The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-05

,nent submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted pro-
viding way to relieve municipalities
| from general parish taxes, subject to an
obligation to contribute to certain funds
| is adopted, then each municipality SO re-
lieved from such taxation, shall have the
right by its governing authority, to pro.
! vide for the appointment or election of
it's own assessor or assessors and to fix
their compensation.
Article VIII.
| /. In order to reimburse parishes and
municipalities now free from parish
taxes for loss of revenue caused by the
withdrawal of the sources of State rev.
enue from parish and municipal taxation
there is hereby granted to each parish and
to each such municipal corporation the
right to levy an additional tax of six mills
on unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January 1, 1914 the
six mill tax aforesaid, or SO much thereof
as may be necessary, and out of the pro-
ceeds of this tax each parish shall, under
the supervision Of the Tax Commission,
within its limits for loss of revenue
caused by such withdrawal Such com
pensation to be made on the basis pro-
vided In the following sentence for com
s.
the. proceeds Of such tax remaining to
each parish, added to the proceeds of the
levy of the one per cent tax now per-
mitted to be levied, after making the
c1ent to repay to said parish the sum it
would have received by the levy of its
present one per cent alimony tax on the
basis Of the assessment rolls Of 1911, plus
an increase OF five per cent on the
amount Of said tax, then the State shall
compensate each parish the amount of
such deficiency as fixed and reported by
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 to
be compensated by the General Assembly
on the basis above provided for compen-
sation by the. State to. the parishes, the
amount Of said compensation to be fixed
by the Tax Commission
4. The obligation to make the conpen-i
sations herein provided for shall be man
datory on the General Assembly, but no
such compensations shall be made after
the year 1921.
S. After the year 1921, no parish shall
levy any part Of such six mills within
the limit Of any Incorporated municipal
fty and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect cilch six mill
tax for their own account
IS The claims of each parish and mus
nic1pai1ty for CONDENSATION shall be pre-
SSilSl " llfa LIN COMMISSION, when snail
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.
Z, In rel disbursement 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 pr cent debt tax, the city Of
New Orleans. after January 1, 1914, Is
hereby grant ed the right to levy annually
and shall levy annually as long as said
one per cent debt tax is required by. law
mills. Out 2f the proceeds Of this tax,
there shall he paid by preference annu-5
ally to the Board of Liquidation of the
City Debt, fer the benefit Of the one per
cent debt tax. sum equal to that which
said tax produced In the year 1912 on the
SEGREGATED sources Of State revenue siti1-
tated within he CITY limits. and the bal
ance of the Proceeds of said six mill tax
shall GO to tie alimony fund of the city.
3. The two mill ad valorem special
sewerage and water tax of the City of
New Orleans shall continue to be levied
as long as REQUIRED by law on the sources
Of State revenue subject to an ad valorem
tax.
y In case she referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same time
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 addi-
ishes voting fon such release to be levied
on property outside Of the nicfpalities
and the power to Lew nix mills of add
tionaI taxes Is hereby granted to each
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 undtsturbed.
10. And whether said amendment shall
be adopted or rot adopted. The police
jurfes of the sesera1 parishes and the
governing authorizes OF cities fthe Par
fish of Orleans exsepted9, and towns not
subject to parish taxes, shall levy and
collect and turn over to the duly constf-
tuted school authorities under the super-
vision and control of the State Board of
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
pality than the greatest amount due from
such parish or mur'icina1itv to the school
board from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem fax collected for either
the year 1911 or 1912 taking the year
vided further, that cities and towns that
are mot exempt from the payment Of
parish taxes shall rot berequired to pay
this ad valoren tag If I. be already i'm,
further, that this ad valorem lax shall not
be imposed to the maximum whenever
the school board certifes 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. ana Of oil or gas
wells, as well as all other property, which
may not be specially exempted from such
taxation, shall continue to be subject to
special taxes now in force, and shall be
liable to such special taxes as may be i'm
posed by local, special districts and po-
litical subdivisions in the future in ac-
cordance with law: provided that no par.
ish or incorporated municipality shall
levy a special tax for the support Of any
purpose which 1t Is obligated to take care
Of out of its ordinary alimony, until II
shall have first exhausted its 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-
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