St. Tammany farmer., 1910-10-15
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
- ACT NO. 2.
Senate Bill M

- the State of Louisiana for the assess
psrish iesy ~, ana collection OF tax in the
;.ish OF orleans and the State of Lou
tslana, In aid of locating and building an
esipG esipGsltion in the city Of New Orleans to
CoTate the completion of the Panama
lanai said tax to be expended under the
t;ap ;ree1on OF the Worlds Panama Exposi-
Section Sect company; e. i, resolved hv fl. e.nsr,;
assembly Of the State of Louisiana, two.
sniros os OF all members elected to each house
st;tuti That an amendment to the Con-
%% %%tea 10 the qualified electors of the State
NJ .neir approval or rejection as required
~ Ss.,a article a2i of the Constitution OF the
ssIeeetion to be held on the first Tuesday next
11Sofiioownng the first Monday of November,
The Worlds Panama Exposition Company
p,t,l sss before Percy sJmmer Benedict Notary
April. 1910 for the purpose of promoting
Orleans. in the State Of louisiana, S sS to S be-
gem rs,u IN celebration of the completion of the
Nov, for the purpose of aiding said
worlds Panama Exposition Company to To-
Ofieans an exposition in celebration of the
eomplstlon of the Panama Canal, an annual
MI Sns,. OF three eighths ~ of one mill on the
aana outside of the Parish of Orleans, and
: taI on Of six eighths !6-s) of one mill on
Louisiana, be and the same is hereby levied
on al property subject to State taxation in
the t. State of Louisiana and Parish Of Or;
with 1b the n hih d9a i and d
levied until Four Million $4,000, ooo)l Dol
lars shall have been collected and paid into
NE treasury of the State of Louisiana.
The tax thus levied shall be assessed and
collected without costs or commissions in
sns sns various Parisshes throushout the State
manner as other State taxes are assessed,
collected and paid in
The tax herein levied is additional to all
ether taxes now authorized by the Con
tti.ution.
The money realized from the collection
q taxes axes herein provided for shall remain in
sixty eensres. of fne the unis.d
.es forth S Se held ns s or
the City of New Orleans. When this fact
70 thus definitely determined, then the money
s.t BY the State Treasurer upon the warrant
OF the Worlds, Panama Exposition Com
?say' approved by the Governor Treasurer tn ef
penn for the purpose of securing site and
tor tho construction, equipment and main
sarins Ct the f exposition tbe aIon.t;on and al i'm
provements situated thereon, and oil moneys
Sr other assets of said Worlds Panama Ex.
position Company shall be exempt from all
State. Parish, municipal and special taxes
while being used for said exposition pur-
poses.
herein stated shall constitute binding con;
tract between the State Of Louisiana and
the Worlds Panama Exposition Company OF
Louisiana. and shall continue in force until
shs amount herein stated shall have been
Tho Worlds Panama Exposition Company
shall, on demand, render account to the
Governor, Treasurer and Auditor of the
STATE for all money received by 1t from
II upon the collection of the last years
taxes more than Four Million ($4,000,000)
Dollars shall have been raised, or if after
dss fsr sha q havs s
that no exposition will be held at near
!he City Of New Orleans Hs n celebration brat ,. Of
s9s, 1s 0peng money 81 eolIeeted in excess of the
Four Million ls4,ooo,ooo) Dollars as above
provided, or whatever money is collected and
determined that no exposition shall be held,
thereupon all of said money shall be returned to
the various parishes, and the Parish Of Orleans,
+ In proportion to the amount contributed by
oanh. The funds thus received by the yarl-
Gus parishes of the State. including all funds
sccruing to, said parishes under der the pro pro
anna Exposition Company, shall be used ex-
clusively by said parishes for the building
This amendment to the Constitution shall
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana. which
with. WITH and shall be deemed to be self.e1ecut-
ing and to confer directly the authority
herein granted. without an enabling act OF the
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved, etc.
THAT the official ballot to be used at the
said election shall have printed thereon the
words:
'.For the proposed amendment to the
Constitution OF the State of Louisiana.
Ievying q tax in aid Of the exposition
celebrating the opening of the Panams
Canal
nd the words: .
20 the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, levying tax in aid of the
exposition celebrating the opening of
.nd each elector shall indicate as provid-
ed in the General Election Laws of the
State whether he votes for or against the
p''pNS'N P. M. LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate. -
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: May 24th, 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.