The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-10-12

law on the sources of State revenue
subject to an ad valorem tax.
8. In case the referendum amend
ment submitted to the people at the
same time tht rQseldment is sub
mitted providir - ..ay to relieve mu
Inequalities from general parish. tax
fB3edb1ecr-tax 6b1fgatf6n to contrl.
lnte to certain funds, is adopted
Aen the power to levy six mills OF
additional taxes is hereby granted tC
TALL parishes voting for such release
| to be levied on property outside OF
the municipalities, and the power t.
levy six mills of additional taxes is
hereby granted to each municipality
So released to be levied on the pop
erty within its corporate limits, the
Obligation Of he State to make com
/ pensation remaining the same.
/ Whether said amendment shall BE-
adopted or rot the power to .evy
the extra tax Of six mills. hereby
granted to all municipalities that are
now exempt from parish taxes shall
remain undisturbed
10. And whether said Amendment
| shall be adopted or not adopted. the
police juries Of the several parishes
and the governing authorities of cit
les (the Parish of Orleans eXcepted)
and towns not subject to parish tax
ee, shall levy and collect and turn
over, ito the duly constituted school
authorities under the supervision and
cOntrUl of the State Board of Educa
ton, an amount equal 10 at least
thrce-tenths of the gross amount Of
ad valorem taxes, which they levy and
collect, provided that such amount
shall never be less in any parish or
municipality than the greatest amount
due from such parish or municipality
to the school board from the consti-
tutional three mill school ad valorem
tax collected for either the year
1911 or 1912, taking the year which
yielded the highest amount. Proyid
ed further, that cities and towns
that are not exempt from the payment
Of parish taxes shall not be required
to pay this ad valorem tax if it be-
already imposed by the parish aut thor
tiles; provided further, that this ad
valorem tax shall not be imposed
to the maximum whenever The school
board certifies that smalIe" levy
will meet the needs Of the schools.
II. All property the taxation of
which is Reserved to the State, tx
cept products Of mines. of stone guar
rieS, or sand, gravel or shell pts,
and of oil or gas wells, as we'll as all
other properly, which may not be
specially exempted from such taxa
ton, shall continue to be subject TO
special taxes now in force, and shall
be liable to such special taxes as
may be imposed by local, special dis
trictS and political subdivisions in tn
future in accordance with law; provd-
ed that no parish or incorporated mu-
shall levy a special tax Tor
the support of any purpose which it
is obligated to take care OF out OF
it's ordinary aEmony, until it shall
have first exhausted its ordinary
taxing power, upon an assessment Of
at least fifty per cent of the market
value of the property subject to It's
taxing authority.
-. Levee District taxes and forced |
contributions shall continue to be |
levied within each district on the
sources of State revenue situated in |
each levee district, and all levee |
taxes and contributions shall be col
lected by the sheriff of each parish,
under existing law, and in New Or
leans by the State'tax collectors I'M
til June 30, 1916, and thereafter by
the collecting officer of the City of
New Orleans.
13. The taxes mentioned in the
foregoing sections 8, II, and 70, as
20 property reserved for State rev.
enue, shall be based on the assess
nent made by the State Tax Commits
sion for State purposes, equalized an
1ually by said Tax Commission in
each parish or municipality to the ba-
sis of assessment therein locally es-
ablished
Article TX.
1. All revenues received by the
State from all sources shall go into
| fund called the General Fund, and
he General Assembly shall apportion
aid fund among all the public pur-
'oses for which taxation is levied,
etting aside, however, each year,
he following:
A. For the General Public School
FUND not less than onefifth of the
ross revenues of the State from all
ources provided that such appor-
lonment shall never be less than
)ne Million and Thirty Thousand
Dollars (s1,030, 100000. ::
B. For the General Engineer Fund !
ot less than Four Hundred Thous- !
nd Dollars (S400,O0O.OO).
c. For Confederate Pastors not 6
ess than the amount provided or to +
e provided by the Constitution. :
D. For the Good Roads Fund, not 9
ess than One Hundred Fifty Thous- {
nd Dollars ($150,000.0O, plus the 6
hole proceeds of the States moiety
the special automobile, taxicab 3
nd auto-driven vehicle tax. t
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