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cost of the election, and said fees shall be prorated and any <br />surplus shall be refunded to said candidates. As an alternative <br />to paying a filing fee, a candidate may obtain a place on the <br />ballot by filing a petition as provided for in City of La Porte <br />Home Rule Charter, 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 at the earliest practicable <br />time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, declare <br />the results of the election. The Mayor shall immediately <br />thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the majority of votes <br />has been polled for each respective office, a certificate of <br />election. Such elected officials shall assume their duties within <br />ten (10) days thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the <br />oath of 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 />10 <br />