The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-10-05

ACT NO. els.
JOINT REVOLUTION.
Prono. ing an amendment to Article 230
of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana relative to exemption from
taxation.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, That Article $50 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article $50. The following shall be
exempt from taxation, and no other,
viz: All puolie property; places of re-
ligious wor-hip, or burial, all charitable
institutions, all buildings and property
used exclusively for public monuments
or rhetorical collections, college and
other school purposes, he real and
personal est-te of any public library,
and Ii of any other library associa-
| tion used bv or connected with such
library, al looks and philosophical ap-
paratus, and al paintings or statuary
of any company or association kept in
a publ.e hal; provided, the property
so exempted be not leased for purposes
of private or corporate profit and in
come. There shall also be exempt from
taxation household property to the
value of five hundred dollars. There
shall ai-o be exempt mortgages, given
for los IS on real estat-; which real e.
tate has slready borne its due proper
ton of taxation, as well as the mort
are rot in the hands of the NOR
gagee or his or their transferrees. There
shall also be exempt from paroehial
and municipal tax ton for a period of
ten years from the LIST day of January,
1900, the capital, machinery and other
properly employed in mining opera
tions, ard in the manufacture of tex
tile fabrics, yarns, rope, cordage, lea
Their, she's, harness s ddlery, hats
lelothine, flour, ma hinery, articles OF
tin, copper and sheet iron, agricultural
implements, and furniture and other al
ticles of wood, marble or stone; soap
stationery, ink and paper, bodybuilding
and fertilizers and chemics Is; provided
that not less than FIVE hands are en-
] ployed in any one factory; provided
/ that nothing herein contained shall af
feet the exemptions provided for by e.,
, isting constitutional provisions.
] There shall also be exempt from tn.
J alton for a period of ten years ION
the date of its completion any -ailroa,
or part of such railroad that may here
, aftes be CONSTRUCTED and complete,
: prior to January LIST, 1904; provided
: that VII IN aid has heretofore been vete'
by ar perish, ward or municipality t
) any railroad not yet constructed, ne
| railroad shall not be entitled to the ex
: emption from taxation herein estaf
E lished unless it valves and relinquishe
. such aid or consents to q resubmissio
of the question Of granting such aid :
a vote of the property taxpayers o
the parish, ward or municipality whic
has voted the same, If one-third of tn
property taxpayers petition for tn
same within six months after the a6oE
ton of this Constitution. And prt
vided further, that this exemption sha
not apply to double tracks, siding
switches, depots, or other improvement
or betterments, which may be col
Instructed by railroads now in operatio
within the Stats, other thsn extension
or new lines congtructed BY such raj
1troads; nor shall the exemption herei
before granted apply to any railroa
or part of such railroad, the constru
ton of which was begun and the roa,
bed Of which was substantially con
pleted at the date Of the adoption {
IIfhis Constitution.
HI The property or real estate helongir
Ito any military organization Of Il