The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-08-30

ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment Is submitted pro-
yiding a way to relieve municipalities
from general parish taxes, subject TO an
obligation to contribute to certain iuhus'
Is adopted, then each municipality so re-
lieved from such taxation. shall nave Tue
right by It's governing authority 10 pioe
vide for the appointment or electioh oi
its own assessor or assessors anu u ia
their compensation.
Article Viii.
l. In order to reimburse parishes ana
municipalities now free from paltsi
tayes for loss of revenue caused by the
withdrawal of the sources of State rev.
en,Ie from parish and municipal TAXATION
there is hereby granted to each parish ana
to each such municipal corporation ,i ,
right to levy an additional tax OF SIX mills
on unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from part ISL
tayes each parish shall levy annually 1or
eight years after January l, 1914, the
six mill tax aforesaid, or so much Thereon
as may be necessary, and out or the pro-
ceeds of this tax each parish shall, under
the supervision of the Tax Commission,
compensate each such municipality
within its limits for loss OF revenue
pensation to be made on the basis pro-
yided in the following sentence for COM
pensation by the State to parishes.
the proceeds of such tax remaining 10
each parish, added to the proceeds OF tie
levy of the one per cent tax now per
mitted to be levied. after making tne
rompensation aforesaid. shall not be suf1l-
Gent TO repay to said parish the sum 1t
would have received by the levy OF its
present one per cent alimony tax on the
basis of the assessment rolls of>l9ll, pius
an increase of five ger cent on t he
amount of said tax, then the state shals
compensate each parish the amount Oh
such deficiency as fixed ana reported oS
the Tax Commission.
3. ANY municipality now free or here
after made free, from parish taxation
which is not reimbursed by the levy OF
the additional six mill tax, the power &c
levy which is hereby granted to 1t. sna IL
be compensated by the General Assembly
on the basis above provided for compen-
sation by the State to the parishes, the
amount Of said CONDENSATION to be fixed
by the Tax Commission
a. The obligation to make the compen-
sationS herein provided for shall be man
dat0ry on the General Assembly, but no
such conversations shall be made after
the year 1921. :.
(. After the year 1921, no parish shall
the limit of any INCORPORATED municipal
itv and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect such six mill
tax for their own account.
g. The claims of each parish and mu-
nicirality for COMPENSATION shall be pre-
scented to the Tax Commission, which shall
examine such claims and report the facts
and it's conclusions to the General Assem-
/ bly, on or before the first day OF each
regular session.
I. In reimbursement for the State
sources of revenue herein withdrawn
| from her assessed values and for the
/ Joint benefit Of her alimony and her ex.
listing one per cent debt tax, the city OF
New Orleans. after January I. 1914. II
hereby granted the right to levy annually
and shall levy annually as long as said
one per cent debt tax is required by Law
to be levied. an additional tax Of SIX
mills. Out Of the proceeds of this tax
there shall be paid by preference annu-
ally to the Board Of Liquidation OF the
CITY Debt, for the benefit Of the one pei
cent debt tax a sum equal to that which
said tax produced in the year 1912 on the
segregated sources Of State revenue stu
ated within the citv limits. and the bal
ance of the proceeds Of said six mill tag
shall GO to the alimony fund of the city
i 8. The two mill ad valorem specia
sewerage and water tax of the CITY q
|
as long as required nv law on the source:
of State revenue subject to an ad valoren
tax.
! o. In case the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same time
this amendment is submitted providing
way TO relieve MUNICIPALITIES from genera
IRISH taxes subject to an obligation Il
contribute to certain funds, Is adopted
then the power to levy six mills of addi
tiNnal ta~es IS hereby granted to all par
ishes voting for such release to he Levied
on nronertv outside Of the Municipalities
J and the power tt lew six mills Of add
tiona ta~es Is hereby granted to eacl
municipality so relea sed to be levied ~
the rrnrertv within IT'S corporate limits
) the obligation Of the State tn maize com
pensation remaining the same Whethe
. said amendment shall be adorted or No
the power to lew the extra tax Of ST
mills hereby granted to all muricipalite
that are now exemnt from parish take
shall remain undistrrhed,
10. And whether said amendment shal
he adorted or not adopteh. the polio
( iuries of the several marshes and tn
governing authorities Of cities (the Par
ish Of Orleans evce0te1). ems towns no
subject to parish taxes. shall levy an
collect and turn over to the duly consti
r tuted school authorities under the suner
: vision and control Of the State Board q
! three -tenths Of the gross amount Of g
valorem taves, which they levy and col
lect, provided that such amount sha
I never he less In anv parish or munich
pality than the greatest amount due fror
T such perish or municira'itv tn the schoo
I board from the constitutional three mi
S school ad yalorem tax collected for eithe
: the wear 1911 or 1912, taking the yea
: which Welded the highest amount Pro
e vided further, that cities and towns the
are not exemDt from the payment {
\ parish taxes shall not he required to pa
this ad vaIorem tax If 1t he already i'm
posed by the parish authorities: provide
: further, that this ad valorem tax shall nj
4 be iplnosed to the maximum wheneve
r the school board certifes that smalle
: levy will meet the needs of the schools
|, II. All property the taxation of whic
: Is reserved to the State, except product
y ..of mines, of stone quarries, Of san.
n gravel or shell pits, and of oil or ga
wells, as well as all other property, whic
y may not be sreciallv exempted from sue
:: taxation, shall continue to be subject
q special taxes now in force, and shall /
:, liable to such special taxes as may be in
u posed by local, special districts and pC
: Ilitical subdivisions in the future in az
y rnrdance with law: provided that no pa
3 1sh or Incorporated municipality sha
y levy special tax for the support Of ar
purpose which it Is obligated to take ca
y of out of it's ordinary alimony. until
n shall have first exhausted it's or6inal
le taxing mower, upon an assessment of
y least fifty per cent Of the market vail
N of the property subject to IT'S taxing a,
s thority.
Is r. Levy district tavAs and fornaa m,