The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1912-10-10

| !. In order to reimburse parishes ano
municipalities now free from parish
| withdrawal Of the sources of State rev.
epue from parish and municipal taxation
| there is hereby granted to each parish ano
/ to each such municipal corporation the
right to levy an additional tax of six mills
on unsegregated property. $780,.
q In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January 1, 1914, the
six mill tax aforesaid, or SO much thereof
ceeds of this tax each parish shall, under
the supervision of the Tax Commission,
compensate each such municipality
within its limits for loss OF revenue
pensation to be made on the basis pro-
vided in the following sentence for COM
pensation by the State to parishes. III
the proceeds of such tax remaining to
each parish. added to the proceeds of the
levy of the one per cent tax now per-
mitted to be levied. after making the
compensation aforesaid, shall not be suffl :
cient to repay to said parish the sum 1t
would have received by the levy of It's
present one per cent altmony tax on the
basis Of the assessment rolls of 1911, plus
amount of said tax, then the State shall
COMPENSATE each parish the amount or
such deficiency as fixed and reported by
the Tax Commission.
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-
sation by the State to the parishes, the
amount Of said conversation to be fixed
by the Tax Commission.
A. The obligation to make the compen-
satjbns herein provided for shall be man
dafory on the General Assembly, but no
such conversations shall be made after
the year 1921.
&. After the year 1921, no parish shall
levy any part of such six mills within
| the limit of any incorDorated municipal
ity and said municipalities shall be en-
| titled to levy and collect such six mill
| tax for their own account.
s. The claims of each parish and mu-
nicirality for COMPENSATION shall be pre-
scented to the Tax Commission. which shall
examine such claims and report the facts
and its conclusions to the General Assem-
| bly, on or before the first day of eacn
| regular session.
sources of revenue herein Withdrawn
| from her assessed values, and for the
! joint benefit of her alimony and her ex--
listing one per cent debt tax the city OF
| New Orleans, after January l, 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. sum equal to that whieh
| said tax produced in the year 1912 on the
| segregated sources of State revenue stu
ated within the citv limits. and the bai-
| ance of the proceeds of said six mlli TAX
| shall GO to the alimony fund of the city:
8. The two mill ad valorem specigl
sewerage and water tax of the City ~
New Orleans shall continue to. be levied
as long required by law on the sources
of State revenue subject to an ad valorem
1 tax.
o.. In case the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same time
! this amendment is submitted providing a
way to relieve municipalities from general
! parish taxes subject to an obligation 70
| contribute to certain funds, is adopted,
| then the power to levy six mills of addt-
| tional taxes is hereby granted to all par
fishes voting for such release to be levied
| on property outside of the municipalities
and the power to levy six mills of addi-
| tionai taxes is hereby granted to each
municipality so releas ed to be levied on
| the property within its corporate limits
| the obligation of the State to make COM
/ pensation remaining the same. Whether
said amendment shall be adopted or moi
| the power to levy the extra tax of six
mills hereby granted to all municipalities
| that are now exempt from parish taxes
| shall remain undisturhed.
| 10 And whether said amendment shall
/ be adopted or not adopted, the police
| turies of the several parishes and the
| governing authorities OF cities (the Par
! ish of Orleans excented). and towns not
1 subject to parish taxes, shall levy anc
collect and turn over to the duly consti-
| tuted school authorities under the super
| vision and control of the State Board ~
| Education. an amount equal to at leas,
| three tenths of the gross amount of az
| 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
| sirl, parish or Municipality to the scho"
| board from the constitutional three mil
| school ad yalorem tax collected for either
| the wear 1911 or 1912, taking the veal
| which Welded the highest amount. Pro
| vided further. that cities and towns tina
| are NOT eXthIpI IIUIH the ps1yII1tHt o
/ parish taxes shall not be required to PAL
this ad valorem tax If 1t be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities: provided