The herald., 1912-09-19

proceeds OF thus tax. there stall u,
palg ty preference annually To IA,
BOARD OF Humiliation OF tine city Debt,
for tine urnrlt OF the on, per cent debt
Tan. "a sum equal To that which sand
tax produced iu the year 1871 on the
SEGREGATED sources of state revenue sit
.dtrI within Tie. city limits. and tn,
balance OF The proceeds OF sand SIN
miu tax shall 40 To the allmuu, fund
Of IN. city.
The TWO mill ad y.lur,m -p.y..dl
sewerage ANA water tan Of the tIJg
OF New Orleans shall continue to toe
levied AS long as required uy Law on
mn. sources of state revenue. >uuj.t,
To- an at Nulur,m tuN.
.. la ease the referendum aurua.
mrut submitted to co., people al tu,
same time this amendment As submit.
ted prov .d.u-, a Wan TO relieve uuul,I.
paIiLlr- from general parrish taNr- sub.
sect tu an obligation To ,uuJrIbuie O.,
certain funds t- auupIyG. turu Tie pow
,F To levy ~lA mills Of additional taNv-
Is hereby granted To- all parishes NuIius
tor such release 10 bv levied uu prop
yrLN outside of tho municipalities. ami
the power TO levy sin mills Of add
tIuuat taxes Is hereby granted TO each
municipality Sc released 10 Toe levied
ON the prup,rtv Within its corporate
limits the obligation OF the State 10
make condensation remaining the
same. Whether said amendment shall
b.. adopted or NOT the power To- lew
the extra tax OF sin mills, hereby
granted To all municipalities that are
now exempt from parish taxes shall
remain uudistUrbed.
10. And whether said amendment
shall bc adoptrd or not adopted, tine
police JUries of the several parishes
and the governing authorities Of cities
,tuc Parish Of orleans cNceptcdD, and
towns not subject to parish taxes shall
levy and collect and turn over to the
duly constituted school authorities Bu-
der the supervision aud control Of tu,
State Board of Education. an amount
equal To At least thrtr-tcuthS OF the
| gross amount Of al valorem taxes,
which they levy ana collect provided
| that such amount shall never be less
| IN any parish or uuiCIpality than the
greatest amount due from such parish
| or municipality to the school board
! from the constitutional three mill
school ad Valorem tax collected for
either the year 1911 or 1912, taking
! the year which yielded the highest
| amount Provided further. that cities
| and towns that are not exempt from
| the payment OF parish taxes shall not
| be required To pay this al valOrCm tax
! II it he already imposed by the parish
authorities; provided further, that this
| al valorem tax shall not be imposed
to the maximum whenever the school
! board ccrtiiies that a smaller levy Will
meet the needs of the schools.
! H. All property the taxation of
which is RESERVED to the State, except
products of mines, of stone quarries, Oi
gas wells. as well as ali other prop
| em1I,d from such taxation. shall con
| tlnIp be subject To special taxes
now in force, and shall De liable to
such special taxes as may be imposed
| by local, special districts and political
subdivisions in the future in accord
ance with law: provided that no par
lSh or Incorporated municipality snail
| levy a special tax for the support OF
any purpose which il is obligated TO
take care of out of its ordinary all
| mony until il shall have first exhaust
ed its ordinary taxing power, upon an
| assessment OF at least nifty per cent OF
iect TO its taxing authority.
| L. LeVee District taxes and forced
contributions shall continue TO be lev
led within each district on the
sources of State revenue situated in
each Ievee district and all levee taxes
and contributions shall be collected by
the shelf of each parish. under eN-
listing law, and in New Orleans by the
state tax collectors until June 80. 1916,
and thereafter by the collecting officer
of The civ of New Orleans.
| IL. The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections s, IL and II, as to prop
erty reserved for State revenue. shall
be based on the assessment made by
the state Tax Commission for State
purposes' euualized annually by said
Tax Commission in each parish or mu-
therein locally established
Article IN.
|
| l. All revenues received by the State
| from all sources snail 30 lillO IL Auhu
called the General Fund. and the Gen
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for
| which taxation is levied. setting aside,
| however. each year, the following:
| A. For the General Public School
| Fund not less than one-ffth OF the
gross revenues of the State from all
sources provided that such apportion-
| ment shall never be less than one Mil
lion and Thirty THOUSAND Dollars ($l,-
| 81. OOO. OO).
| b. For the General Engineer Fund
Dollars CS4OO. 100000.
less than the amount provided or to be
| provided by the Constitution.
ID. For the Good Roads Fund, not
less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand
| Dollars (Sl50,OO000) plus the whole
| proceeds of the states moiety of the
special automobile, taxicab and auto
+. For the Public Debt FUND not
Thousand Dollars CS525,OOO:OUl or not
less than Six Hundred ana flfty Inou
sand Dollars tS65O,OOOO0) N the fup-
lie Debt amendment suDmitteu 10 tne
people at the same time TINS amend
ment is submitted Is adopted
Article y.
,,
, cept as hereinafter proVldeu shall DC
: collected by the state Treasurer Inc
GeneraI Assembly snail ,provlue sucn
d additional clerical 1orce IN lne treas >,
I urers office as may De necessary to
enable MIN 10 perform tne uutleS mere