The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-28

House Rf,I No. q BY Mr.. Roberta
Joint resolution submitting to the peo-
pie OF Louisiana an amendment to the
Constituticn reorganizing and remodeling
the Slater system of assessment and tax
alton.
Section !. &c 1t resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State of louisa ma,
two-thirds Of all the members elected
to each House concurring. That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby submitted to the qualified cleo.
election to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday In the month of
November, in the year 1912, to-wit:
/, The taxing 's bower shall he ever
cised by the State and by its subdivis-
ions for public purposes only.
g The taxing power shall never be
surrendered.l suspended, given, commu-
| ted or contracted away; but where par
ishes or municipal corporations shall
grant exemptions from parish or NUM-
cipal taxes for a period not to exceed ten
years from date 81 completion TO en-,
enterprises, or a similar exemption to Inn
migrants Of the value added by them to
vacant property owned and occurred as
homestead, snch exemptions shall not ne
withdrawn either as to enterprises es-
tablished or substantially begun in good
faith. or to immigrants who have actu-
allv acquired and improved or in good
IHIln D6RuD 10 Improve InclT n0NneSle@IS,
since the granting OF the exemption. The
General Assembly on behalf of the State,
and the governing authorities of all sub
divisions of the state IN behalf nj such
three years the collection OF taxes in To-
calities subjected to overflow or other
public calamity.
8. The General Assembly shall have
ton. and to adopt different rules and
rates for different classes, but such rules
and rates shall be equal and uniform on
all subjects Of the same class throughout
levying the tax. All such classihaations
shall be based on the characteristics of
the property itself or its use. and never
on persons or ownership.
OF domestic revolution. the General As
sembly shall not have power to levy
any ad valorem property tax In excess IT
four per cent: but the General Assembly
half per cent exceDt by vote Of two
thirds of all the members elected to each
house thereof.
I. The sources OF State and local rev.
cnue shall be segregated and. except an
hereinafter srecifed. or as may be here
after permitted by vote of two-fhirds
of al the members elected to eoch House
Of the General Assembly. each taxing
authority shall be restricted in tavafion
tn t's own sources Of revenue as herein
assigned.
.. Until otherwise provided bv vote
Of fwr-th,rds of all the members elected
tn each House OF the General Assembly.
the icilowfng shall be the sources Of
State revenue:
Isl: The special taxes hereinafter pro-
vired Cor.
End. All corporations. private persons
and urincorrorated associations that OPP
e-afe any railroad falling under the juris-
fictipn OF the Railroad Commission of
louisiana: street railroad: combined
street railroad and electric light and
plant (nof inclusive of cold storagS
pIant): telephone line: telegraph line,
whether wireless or otherwise: express
lire. dining car. sleeping car, oil car. re-
pose operating upon railroads In this