The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-27

nent submitted to the people at ths sans
time this amendment N Suoiii'''N
adopted.
Article \.
All state taxes and licenses except
ss hereinafter provided shall be coieCte0
NV the State Treasurer. The General AZ
semUly shall provide such additional et CO.
cal force in the TrcaSurers once as No.
be necessary 10 enable nm 10 pe''0'""
the duties herein pirSrIlpea' ~ Nav.
The General Assembly shall ha,o
the mower 10 provide Tor special heNtHue
Agents. not to exceed three IL NuIilpol,
10 assist The Treasurer IN cpUe'uhs a..
licenses, and taxes, and I" assist Tue
Commission in gathering IhlutLnAt!o'i ~ 10
levylng assessments, and SHAH TX '.'e
compensation and duties u suCh Aseht7'
Article H.
!. All articles and parts 81 artlc1es "
I'M. Constitution Of Is OIL the SupJc|' "a
assessment and ta.atIun, and all hhehu
rerts thereto ON said subjects contrary
TO or in conflict with the provisions % ''.'a
amendment be and the same are heIeo'
SCHEDULE.
|. No part Of this Amendment 10 l.Ir
Constitution shall go into effect uLl'1
January LIST. lJlA. except tal lhe pr
visions of sections one two, I'VE. SIX anu
seven bl HIlFtS ~ as ~ ~
shall go into effect as soon as the NIIa
eral Assembly shah pass laws carrying
them into effect, and the PROVISIONS ~
sections three and tuur OF sdlh AF,lT.1
shall go into effect on January lst l5I',
provided laws carrying them mo eiieI'
small lie passed on or before Ma'th !,
1918; provided further, that laws car! ms
them into effect may he enacted al any
later date.
>. On and after january lst, 1914, the
! office OF the State BOARD u! APPRAISERS
and the office OF state Board OF tqua.i
| cation shall he abolished, hut lhe pIeS.t'S
! incumbentS shah hold their offices az llio
| present rate Of compensation Hn'h lneI,
| present terms shall expire, and thtS "urI
| aid the Tax Commission il putting ING
! system provided for in this amendments
| into operation. and IN that ronneCoio!I
| they shall perform such duties as the Ian
! Commission and the Genera! ASaei4ol!
/ may prescribe. H.
2 The license tax authorized by the
! present Constitution to be levied on mo
| severance Of natural resources from inc
! soil shall be superseded by TINS atheil'i
rnent as to the severance OF minerals Oh
and gas and shah be levied only on the
severance of forest products,
A. When this amendment goes INTO Ell
! feet on January !. 1914, the special STATE
! taxes levied for good roads and for CON
! federate Veterans az now establlSheQ or
| as NAV he established ny the amendment
! to he submitted 10 the people at the same
| time this amendment is submitted, Sfldil
cease and the General Assembly shaii
| make provision ont of the General Funu
! for the benefit Of each Of these Specla!
funds as hercnahoNe provided.
). All state taxes and licenses uncoI.
| lected on January |, 1914, for 1913 ana
! previous wears shall he collected and ac-
! counted for under existing laws. by the
Sheriffs in the parishes. and the state
| Tax Collector in New Orleans, hut all
| such collections must he completed by
June go 1916. up 10 which date the state
Tax Collector OF New Orleans shall re-
main in Office He shall also collect all
State licenses levied in the Parish OF
New Orleans until said date and the Cen
eral Assembly shall provide for reduc-
ton Of his clerical force to take place or
June so, 1914. After June 30, 1915, any
state licenses and taxes then remaining
unpaid, shall he collected by the state
Treasurer The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide com
pensation on an equitable basis to the
tax collectors and assessors OF the sew
eral parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first. 1914. TO the date o.
the expiration of their terms Of Office n
commissions on the State taxes that
would have accrued on the sources o
revenue segregated to the State. pro
vided that the State shall be under M
obligation 10 reimburse them in any
greater amount than will guarantee t.
them a sum equal to the total of the com
missions of their Office for the years 1o1
or 1912, taking the year which shows thu
highest amount, and the General Assem-
bly, shall at its regular session in 1914 an(
1916 make an estimate of the probable
amount needed for such purnose. ant
make appropriation TO cover the same
and at the biennial sessions Of 1916 ant
1918 Il shall make a further appropriation
to cover any deficiency
6. The amendments to the Constitu
ton submitted to the peOple at the sam
time that this amendment is submitted
) proposing to eXemnt from taxation tn
objects therein specially set forth,
, adopted, shall not he affected by the pro
, visions Of this amendment: nor shall thi
amendment he construed as affecting an
, property now exempt from taxation I'm
, der the Constitution of 1898 and it
, amendments
7. The Public Debt Amendment, sub
. mitted TO the people at the same tim
, this amendment is submitted, If adopted
shall be superseded by this amendment i
respect TO the mode Of providing the pub
, lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
, ment.
Prior to January !, 1914 the Genera
= Assembly shall pass proper statutes t
carry this amendment into operation: an
the Governor shall cali an extra sessio
, OF thu body. for that purpose as soon q
: convenient after this amendment
! adopted.
= Section .. BE Il further resolved. etc
= That there shall be printed on the baI
lots to be used at said election tn
. words
!, For the amendment 10 the Constitu
:, ton recognizing and remodelng ii
States system Of assessment and taxa
4 ton;
u And the words
- Against the amendment TO the Cor
: stitution reorganizing and remodeling II
!. States system Of assessment and taxa
h ton"
=, - And each voter shall indicate on h
! ballot, as provided by the general elet
:, ton laws Of the State, whether he vote
), for or against said amendment
!, l.. T.. THOMAS,
- Speaker of the House of Representative
- - THOMAS G. BARRETT,
y Lieutenant Governor and President OF Il
. Senate.
; Approved: August 24th, 1912
L. e. HALL,
u Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
=, A true copy:
y ALVIN f. HEBERT
a}oy, NJ Cfa3