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• ~3~ • ORDINANCE N0. ~~~ ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0, 494 INTRODUCED, APPROVED AND PASSED BY THE CITY COMMIISION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, ON ITS FIRST READING, ON THE 20TH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1956, FIXING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, AND ENLARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITT' AND ANNEXING ADDI- TIONAL TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO SAID CITY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE TERRI- TORY AND THE INHABITANTS ANNEXED; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AF- TER ITS INITIAL INTRODUCTION AND PASSAGE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING THAT ANY CITIZEN OF THE SAID CITY OR OF THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH ANNEXATION AND SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNIT TO BE HEARD; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. WHEREAS, under and by virtue of Section 2, Article 1175, of the Re t vised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, of 1925, as amended, and Section 10 of the Hame Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, the said City is authorized and empowered to fix the boundary limits of said City, and to provide for the extension of said boundary limits and the annexation of additional territory ly- ing adjacent to said City, with or without the consent of the territory and the inhabitants annexed; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte, after due an careful consideration, determined that the territory within the hereinafter des- cribed limits, lying adjacent to the City of La Porte, is adaptable to, and necessary for, the economical and municipal needs any: growth of the City of La Porte, and should be annexed to said City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Ordinance No. 494, introduced, approved and passed by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, upon its first reading, on the 20th ;day of March, A. D, 1956, shall hereafter read, and is hereby amended to read, jas follows, to-wit: Section 2. The boundary limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, be enlarged and extended, as hereinafter set out, so as to include within the boun- dary limits of said City all that territory lying adjacent to said City within the following described limits,without the consent of the territory and the inhabitants annexed, to-wit: All the territory lying within the limits described as follows, to-wit: