St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-14

d. For the Good Roads Fund not
less than One Hundred Fifty Thous-
and Dollars ($150,000). plus the
whole proceeds of the States moiety
Of the special automobile. taxicab
and auto-driven vehicle tax.
E. For the Public Debt Fund not
less than Five Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($525,000) or not
less than Six Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($650.OOOO, II the
Public Debt amendment submitted
to the people at the same time this
amendment il submitted IL adopted.
ARTICLE x.
/. All State taxes and licenses ex-
cent as hereinafter provided shall be
collected by the State Treasurer
The General Assembly shall provide
such additional clerical force In the
Treasures Office a. may be neces-
sary to enable him to perform, the
duties herein prescribed.
2. The General Assembly shall
the power to provide for special Rev
enue 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 levying as
sessments, and shall fix the compen-
sation and duties of such agents.
ARTICLE XXI.
1. All articles and parts OF arti-
cles Of the Constitution OF 1898 on
the subject of assessment and taxa
ton, and all amendments thereto on
said subjects contrary to or In con-
fiict with the provisions OF this
amendment be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
4. No part of this amendment to
the Constitution shall go into effect
until January 1, 1914, except that
the provisions Of sections one, two,
1--WE, six and seven Of Article Ill. Is
to special taxes shall 60 into effect
as soon as the General Assembly shall
pass laws carrying them into effect,
and the provisions Of sections three
and four Of said article shall 60 into
effect ON January 1, 1913, provided
laws carrying them into effect shall
be passed ON or before March /,
1918; provided further, that laws
carrying them into effect may be en-
acted at any later date.
2. On and after January l, 1914,
the office Of the State Board of APP
praisers and the Office OF State Board
of Equalization shall be abolished,
but the present incumbents shall hold
their Offices 1t the present rate Of
compensation until their present
terms shall expire and they shall aid
the tax commission in putting the sys-
tenn prov1-S,i for in this amendment
into operation, and in that connection
they shall perform such duties az
the Tax Commission and the General
Assembly may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
the present Constitution to be levied
on the severance Of natural resourc-
es from the soil, shall be superseded
by this amendment as to the sever
Rnce Of minerals. oil and gas. and
shall be levied only on the severance
Of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes
into effect on January l, 1914, the
special State taxes levied for good
roads and for Confederate Veterans
Is now established, or that may
be established, by the amend
nent to be submitted to the people
It the time this amendment IL sub
shall cease. and the General
Assembly shall make provision out Of |
he general fund for the benefit Of |
Zach Of these special funds ~ here |
provided.
S. All State taxes and licenses UNI
collected on January /. 1914. for
1913 and previous years, shall be COL |
ected and accounted for, under ex-
sting laws, by the sheriffs In the |
and the State Tax Collector
n New Orleans, but all such collec-
ions must be completed by June 80,
-916, up to which date the State /
Tax Collector OF New Orleans shall /
emain In ONCE. He shall also col
ect all State licenses levied in the
'arfsh Of Orleans until said date and !
he General Assembly shall provide
or q reduction Of his clerical force !.
o take place on June 80, 1914.
Ifter June 80. 1916, any State IL
enses and taxes then remaining un-
aid, shall be collected by the State
treasurer The General Assembly
hall by appropriate legislation pre-
ide compensation on an equitable /
,asis to the tax collectors and ~
essors Of the several parishes for
he sums they may lose after Janu-
Try 1, 1914, to the date Of the ex-
'iration Of their terms of ONCE in
on the State taxes that
would have accrued on the sources OF 7