The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23

''and for the years 1906 and 1907, in
those parishes whose taxing power
does not extend into any city stu
ated therein.
Third: That Senate Amendment
No. 2 to said House Bill No. 24S,
striking out the first word "shall
on line q in Section 2, be concurreda
in by the House
THOT. J. HERMAN,
l.. r. POWERS,
JAMES J. BAILEY,
On Part Of the House.
L. D. BEALE,
W. F. M4LsAPs,
w. T. PErERMAN,
On Part Of the Senate.
ACT NO. o..
By Mr.. Herman. House Bill No. 24S.
|. AN ACT
To reduce the rate of parochial
and municipal taxation from ten
to eight mills, except in the city
of New Orleans and other mu-
inequalities, and parishes having
an unmatured interest bearing
Indebtedness and in parishes re-
quired by law to share their ali
mony with one or more munici-
palities and, for the years 1906
and 1907, in those parishes whose
taxing power does not extend
into any city situated therein.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, That no tax for or
binary parochial purposes shall
be levied or collected in any year
in excess of eight mills on the dol
lar of the assessed valuation of
property, except in the city of
New Orleans and parishes having
an unmatured interest bearing in
debtedness, or which are required
by law to share their alimony with
one or more municipalities or, for
the taxes of the years 1906 and
1907, in those parishes whose tax
ing power does not extend therein,
in which last named parishes said
reduction shall become effective
for the taxes of 1908 and subse-
quent years.
SECTION 2. BE it further enact
ed, etc., That no tax for ordinary
municipal purposes shall be levied
or collected in any one year in ex-
cess of eight mills on the dollar of
the assessed valuation of proper
ty, except in those towns or cities
which have an unmatured interest
bearing Indebtedness.
SECTION 3. Be it further enact
ed, etc., That all laws or parts of
laws in conflict with this Act be
and the same hereby are repealed.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi-
dent of the Senate.
Approved July 4th, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of LOUISE
ana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
It is also recorded that Senator
Peterman voted in the affirmative
on this act on its final passage.
After disposing of number Of
suits, bearing upon the same "ob-
roxious proceeding, now being en-
acted, which his actions in the Sen
ate cannot be tied to, immediate or
remote, the Supreme Court OF Lou
lsiara. in the case of John B. MUIR
ply vs.. the Police Jury Of St. Mary
Parish, No. 1l,780 handed down its
decision in these words:
1T will be observed. however,
that the act of 1906, in limiting the
rate of taxation to 8 mills, applies,
not to taxes levied "for all purposes
whatsoever, but, to taxes "for or
binary parochial expenses" so that,
as we construe the act, police jury
may levy tax of mills, exclusive
of the tax levied for school purposes,
provided the whole parish tax, in
GLIDING that levied FOR school pur-
poses, does not exceed the constitu-
tional limit of ten mills; and. as it is
shown that the parish Of St. Mary
levies tax of 3 mills for school pur-
poses and 6 mills for all other pur-
poses. the aggregate tax, of 9 mills, |
is within the limits of both the act
of 1906 and of art 232 of the Consti- !
tuition. TYRO.
A contemporary has an editorial
"How to Treat Senator
Tillman. But suppose the Sen
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