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. . . . . . ORDINANCE NO. ....5' 8 / AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD APRIL 26, 1960, FOR THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO ACCEPT OR RE- JECT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER OF SAID CITY FOR A CITY COMMISSION COMPOSED OF A MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING FOR DECLARING THE TWO (2) CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER RECEIVING THE FIRST AND SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF QUALIFIED VOTES AT THE REGULAR CITY ELECTION ON APRIL 26, 1960, TO BE DECLARED ELECTED FOR A TERM OF TWO (2) YEARSj PROVIDING THAT THE TWO (2) CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE THIRD AND FOURTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF QUALI- FIED VOTES AT THE SAID REGULAR CITY ELECTION ON APRIL 26, 1960, TO BE DECLARED ELECTED FOR A TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR: AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE EVENT OF A TIE IN THE FOURTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTESj PROVIDING THAT A MAYOR AND TWO (2) COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE ELECTED ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF APRIL, 1962, AND EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR THEREAFTERj PROVIDING THAT TWO (2) COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE ELECTED ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF APRIL, 1961, AND ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF APRIL IN EACH ODD-NUMBERED YEAR THEREAFTERj PRO- IVIDING THAT THE FOUR (4) POSITIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE NUMBERED ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3) AND FOUR I (4), AND THEREAFTER THAT THE CANDIDATES FOR CITY COMMISSION SHALL tj BE VOTED ON AND ELECTED SEPARATELY FOR POSITIONS ON SAID CITY COM- I i! MISSION AND THAT ALL CANDIDATES SHALL BE DESIGNATED ON THE OFFICIALi Ii BALLOT ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH POSITIONS TO WHICH THEY SEEKI t)ELECTION. I !i BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXA~, 'r i[ THAT: , Section 1. An election shall be held in and throughout the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, on the 26th day of April, ! 1960, at which election there shall be submitted to the resident I , iqualified electors of the City of La Porte, for their acceptance or rejection of the following amendment to the Horne Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, to-wit: AMENDMENT NO I Article II, Section 12, of the Horne Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, as amended, shall be amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: "Section 12. City Commission, Number, Selection, Term: i , " , , :i 'I 10 it " J! Ii I, ,/ Ii " !i Ii The members of the City Commission of the City of La Porte shall hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, except that two (2) Commissioners elected at the regular election