . present or hereinafter <br />adopted or amended general and special lava of this sftt& <br />applicable to home 'rule cities. (As -amended, August 23, 1"0 <br />