The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-10-03

CluUEug DOu0luS anu SuTet! SOlljdulti
foreign or domestic, and all person:
and partnerships engaged in insur
ing persons or property, save thai
al, the real estate ami corporea
property Of such companies, persons
or partnerships shall be locally as
: sessed and taxed.
9th. All sugar refineries, rice mills
cotton seed OIL mills, cotton seed oil
retineries and refineries of petroleum
and its products. A sugar refinery
is hereby defined to be a concern
that buys and refines raw sugar ex-
ciusVely OF concern that buys and
retlneS more raw sugar than the az
gregate Of the sugar produced by it
from cane grOwn and purchased by
it.
9Th. All mines OF sulphur, salt or
other minerals, all oil or gas wells,
all stone quarries, sand, gravel and
shell pits.
3. Only the operative property of
state sources of revenue shall be
segregated to the State. The Gener.
"a Assembly shall define. in man.
ner not inconsistent with any pro.
visions Of this amendment what the
operative property of each such
source is. Real estate and the i'm.
provements thereon forming part OF
any railroad terminal, depot or yard
Or warehouse or shop, acquired after
July !. 1912, even though it may form
part of the operative property of any
railroad, shall not be considered q
source of state revenue except by
constitutional amendment unless
such property had been, prior to said
date, part of a railroad terminal, de.
pot, yard, warehouse or shop.
4. All other property subject to
taxation, except as herein specified,
or except as may hereafter be direct.
ed by vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house Of The
General Assembly, shall be sources
Of local taxation.
Article III.
The General Assembly shall have
power to levy for State purposes the
following special taxes:
l. A tax on the transfer of stocks
in corporations not to exceed 9 cents
a share.
2. A tax On the organization Of
domestic corporations, organized for
profit, excepting banks, fraternal in
surance companies, and building and
loan Or homestead associations, not
to exceed ten dollars flat, plus not
to exceed one-twentieth of one per
cent OF the authorized capital stock
and surplus, which tax shall be lev
| led upon Increases Of capital stock
as well as upon original issues.
). A tax on private corporations,
organized for profit, for the privilege
OF exercising corporate functions, not
to exceed one'twentieth of one per
cent per annum on the outstanding
capital stock and surplus, excluding
banks, fraternal and life insurance
companies and building and loan or
homestead associations; no such tax
to be less than five dollars. On for
eign corporations this tax shall be
levied on such proportions of their
capital stock and surplus as is used
in this State in intrarstate business.
In lieu of the franchise tax on CAPT.
tai and surplus, life insurance com.
panies, foreign and domestic, not in.
Gliding fraternal insurance associa.
tons. shall pay annually q flat fee Of
/ $4,000 plus $3.50 on each SO. 100000
OF premiums collected in Louisiana
during the preceding year.
1. An annual ad valorem tax on
all automobiles and taxicabs. and Il.
so on all other auto-driven vehicles
used for transportation Of persons OF
freight for hire, with permission to
the local government Of the resi-.
dence Of the owner to levy an annual
license tax not to exceed $500. One.
half OF the proceeds Of this State
tax collected from each owner shall
60 to the State good roads funds:
the remaining moiety Of such tax
shall be paid over by the State to
the governing authority of the local..
ty from which the machine 10 regis
tered. to be devoted exclusively BY
such, governing authority to the i'm.
provement Of the public highways
within its Jurisdiction.
5. A tax on cotton future con.
tracts, in lieu of all licenses to ftl.
ture brokers', Of not more than III.
teen nor less than ten cents on
each purchase and sale Of each 100
bales, to be paid on each transac.
ton. one-hah by the buyer and one.
half by the seller.
6. A tax on grain, coffee, rice
and sugar future contracts, in lieu Of
all licenses to future brokers, Of not
more than one and one-half per cent
nor less than one per cent on the
commissions paid on each transac-
ton. Each unit contract as estah
lished by the rules of the respective
exchanges shall be the basis OF the
tax. to be paid, one-half by the buy.
er and one-half by the seller.
Z. A true. progressive inheritance
tax for the benefit of the General
Fund, and if such tax is levied an
beneficiaries shall be divided into
the following maximum exemptions
for each class
First. ascendants, descendants, and
spouses, with an exemption Of $4,000
each, except as to the widow, when
he exemption shall be $4,000, and ex-
,ept as to children under the age Of
sixteen, when the exemption shall be
$500 each. The Widows marital
ourth shall be exempt.