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menu submitted to the people at the same,
t'ine this amendment is submitted is
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Article X.
l.. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
~ the State Treasurer. The General AS
seinbly Shall provide such additional clcri-
cal force In the Treasurers office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
2. The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for special Revenue
Agents, not to exceed three in number,
70 assist the Treasurer in collecting an
licenses, and taxes, and to assist the Tax
commission in gathering information for
leVylng assessments, and shall fix the
compensation and duties OF such agents.
Article XII.
!. All articles and parts Of articles of
the Constitution of 1888 on the subject OF
assessment and taxation, and all amend
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
to or in conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
January LIST, 1914. except that the pro-
Visions of sections one, two, five, six and
seven of Article III, as to special taxes,
snail go into effect as soon as the Cen
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
them into effect, and the provisions o.
sections three and four of said Article
Shall go into effect on January 1st 1913.
provided laws carrying them into eifec,
shall be passed on or before March |,
1918; provided further, that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted at any
later date.
2. On and after January LIST, 1914, the
Office Of the State Board of Appraisers
and the office of State Board of Equa!i
cation shall be abolished. but the present
incunbents shall hold their offices at the
present rate Of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they shall
aid the Tax Commission in putting the
system provided for in this amendment
into operation. and in that connection
they shall perform such duties as the Tax
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by the
present Constitution to be levied on the
severance of natural resources from the
soil. shall he superseded by this amend
ment as to the severance of minerals, oil
and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes into eff
feet on January !, 1914, the special state
taxes levied for good roads and for Con
federate Veterans as now established or
as may lie established by the amendment
10 be submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted, sha =
cease and the General Assembly shat
make provision ont of the General Fund
for the benefit of each Of these special
funds as hereinabOve provided.
>. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
'ected on January |. 1914. for 1913 and
,l,l no tnl ,,,l
counted for. under existing laws. by the
SheIiffs in the parishes, and the state
Tax Collector in New Orleans. but az
such collections must be completed by
June 30. 1916. up to which date the State
Tax Collector Of New Orleans shall re-
main in Office. He shall also collect al
State licenses levied in the Parish of
eral Assembly shall provide for reduc
ton of his clerical force to take place or
.Iune So 1914. After June 80, 1916. any
State licenses and taxes then remaining
unpaid. shall be collected by the State
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
rensation on an equitable basis to the
cal parishes for the sums thev may lose
after January first. 1914 to the date of
:he expiration of their terms of office in
commissions on the State taxes that
would have accrued on the sources of
revenue segregated to the State. pro-
vi8ad that the State shall he under no
obligation to reimburse them in any
Greater amount than will guarantee to
them Il sum equal to the total of the COM
missions of their office for the years 1o11
or la12. taking the wear which shows the
highest amount, and the General Assem-
hlv shall at its regular session in 1914 and
1916 make an estimate of the probable
amount needed for such purpose, and
make annropriatinn to cover the same:
and ut the biennial sessions of 1916 and
1918 it shall make a further appropriation
to cover any deficiency.
6. The amendments to the Constitu-
ton submitted to the people at the same
time that this amendment is submitted.
pronosing to exempt from taxation the
OBJECTS therein specially set forth. if
adoDted, shall not he affected by the pro-
visions OF this amendment: nor shall this
amendment be construed as affecting any
property now EXEMPT from taxation I'M
der the Constitution of 1898 and its
amendments
I. The Public Debt Amendment, sub
mitted to the people at the same time
this amendment Is submitted. if adopted,
shall be superseded by this amendment in
respect to the mode OF providing the pub
lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
ment.
Prior to January I, 1914, the General
Assembly shall pass proper statutes to
carry this amendment into operation; and
the Governor shall call an extra session
of that body for that purpose as soon as
convenient after this amendment is
adopted
Section 2. BE it further resolved, ETC.,
That there shall he printed on the bal
lots to be used at said election the
words
For the amendment to the Constitu-
ton reorganizing and remodeling the
States system of assessment and taxa
ton:
And the words
Against the amendment to the Con-
sitution recognizing and remodeing the
states system Of assessment and taxa
ton
And each voter shall indicate on his
ballot, as provided by the general cleo
ton laws of the State, whether he votes
for or against said amendment
L. E. THOMAS.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approved: August 24th 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
true copy:
ALVIN f. HERERT