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<br />'.-." <br /> <br />to",: .... <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />~" <br /> <br />... ' <br />! ; <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 821 <br /> <br />......... -.... <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD AUGUST 23, <br />1969, ,FOR THE, ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO <br />ACCEPT OR REJECT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER OF <br />SAID CITY; DESIGNATING AN ELECrION PRECINCT AND A POLLING <br />PLACE; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING <br />ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF ABSENTEE <br />VOTING; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID <br />ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY" THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, <br />, TEXAS, THAT: ' <br /> <br />Section 1. An election shall be "held within the corporate <br /> <br />limits of the, City, of La Porte, ,Texas, on the 23rd day of <br /> <br />......-'" <br />.' <br /> <br />A~gust, 1969," ,at which election there shall be submitted to <br />the resident qualified electors of the City of La Porte, ~or <br /> <br />'........._..;;.;....~ <br /> <br />their acceptance or rejection, ,the followi~g amendments to the <br />Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, ,Texas, to-wit: <br /> <br />AMENDMENT NO. 1 <br /> <br />Article I, ;Section'lO, ,of the Home Rule Charter of the <br /> <br />City of La Porte, as amended, shall be amended so that the <br /> <br />same ,shall hereafter read as follows: <br /> <br />"Section: "10. Exten'sion and contract'ion o'f boundary limits. <br /> <br />"The conunission shall have power by ordinance to fix the <br /> <br />boundary limits of the City of La Porte and to provide for the <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(e <br /> <br />extension of said boundary limits, and the annexation of addi- <br />tional territory lyi~g adjacent to the City, to provide for <br />the disannexation of territory 'within the City, and to provide <br />for the excha~ge of territory with other cities and town~, " <br /> <br />pursuant to and in accordance with the, present or hereinafter <br /> <br />adopted or amended general and special laws of this State <br /> <br />appLi,cable to, Home Rule Cities." <br /> <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2 <br /> <br />,..........-....." . <br /> <br />Article II, Section 12, ,of the Home Rule Charter of the <br />City of La Porte, as amended, ,shall be amended so that the <br />first'paragraph thereof shall hereafter read as follows: <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'''-., .,,' <br />