The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07

ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted Is
adopted.
Article <.
!. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
by the State Treasurer. The General As
sembly Shall provide such additional cleri-"
cal force in the Treasurei's Office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
2. The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for special Revenue
Agents, not to exceed three in number,
to assist the Treasurer in collecting all
licenses, and taxes. and to assist the Tax
Commission in gathering information for
leyying assessments, and shall fix the
compensation and duties of such agents.
Article xI.
]. All articles and parts of articles Of
the Constitution of 1898 on the subject of
assessment and taxation, and all amend
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
to or in conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
January 1st, 1914, except that the pro-
visions of sections one, two, five, six ana
seven of Article III, as to special taxes,
IS
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
them into effect, and the provisions OF
sections three and four of said Article
shall go into effect on January list, 1913,
provided laws carrying them into effect
shall be passed On or before March 1,
1913; provided further, that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted at any
later date.
2. On and after January list, 1914, the
office of the State Board of Appraisers
and the office of State Board of Equall-
zation shall be abolished, but the present
incumbents shall hold their offices at the
present rate of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they shall
aid the Tax Commission In putting the
system provided for in this amendment
into operation, and in that connection
they shall perform such duties as the Tax
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe
8. The license tax authorized by the
present Constitution to be levied on the
soil, shall be superseded by this amend,
ment as to the severance of minerals, oil
and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance of forest products
4. When this amendment goes into ef-
feet on January /, 1914, the special State
taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
federate Veterans as now established or
as may be established by the amendment
time this amendment is submitted, shall
cease and the General Assembly shall
make provision out of the General Fund
for the benefit Of each OF these special
5. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
ected on January l., 1914, for 1918 and
previous years. shall be collected and &C
counted for, under existing laws, by the
Sheriffs in the parishes, and the State
Tax Collector in New Orleans. but all
such collections must be completed by
June 3d. 1915, up to which date the State
Tax Collector OF New Orleans shall re-
, ~, in Ia
State licenses levied In the Parish OF
New Orleans until said date and the Gen
era1 Assembly shall provide for reduc-
ton of his clerical force to take place on
State licenses and taxes then remaining
unpaid, shall be collected by the State
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensation on an equitable basis to the
tax collectors and assessors of the sew
eral parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first, 1914, to the date OF
the expiration of their terms of Office in
commissions on the State taxes that
| would have accrued on the sources OF
revenue segregated to the State. pro-
vided that the State shall be under nc
obligation to reimburse them in any
greater amount than will guarantee to
them sum equal to the total of the com
missions of their office fo9 the years 1911
highest amount, and the General Assem-
/ bly, shall at its regular session in 1914 and
I19ls make an estimate of the probable
amount needed for such purpose, and
and at the biennial sessions of191s and
1913 It shall make q further appropriation
| to cover any deficiency.
g.. The amendments to the Constitu-
| ton submitted to the people at the same
time that this amendment is submitted
| proposing to- exempt from taxation the
objects therein specially set forth, II
adopted, shall not be affected by the pro-
-cho tJ,S
amendment be construed as affecting any
property now exempt from taxation un-
der the Constitution Of 1898 and its
4 amendments
Z. The Public Debt Amendment, sub.
! mitted to the people at the same time
4 this amendment is submitted, II adopted
shall be superseded by this amendment il
respect to the mode OF providing the pub
llic debt fund guaranteed by such amend.
ment.
Prior to January /, 1914. the Genera
4 Assembly shall pass proper statutes u
carry this amendment into operation; and
| of that body for that purpose as soon a.
1 convenient after this amendment j:
adopted.
That there shall be printed on the bal
/ lots to be used at said election tn
] words
For the amendment to the Constitu
ton recognizing and remodeling thu
States system Of assessment and taxa
ton;
And the words
.Against the amendment to the Con
stitution recognizing and remodeling tn
4 States system of assessment and taxa.
! ton"
And each voter shall indicate on hi
ballot, as provided by the general cleo
ton laws of the State, whether he vote
/ for or against said amendment.
1 L. e. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House OF Represe e
4 THOMAS C. BARRET,
i Lieutenant Governor and President of tn
Senate.
1 Approved: August Gath, 1912.
! L. E. HALL,
i Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy.
i ALVIN E.. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.