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catrmot be determd.ned because of a tie vote, the City Commiss3oa~ sha].1 call a Special Election within thirty (30) days to determine the ginner between the candhdates receiving such tie vote ar~d the candidate receiving the highest number of qualified votes in such Special Electi on shall be declared elected. The four (~) positions of the Commissioners on the City CaQaani.ssion shall be numbered One (1), Two (2), Three (3), aa~d Four (!~), oral at the firer regular meeting of the City Commission after the results of the regular City Election on the fourth Tuesday in April, 1958, have been dec].ared~ the Four (!4) Co®m- issioners elected or appointed, as the case may bed shall determine by lot the number of the position of each Ccxnmi.ssioner. In all subsequent elections all candidates for Gity Commissioner shall be voted on and elected separate],y for positions on sa. d City Camnission aid all candidates shall be designated on the affi.cial ballot according to the number of such positions to which they seek election." AI~I~TT No. 3 Article II, Section 15, of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La- Porte, Texas, shall be amended so that the saaoe shall hereafter read as folloa+rs: "Section 15. Vacancies in City Commission: A v aaancy in the office of City Commissioner shall be filled by a qualified voter residing in the City and having the proper qualifications, appointed by a majority vote of the remain- ing members of the Commission. A vacancy i.n the office of the Mayor shall be filled by a qualified voter residing in the City and having the proper quali- fications, appointed by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Comm- ission, provided that a City Commissioner may be appointed to the office of Mayyor by the majority vote of all the other Commissioners. ~lihen vacancies occux so that there is less than a majority remaining on the City Commission, then a Special Election shall be called bT the remaining members of the City Commission withia forty-five (lu) days oral all vacancies filled in the same manner as herein provided for General El.ect~.ons; provided, hoRever, if such vacancies occur within ninety (90) days of a Ge~ral ESection, then no Special Election shall be called." Section 2: That the Mayor Pro-tem of the City of La Porte be author- ized and instructed to publish a Dopy of this Resolution in the La Porte Liberal, the official newspaper of the City of La Porte, as notice of the intention of the City Ccwanission to submit said Amendments, aril the wane when marked "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SU'BMCT CHAF.TER AMENDMQ+ITS", signeei by the Mayer Pro-te~m of the City of La Porte and attested by the City.. Clerk, and published as aforesaid, is to be due notice thereof. Section 3: That said notice s hall be published in the La Porte Liberal, the official newspaper as aforesaid, for not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the proposed ordinance is to be passed. APPROVED AN1~1 ADOPTE©, THIS TF~ Ltth day of February, 1~. D. 1958 / er, aY o- em o e City of La Po e, ATTEST : ~.--- ~, Cc L ciC /c e C y r o i y r e, eras