The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-21

, l1ent submitted to the people at the same
| time this amendment is submitted pro-
viding way to relieve municipalities
txo1s general parish taxes, subject to an
saen each n 1o ggalhtn so soh re.
Heved 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.
l.. 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 ca CHI 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-s
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January i, 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,
compensate each such municipality
caused by such withdrawal Such com
pensation to be made on the basis pro-
vided In the following sentence for COM
pensation by the State to parishes. If
T.
each parish. added to the proceeds of the
levy of the one per cent tax now per-
mltted to be levied, after making the
compensation aforesaid, shall not be sufi-
Gent 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
am Of said tax ave be fsnt s 4e s tha
compensate each parish the amount of
such dehclency as fixed and reported by
the Tax Commission.
g. 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
levy which Is hereby. granted to it, shall
be compensated by the General Assembly
on the basis above provided for compen-
satton by the State to the parishes, the
amount of said compensation to be fixed
by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the compen-
sat1ons herein provided for shall be man
datory on the General Assembly, but no
such eompensations 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
ity. and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect such six mill
tax for their own account
3. The claims OF each parish and mu-
nlc1palIty for compensation shall be pre-
sented to the Tax Commission. which shall
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 reimbursement for the State
from her assessed valnas, and for the
Joint benefit of her alimdny and her ex-
listing one per cent debt tax, the city of.
New Orleans, after January /, 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 six
there shall be paid by preference annu-
ally to the Board of Liquidation Of the
City Debt, for the benefit of the one per
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 .nrdceeds of said six mill tax
shall 60 to the alin1ony fund Of the city.
8. 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
Z In case the referendum amendment
submitted to the peopIe atathe same time
this amendment is submitted providing a
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 or add
tianal taxes IS hereby granted to al par
on proTe rty outside Of q municipalities
and the power Id levy EsIK mills Of addi-
tiona1 taxes IS hereby granted to each
so released toll be levied on
fhe property within its corporate limits.
the obligation of the State to make COM
pensatfon 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 undisturbed.
10 And whether said amendment shall 4
be adopted or not adopted the police
jurfes Of the several parishes and the
governing authorities of cities (tfe Par
ish. of Orleans eycentedl, and towns not
subject to parish taxes, shall levy and
collect and turn over to the duly consti-
tuted school authorities under the super-
vision and control of the State Board of
Education. an amount equal to at least
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
board from the constitutional three mill
school ad va1orern tax collected for either
the year 1911 or 1912, taking the year
which yielded the highest amount. Pro-
are not exempt from the payment of |
parish taxes shall not be required to pay
this ad valorem tax # it be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities; provided
tllSAt llldt SlldIl ilol
be imposed to the maximum whenever T
the school board certifes that a smaller
levy will meet the needs Of the schools
!, l. Al property the taxation Of which
of mines, of stone quarries, Of sand, /
gravel or shell pits, and Of oil or gas ,
wells, as well as all other property, which |
taxation. shall continue to be subject to
special taxes now in force and shall be
liable to such special taxes ais 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 special tax for the support of any
purpose which it is obligated to take care
shall have first exhausted its ordinary
taxing power, upon an assessment of at /
least fifty per cent of the market value