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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCS NO. <br /> <br />888 <br /> <br />e. <br /> <br />AN ORDINAi~CE PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD OCTOBER 30, <br />1971, FOR THE ELECTORS, OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO <br />ACCEPT OR REJECT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER OF <br />SAID CITY; DESIGNATING AN ELECTION PRECINCT AND A POLLING <br />PLACE; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING <br />ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF <br />ABSENTEE VOTING; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF <br />SAID 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 /> <br />Section 1. An election shall be held within the corpo- <br /> <br />rate limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 30th day of <br />October, 1971, at which election there shall be submitted to <br /> <br />the resident qualified electors of the City of La Porte, for <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />their acceptance or rejection, the following amendment to the <br /> <br />Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, to-wit: <br /> <br />AMENDMENT NO. 1 <br /> <br />Artiple I, Section 10, 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. Extension and contraction of boundary <br />limits. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />liThe Commission shall have power by ordinance to <br />fix the boundary limits of the City and to provide <br />by ordinance for the extension of said boundary <br />limits, by the annexation of additional territory <br />lying adjacent to the City, the disannexation of <br />territory within the City and the,oexchange of <br />territory with other cities and towns, all with or <br />without the consent of the inhabitants in such <br />territory or the owners thereof; provided that the <br />foregoing powers shall be exercised by the Commis- <br />sion in a manner consistent with, and the Commission <br />shall comply with, the procedural rules, require- <br />ments and limitations prescribed by any law <br />applicable to cities operating under charters adopted <br />or amended pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the <br />Constitution of the State of Texas, otherwise known <br />as home rule cities, including Article 970a, Vernon's <br />Civil Statutes of Texas (Municipal Annexation Act) , <br />as amended." <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte <br /> <br />hereby designates and establishes all of the area encompassed <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, as one <br /> <br />election precinct for this election, and the City Hall of the <br />