The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-09-12

, amendment be and the same ar
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part Of this ameniM Mt I
the Constitution shall 90 into effec
until January LIST, 1914. except tina
the provisions Of sections one two
five, six and seven of Article III, a
to special taxes shall go into effec
as soon as the General Assembl,
shall pass laws carrying them int,
effect, and the provisions of section!
three and four Of said article shal
so into effect on January list. 1913
provided laws carrying them into ef
feet shall be passed on or before
March l, 1918; provided further, tha
laws carrying them into effect ma,
be enacted at any later date.
,. On and after January LIST. 1914
the office of the State Board OF Ap
pralsers and the office Of State Boart
of Equalization shall be abolished
but the present incumbents shall
hold their offices at the present rate
OF compensation until their terms
shall expire and they shall aid the
Tax Commission in putting the sys.
TEN provided for in this amendment
into operation, and in that connec-
ton they shall perform such duties
as the Tax Commission and the Gen
eral Assembly may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
the present Constitution to be levied
on the severance of natural re-
sources from the soil, shall be super
seeded by this amendment as to the
severance Of minerals, oil AID gas,
and shall be levied only on the sew
erance of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes into
effect on January /, 1914, the spec
ial state taxes levied for good roads
and for Confederate Veterans as now
established or as may be establish
ed, by the amendment to be sub.
mitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted,
shall cease, and the General Assem-
bly, shall make provision out of the
General Fund for the benefit of
each of these special funds as here
matter provided.
5. All State taxes and licenses un-
collected on January l, 1914, for 1913
md previous years, shall be collect
Il and accounted for, under existing
avs, by the sheriffs in the parishes,
md the State Tax Collector in New
Orleans, but all such collections must
,e completed by June 80, 1916, up to
which date the State Tax Collector
# New Orleans shall remain in Of.
ice. He shall also collect all State
licenses levied in the Parish of Or.
cans until said date and the Gener-
lAssembly shall provide for reduc-
ion of his clerical force to take
lace on June 80, 1914. After June
0, 1916, any State licenses and tax
s then remaining unpaid, shall be
by the State Treasurer. The
General Assembly shall by appropri-
te legislation provide compensation
n an equitable basis to the tax col
sctors and assessors Of the several
arishes for the sums they may lose
fter January first, 1914, to the date
T the expiration Of their terms Of
ffice in commissions on the State
axes that would have accrued on The
ouroes, of revenue segregated to the
tate, provided that the State shall
e under no obligation to reimburse
lem in any greater amount than
i'll guarantee to them a sum equal
} the total of the commissions of /.
|eir office for the years 1911 or 1912,
king the year which shows the
CHEST amOllnt. and the General AS
'mbly shall at its regular session in
IA and 1916 make an estimate Of
e probable amount needed for such
lrpose, and make appropriation 10
yer the same; and at the biennial
ssions of 1916 and 1918 1t shall
axe further appropriation to COW
any deficiency.
s. The amendments to the Con.
tuition submitted to the people at
e same time that this amendment
submitted, proposing to exempt
I'm taxation the objects therein
ecially set forth, if adopted, shall
t be affected by the provisions of
Is amendment; nor shall this
lendment be construed as affect
any property now exempt from
cation under the Constitution of
IS and its amendments.
I. The Public Debt Amendment,
omitted to the people at the same
le this amendment is submitted, if
opted, shall be superseded by this
endment in respect to the mode
providing the public debt fund
aranteed by such amendment.
Prior to January l. 1914, the Gener.
Assembly shall pass proper sta
es to carry this amendment into
'ration; and the Governor shall
an extra session Of that body