The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-10-05
PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS
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BY Mr.. BSale- Senate Bill No. 9s
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendment to Article a5I
of the { institution of the State Of
Lou star relative to drainage dis.
tricts.
Section ]. Be l. resolved BY the Gen.
eral Assem- " OF the atate of f4ouisi-
ana, two-ti rds of ali the members
elected TO ach House eoncurring. That
an amendiAent to the Constitution of
the STATE oe Louisiana be SUBJ. tilted
to the qualified electors of the State
for their anproval or rejection, as re-
quired by article 321 OF the Constitu-
ton, at t. e Congr ssi mai e &c ;on on
the fist Tue, lay next following the
first Monday in Nov ember, 1906,
ling Article PSI of the Constit,
tion so as to read as follows:
Article Isl. Municipal corporations.
parishes, school dis ricts and drainage
anG sewerag districts, the city OF New
Orleans excepted, when authorized to
do SO by vote OF majority in num-
Der and amount Il the property tax
payers, qualified as electors under the
Constitution sud laws Of this Stat vot-
ing at an election held for that pui.
pose, after due notice of said election
has been pvbiisled foT thirty DAYS IN
the official Journal OF the municipality
or parish, and WI re there IS no off
cial jour Il, in newspaper published
therein, may Incur debt, and issue ne
gotiable bonds tieie or to the extern.
of one-tenth of the assessed valuation
of the property within said municipal
corpor; ton, parish, school, drainage or
ri -itn las-t locf
assessment made .ior to the submit
sion of the propos tion TO the proper y
ia, payers as above provided, and NAV
be a. thorized by tie property taxl ay
ers, voting at said election, to levy
and assess pecial taxes pom property
sui ;ecs to taxation an the parish drain
age districts, CO. poration, school or
sew rage districts; provided tina said
taxes so imposed do not exceed five
mills on the doll;r Of the assessed val
nation in any ore yecr, nor rHn for
greater nun her of yesIs than the num-
Der named the proposition submit
ted to the taxp: yers. No bonds shall
be issued fsr any other purpose than
stated in Il . submission of the propo-
sition to the taxpayer and published
for thirty DAYS, as aforesaid, nor for
greater amount than the Elm mei ion
ed nor shat such bonds be issued for
any 9th purpose than paving ard i'm
proving the streets, roads and alley
purchasing ,r construct ig systems of
waterworks, sewerage drainage, lights,
public parks and buildings, bridges and
other work of pubic Improvement, the
title to viii : AL vest n the munich
pal corporal on pari h, school, drai :
!. aae or sewerage districts, as the ca !,
may b nor hall such bonds run for a
longer period than fcrty years from
their date, or bear greater rate of in
tere~t than five per cent per annun,.
or be sold by the municipal corporation,
parish, school di tic drainage or sew
erage district issuing same for less than
par.
The municipal corporation, parish,
school distI drainage or sewerage
distr'c3 issr rg such bonds shall pro-
vide for I'll payment of the interest
annurl ly, ar scnii- annually, and the
principal Il .eca at maturity, provided
th.t the II ;ssae of bonds by any
municipalit PAL sh. school, or sewer
ale ii tric- or all purposes shall never
exceed ten n cent of the assessed
value of tn PFC erty in sue munich
pality. par Z, school sewerage dis
tricts; pro- led, til, nothing herein
contained s ii have authority to ere
ate within acir i specify limits one
or mo sew erage dist lets; pro, ded,
thF nothing herein CO. Il ined shall pre-
vent drainf ,e di.triets from being es-
tablished 4 err the 7 o. liens of ex-
isting law ard tn. t IL dra mage dis
tric 5 stabl h under the laws of this
State hall, II EDITION o the powers
herein before gran q. have the further
power nd authority to levy and assess
annual contribr tiens or acreage taxes,
for the purpose of p eviding and main
tail .ng drai age systems, on all lands
situated in ouch d stric not exceeding
twenty five (25c) srts per acre for a
period not to exc ID for (40) years,
when authorized % do by vote of
a majority in nun Der apd amount of
the property taxp We . said districts
onalified as electors I'D the laws of
this State, voti at an election held
for that purpose as provided in the first
mart of this aitiel Id said drainage
districts, through the boards of com
missioners fhereor may incur indebted
ness and issue ne sotiable bonds there
for PAYABLE in plin pal and interest
out of, and not to exceed IN prineipal
and interest, the aggregste amount te
be raised by said nnual contributions
during the per cd or which the sam
are levied. No Fueh drainage BONDS
sh. Il be issued 1r any other purpose
tt that for which said contribut on
were voted and shall not run for Q
longer period than forty years from