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• • 0 Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. Page 3 11-10-75 with the annual election held on April 6, 1974, and subsequent elections. The Civic Center building has much more space avail- able for an election, and has a paved, lighted, off-street park- ing lot. The Civic Center is located only a few blocks from the City Hall. The location of the City Hall is shown colored "brown" on the attached map, and the location of the Civic Center is shown colored "green." A copy of Ordinance No. 948, calling the regular annual election for 1973, at the City Hall, is enclosed for com- parison purposes. The new polling place has proven quite satis- factory in practice, and it is contemplated that future elections will continue to be held at the new Civic Center. (3) Annexation. The City of La Porte has conducted one annexation proceeding since November 1, 1972. On November 19, 1973, the City Commission of the City of La Porte passed and approved Ordinance No. 972, a copy of which is attached hereto. This Ordinance declared the intention of the City of La Porte to institute proceedings to annex certain territory described therein, and called a public hearing at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the public hearing was published in the local newspaper. The public hearing was held on December 10, 1973. The City of Shoreacres, a neighboring City to the South of the City of La Porte, instituted litigation against the City of La Porte, in what was essentially a territorial dispute, and a temporary injunction was issued by a State District Court against the City of La Porte annexing certain of the desired territory. Thereafter, on December 27, 1973, the City Commission of the City of La Porte passed a final annexation ordinance, being Ordinance No. 978, a copy of which is attached hereto, annexing a portion of the territory described in Ordinance No. 972. The territory actually annexed by Ordinance 978 is shown colored in "yellow" on the map enclosed herewith. Population gain to the City of La Porte as a result of this annexation is estimated at 54 persons. The territory annexed is sparsely populated, and it is believed that this annexation did not affect local voting patterns to any degree. (4) Disannexation. On October 22, 1975, the City Commission of the City of La Porte passed and approved Ordinance No. 1025, disannexing certain terri- tory from the City of La Porte. This territory is shown on the attached map, Tract 1 being colored in "orange" and Tract 2 being colored in "red." As is apparent from the map, Tract 2 merely