The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-07


| bly, or before the first day of each
reSlliar session
:. In reimbursement for the state
sources Of reverse herein withdrawn
from her assessed .llucs. and for the
joint benefit of he, tliurny and her eN-
listing one per cent debt tax. the city 81
New Orleans, after January !, 1914. IS
hereby granted the ,tgh 10 levy annually
and shall levy annrRily as long as SAID
one per cent debt tax is required by law
TO he levied. an additional ttN "t SIN
mills out of the proceeds al this tax
there shall he paid by preference annu-
ally to the Board Of Iguidati"n|of the
City Debt, for the benefit VI tie one n"''
cent debt tax. "A sum equal - that winch
said tax produced in tie year 1917 on me
segregated sources Of State 'enue stu
ated within the city limits. avn the bal.
anCe OF the proceeds ot said six mil taN
shall g To the alimQny fund 81 the city
3. The two mill Mad valorem special
sewerage and water tax of the city 81
New Orleans shall confirm" t. he l.Tied
a long required by law on the sources
Of State revenue subject to an ad valorein
tax.
9. In case the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same time
his amendment is submitted providing Il
way to relieve municipalities from general
parish taxes subject to an obligation to
| contribute to certain funds. is adopted
then the power to levy six mills of adii-
tonal taxes is hereby granted tn all par
isheS voting for such release u be levied
on property outside OF the NtinlclNalltleS.
and the power to levy six mills of aldi-
tional taxes is hereby granted to each
municipality relea sed to he levied on
the property within its corporate limits,
the obligation of the state to make COM
pensation remaining the same. Whether
said amendment shall be adopted or not
the power to levy the extra tax Of six
mills hereby granted to all municipalities
that are now exempt from parish taxes
shall remain undiSturhad.
10, And whether said amendment shall
be adopted or not adopted, the police
jures of the several PARISHES and the
governing authorities Of cities the Par
ish Of Orleans excentedJ. and towns not
subject to parish taxes. shall levy and
collect and turn over I" the duly consti-
tuted school authorities under the super
vision and control of the State Board of
Education. an amount equal To at least
three tenthS of the gross amount Of ad
valorem taxes, which they levy and col
lect, provided that such amount shall
never be less in any parish or munich
palty than the greatest amount due from
| such parish or municipality to the school
board from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem tax collected for either
the year 1911 or 1912. taking the year
which yielded the highest amount. Pro-
vided 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 il be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities. provided
further. that this ad valorem tax shall not
be imposed to the maximum whenever
the school board certifles that a smaller
levy will meet the needs of the schools
II. All property the taxation of which
is reserved to the State. except products
| of mines. of stone quarries. of sand
gravel or shell pits and of oil or gas
wells. as well as all other property. which
may not be srecially exempted from such
taxation. shall continue to be subject TO
| special taxes now in force. and shall be
liable to such special taxes may be i'm
nv SnpcjaI 10
litical subdivisions in the future in ac-
eordance with law: provided that no par
ish or incorporated municipality Shall
levy special tax for the support of any
purpose which it is obligated to take care
of out Of its ordinary alimony. until it
shall have first exhausted It's ordinary
taxing power upon an. assessment OF at
least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-
thOrity.
~. Levy district taxes and forced con-
tributions shall continue 70 be levied
within each district on the sources of
State revenue situated in each levee dis
trict, and all levee taxes and contribu
tons shall be collected BY the sheriff Of
each parish. under existing law, and in
New Orleans by the State tax collectors
until June 80. 1916. and thereafter by the
collecting officer of the City of New Or
leans.
I 49, The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections s. II and -. as to property
reserved for State revenue. shall be based
on the assessment made by the state
Tax Commission for State purposes
sion in each parish or municipality to
the basis of assessment therein locally
established.
Article TX.
/. All revenues received by the State
from all sources shall go into a fund
called the General Fund. and the GEN
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for which
taxation is levied, setting aside, however,
each year, the following:
A. For the General Public School Fund
not less than one-fifth of the gross rev
enues of the State from ali sources pro
vided that such apportiOnment shall never
be less than One Million and Thirty
Thousand Dollars tsl, 900, 900. COZ.
b. For the General Engineer Fund not
less than Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($i00. 900. 00).
c. For Confederate Pensions. not less
than the amount provided or to be pro-
vided by the Constitution.
p. For the Good Roads Fund. not less
than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dol
lars $3.50 100000. plus the whole pro-
automobile, taxicab and auto-dr We
hfcle tax.
E. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars t$525. 100000 or not less than
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
$500. coo 00). il the Public Debt amend
ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted is
adopted
Article X.
/. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
by the State Treasurer. The General As
sembly shall provide such additional ceri-
cal force in the Treasurer'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
ievying assessments, and shall fix the
compensation and duties of such agents.
Article XII.