The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-10-26

to change during the elected officers
incumbency. This power shall not
be exercised in the Parishes, nor n
the Parish of Orleans as to assess
ors, until the terms of office of the
present incumbents expire. AfteI
January /, 1914, and until the eXpira-
ton of the terms of said officers, all
local assessments shall be made by
the assessors Of each parish and the
assessors of New Orleans at the
present rate Of compensation. All To-
cal taxes and licenses except those
levied by municipalities, shall be col
lected by the Sheriff of each Parish,
except the Parish of Orleans, at the
present rate of compensation unless
such compensation shall be changed
by the General Assembly. After Jan
uary 1, 1914, Parish Assessors shall
be compensated by the Parishes and
the Assessors of the Parish of Or
| leans by the City of New Orleans. If
under the referendum amendment
| submitted to the people at the same
| time this amendment is submitted
providing way to relieve municipal
tiles from general parish taxes, sub
ject to an obligation to contribute to
certain funds, is adopted, then each
municipality SO relieved from such
taxation, shall have the right by it's
governing authority, to provide for
the appointment or election of its
own assessor or assessors and to fix
their compensation.
Article VIII
l. In order to reimburse parishes
and municipalities now free from par
ish taxes for loss of revenue caused
by the withdrawal of the sources Of
state revenue from parish and munic-
ipa taxation, there is hereby grant
ed to each parish and to each such
municipal corporation the right to le-
Wy an additional tax of six mills on
unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse
municipalities not now free from par
ish taxes each parish shall levy an
nually for eight years after January
1, 1914, the six mill tax aforesaid, OR
SO much thereof as may be necessa-
~, and out of the proceeds of this |
tax each parish shall, under the sup |
ervision of the Tax Commission, com
pensate each such municipality with
in its limits for loss of revenue caus-
ed by such withdrawal. Such COM |.
pensation to be made on the basis
provided in the following sentence
for compensation by the state to
parishes. If the proceeds of such
tax remaining to each parish, added
to the proceeds of the levy of the
one per cent tax now permitted to
be levied, after making the compen-
sation aforesaid, shall not be suffici-
emit to repay to said parish the sum
t would have received by the levy
If its present one per cent alinony
ak on the basis of the assessment
oils of 1911, plus an increase of
i've per cent on the amount of said
ak, then the state shall compensate (
zach parish the amount of such def ]
'iency as fixed and reported by the !
Tax Commission. :
3. Any municipality now free, or s
ereafter made free, from parish tax t
ton which is not reimbursed by the
evy of the additional six mill tax,
he power to levy which is hereby {
ranted to it, shall be compensated 3
y the General Assembly on the ba- t
is above provided for compensation S
y the State to the parishes, the +
mount of said compensation to be t
xed by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the COM +
ensations herein provided for shall g
e mandatory on the General Assem- +
ly, but no such compensations shall c
e made after the year 1921. [
8. After the year 1921, no parish
lall levy any part of such six mills Il
thin the limit of any incorporated "
Municipality and said municipalities Ii
1all be entitled to levy and collect b
1ch six mill tax for their own ac- ;,
punt. !.
6. The claims of each parish and W
for compensation shall o.
presented to the Tax Commission, d.
hich shall examine such claims and II
port the facts and it's conclusions T
the General Assembly on or be- lie
re the first day of each regular ses- l
on. +,
Z. In reimbursement for the state al
'urces of revenue herein withdrawn
ON her assessed values, and for the
int benefit of her alimony and her
listing one per cent debt tax, the &c
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