The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-09-14
PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS

Continued from page thres.)
ACT NO. 122.
BY Mr.. Beale. Senate Bill No. es.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article PSI
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to drainage dis
triets.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House eoncurring, That
an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State
for their approval or rejection, as re
quired by Article 32l of the Constitu-
ton, at the Congressional election on
the first Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November, 1906,
amending Article PSI of the Constitu-
ton so as to read as follows:
Article PSI. Municipal corporations,
parishes, school districts and drainage
and sewerage districts, the city of New
Orleans excepted, when authorized to
do SO by a vote of a majority in num-
Der and amount of the property tax
payers, qualified as electors under the
Constitution and laws of this State, vot-
ing at an election held for that pur-
pose, after due notice of said election
has been published for thirty days in
the official journal of the municipality
or parish, and where there is no Off
cial journal, in q newspaper published
therein, may incur debt, and issue ne
gotiable bonds therefor to the extent
of one-tenth of the assessed valuation
of the property within said municipal
corporation, parish, school, drainage or
sewerage districts as shown by the last
assessment made prior to the submis-
sion of the proposition to the property
taxpayers as above provided, and may
be authorized by the property taxpay-
ers, voting at said election, to levy
and assess special taxes upon property
subject to taxation in the parish, drain
age districts, corporation, school or
sewerage districts; provided that said
taxes so imposed do not exceed five
mills on the dollar of the assessed val
nation in any one year, nor run for
greater number of years than the num-
Der named in the proposition submit
ted to the taxpayers. No bonds shall
be issued for any other purpose than
stated in the submission of the propo-
sition to the taxpayers, and published
for thirty days, as aforesaid, nor for
greater amount than therein mention
ed; nor shall such bonds be issued for
any other purpose than paving and i'm
proving the streets, roads and alleys,
purchasing or constructing systems of
waterworks, sewerage, drainage, lights,
public parks and buildings, bridges and
other work of public Improvement, the
title to which shall vest in the munich
pal corporation, parish, school, drain
age or sewerage districts, as the case
may be, nor shall such bonds run for a
longer period than forty years from
their date, or bear greater rate of in
terest than five per cent per annum,
or be sold by the municipal corporation,
parish, school district, drainage or sew
erape district issuing same for less than
par.
The municipal corporation, parish,
school district, drainage or sewerage
district issuing such bonds shall pro-
vide for the payment of the interest
annually, or semi-annually, and the
principal thereof at maturity, provided
that the total issue of bonds by any
municipality, parish, school, or sewer
age district for all purposes shall never
exceed ten per cent of the assessed
value of the property in such munich
pality, parish, school or sewerage dis
tricts; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall have authority to ere
ate within their respective limits one
or more sewerage districts; provided,
that nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent drainage districts from being es.
tablished under the provisions of ex-
istinr laws, and that all drainage dis
tricts established under the laws of this
State shall, in addition to the powers
hereinbefore granted, have the further
power and authority to levy and assess
annual contributions or acreage taxes
for the purpose of providing and main
tanning drainage systems, on all lands
situated in such districts not exceeding
TWENTY-FIVE l25c) cents per acre for
period not to exceed forty l40) years
when authorized to do so by vote OF
majority in number and amount OF
the property taxpayers of said districts
qualified as electors under the laws OF
this State, voting at an election held
for that purpose as provided in the firsi
part of this article, and said drainage
districts, through the boards OF com
missioners thereof, may incur indebted
ness and issue negotiable bonds there
for payable in principal and interest
out Of, and not to exceed In prlnclpal
and interest, the aggregate amount t.
be raised BY said annual contributions
during the period for which the same
are levied. No such drainage bonds
shall be issued for any other purpose
than that for which said contributions
we're voted and shall not run for
longer period than forty years from