The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07

rnent submitted to the people at the same
/ time this amendment is submitted pro-
yiding a way to relieve municipalities
/ from general parish taxes, subject to an
obligation to contribute to certain funds,
is adopted, then each municipality 50 re-
3lieved from such taxation, shall have the
1 right by its governing authority, to pro-
/ vide for the appointment or election OF
Its own assessor or assessors and to fix
| their compensation.
Article VIII.
i, In order to reimburse parishes and
/ MUNICIPALITIES now free from parish
taxes for loss of revenue caused by the
4 withdrawal of the sources Of State rev
enue from parish and municipal taxation,
there is hereby granted to each parish ana
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
/ eight years after January /, 1914, the
six mill tax aforesaid or so much thereof
/ as may be necessary. and out of the pro-
4 ceeds of this tax each parish SHALL under
/ the supervision of the Tax Commission,
4 compensate each such municipality
4 within its limits for loss of revenue
caused by such withdrawal; Such COM
4 pensation to be made on the basis pro-
4 vided in the following sentence for COM
i pensation by the State to parishes. IF
i the proceeds of such tax remaining to
/ each parish, added to the proceeds Of the
/ levy of the one per cent tax now per-
4 mitted to be levied, after making the
I compensation aforesaid, shall not be suff-
/ cient to repay to said parish the sum 1t
4 would have received by the levy Of its
present one per cent alfmonY 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.
after made free, from parish taxation
which is not reimbursed by the levy OF
the additional six mill tax, the power to
levy which is hereby granted to it, shall
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.
T. The obligation to make the conpen-
sations herein provided for shall be man
datory on the General Assembly, but no
such compensations shall be made after
the year 1921.
levy any part of such six mills within
the limit of any Incorporated municipal
ity and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect such six mill
tax for their own account.
g. The claims of each parish and mu-
nicipality for compensation shall be pre-
scented to the Tax Commission, which shall
examine such claims and report the facts
and it's conclusions to the General Assem-
bly, on before the first day of each
regular session
sources of revenue herein withdrawn
from her assessed values, and for the
Joint benefit of her ahmony and her ex-
listing one per cent debt tax, the city OF
New Orleans. after January l. 1914. is
hereby granted the right to levy annually
and shall levy annually as long as said
one per cent debt tax is required by law
to be levied an additional tax Of sly
) mills. Out Of the proceeds of this tax
there shall be paid by preference annu-
!, ally to the Board of Liquidation Of the
City Debt. for the benefit of the one pei
cent debt tax, a sum equal to that which
| said tax produced in the year 1912 on the
segregated sources of State revenue stu
ated within the city limits and the bal
ance of the proceeds of said six mill tax
, shall go to the alimony fund of the city
8. The two mill ad vaorem specia
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 valoren
r . In case the referendum amendment
: submitted to the peoule at the same time
/ this amendment is submitted providing q
: way to relieve municipalities from genera
parish taxes subject Ito an obligation te
y contribute to certain funds. is adopted
!, !. then the power to levy sixniIls Of add
Y Isles voting for such releasesto be 1avief
Il On property outside of the mnnic Qualities
= and the power to levy six mills Of add.
4 tionaI taxes is hereby granted to eacl
!, municipality SO released to be levied OF
: the property within its corporate limits
$ the obligation of the State to make com
pensation remaining the same. Whether
9 said amendment shall be adopted or no
). the power to levy the extra tax of 81,
Z mills hereby granted to all municipalite!
that are now EXEMPT from parish take!
J, shall remain undisturbed.
i 10. And whether said amendment shall
\ be adopted or not adopted. the police
iuries of the several parishes and thu
e governing authorities of cities (the Par
Y ish of Orleans exceDted), end towns no
e subject to parish taxes, shall levy ant
e collect and turn over to the duly constf
r tnted school authorities under the super
: vision and control of the State Board o
n Education. an amount equal to at 1eas
I three-tenths of the gross amount of az
# valorem taxes, which they levy and col
g Iect provided that such amount shall
n never be less in any parish or munich
r such parish or municipality to: the schoo
i board from the constitutional three mil
s school ad valorem tax collected for efthe
i the year 1911 or 1912, taking the yea
= which yielded the highest amount. Pro
e Ivided further, that cities and towns tina
: are not exempt from the payment o
n parish taxes shall not be required to pa.
= this ad valorem tax if 1t be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities: provide
: further. that this ad valorem tax shall no
d he imposed to the maximum wheneve
n the school board certifies that a sn1alle
y levy will meet the needs of the schools
\, II. All property the taxation of whic
, is reserved to the State, except product
" of mines of stone ullarries of SAND
n gravel or shell pits, and Of OIL or ga
wells, as well as all other property, whfc
y may not be specially exempted from sue
s. taxation, shall continue to be subject t
ID special taxes now in force, and shall b
=, liable to such special taxes as may be i'm
al posed by local, special districts and po
l. litical subdivisions in the future in &C
" cordance with law; provided that no par
Is ish or incorporated municipality sha
" levy a special tax for the support of an
purpose which it IS obligated to take car
D of out of it's ordinary alimony, until
IN shall have first exhausted its ordinar
ne taxing power, upon an assessment of 9
O. least fifty per cent of the market valu
N of the property subject to its taxing au
lg thority.
is IT, Levy district taxes and forced con