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• LAW OFFICES KNOX W. ASKINS 122 S. BROADWAY P. O. BOX 1218 LA PO RTE,TEXAS 77S71 GREENFIELD 1-1886 July 9, 1968 Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners City of La Porte La Porte, Texas 77571 Re: Section 10, Home'Rule*Charter, City of La Porte Hon. Mayor, Mrs. Compton, and Gentlemen: Section 10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte now reads as follows, to -wit: "Section 10--Extending Limits by Action 'of' 'the "Commiss'i'on "The Commission shall have power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City of La Porte and to provide for the extension of said boundary limits and the'annexation of addition- al territory lying adjacent to said city, with or without the consent of the territory and inhabitants annexed. Upon the introduction of such an ordinance in the'Commission, it shall be published in the official newspaper as adopted by the Com- mission in the City of La Porte one time, and shall not there- after be finally acted upon until at least thirty 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 said annexation by filing with the Commission 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, said ordinance in original or amended form, as said Commission in its judgment may determine, shall be finally passed, and the territory .so annexed shall be a part of the City of La Porte and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of other citi- zens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of said city." Article 1175, Revised Civil Statutes, which enumerates the powers of home rule cities, read, prior to amendment in 1963, in subdivision 2 thereof, as follows: