The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-20

| j.. I. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
| (Signed.)
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and Presiden,
of the Senate.
Approved, July sth, A. ID. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN L. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
House Rill No. 1913.
AN ACT.
Joint observation-disclosures an
amendment to Article $50 of the
Constitution of the State of LOUISE
ana.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, Two-thirds of all members
elected to each House eopnurripp.
That Article 2a0 Of tt> Constitution
OF the State 1f Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows
Article $50. The following shall
be exempt from taxation, and no 9TH
er, viz: All public property, places of
religious worship, or burial, the rec
tories and parsonages of churches
and grounds thereunto appurtenant,
used exclusively as residences for the
ministers in charge of such churches.
all charitable institutions, all build
ings and property used exclusively for
public monuments or historical col
iections, colleges and other school
purposes, the real and personal estate
OF any public library, and that of any
other library association used by or
connected with such library, all books |
and philosophical apparatus, and all
paintings and statuary of any COM
pany or association, kept in a public
hall; provided, the property SO ex-
'mpted be not leased for purposes of |
private or corporate profit or income.
There shall also be exempt from taxa
ion household property to the value
IT five hundred dollars. There shall
'lso be exempt from parochial and
taxation for period of ten
ears from the first day of January.
900, the capital, machinery and 9th
r property employed in mining op-
rations, and in the manufacture of
extile fabrics, yarns, rope, cordage,
Gather, shoes, harness, saddIery. hats.
iothlng, flour, machinery. articles of
IN, copper and sheet iron, agricultur-
implements, and furniture and 9th
articles of wood, marble or stone:
pap, stationery, ink and paper. boat
uiiding, and fertilizers and chemi-
ais; provided that not less than five
ands are employed in any one fac
Try; provided, that nothing herein
ontained shall affect the exemptions ,
rovided for by existing Constitutions q
provisions. There shall also be ex- '
npt from taxation for a period of I
n years from the date of it's COM I
elton any railroad or parts of such Z
liroad that may hereafter be con-
racted and completed prior to JAN .
Try LIST, 1904; provided, that when I
d has heretofore been voted by any I
irish, ward, or municipality to any L
iiroad not yet constructed, such h
llroad shall not be entitled to the a
emption from taxation herein es- a
blished unless it valves and relin- a
ishes such aid or consents to n re- VI
omission of the question of grant II
such aid to a vote of the property I,
xpayers OF the parish, ward of mu- OF
'Ipaiify. which has voted the same, So
one-thIrd OF such property tax Va
yers petition for the same within n,
months after the adoption of this Ii
Institution. And provided, further. ST
It this exemption shall not apply TO m
IDLE. tracks. sidings, switches, depots ds
otner improvements or better b.
nts, which may be constructed by ne
roads now in operation within the us
tie, other than extensions or new co
IS constructed by such railroads; sa
shall the exemption hereinbefore IS
nted apply to any railroad or part di,
such railroad, the construction of sif
ch was begun and the .roadbed of Of
oh was substantially completed at liv
date of the adoption of this Con- tn,
ution. The property or real estate sig
'nging to any military organiza- ia,
OF the State of Louisiana which 30
Ised by the State National Guard up
militia for military purposes, such Sta
arsenais or armories, while so Ne
], shall be exempt from taxation. the
C. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC.. ter,
the aforesaid proposed amend fur
Us having been read in each pre-
Sc of the General Assembly, on for
e separate days, and the yeas and null
thereon having been entered on acr
Journal of each House, the Sec wol
ry of State shall cause the same Art
,e published in two newspapers 10,