The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-14

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amendment be and the Same
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
/. No part Of this amt ndmn.
the Constitution shall 90 into ef,...
until January LIST, 1914. except ,b..
the provisions Of sections one. tro
five, six and seven Of Article III =,
to special taxes shall 20 into aff,o,
as soon as the General AssenN,
shall pass laws carrying them IN.
effect, and the provisions Of sections
three and -four Of said article shan
go into effect on January 1st 1919
provided laws carrying them into Of
feet shall BE- passed on or before
March /. 1913; provided further. that
laws carrying them into effect ma,
be enacted at any later Gate.
> On and after January lst 1871,
the office of the State Board Of An
praisers and the Office of State Board
of Equalization shall be abolished
but the present incumbents shan
hold their offices at the present rato
Of compensation until their Terms
shall expire and they shall aid the
Tax Commission in putting the sys
tenn provided for in this amendment
into operation, ana in that oonnec.
ton they shall perform such duties
as the Tax Commission and the Gen.
eral Assembly may prescribe.
;. The license tax authorize bv
the present Constitution 10 be levied
on tie severance of natural re.
sources from the soil, shall be super
seeded by this amendment as to the
severance Of minerals. oil and gas,
and shall be levied only on tha sev-
erance of forest products.
I. When this Amendments 2oas INTO
effect on January /. 1914, the spec
ial state taxes levied for COOL roads
and for Confederate Veterans as now
established OF as may be establish
ed, by the amendment to be sub
mitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted,
shall cease. and the General Assem-
bly, shall make provision out of the
General Fund for the benefit Of
each Of these special funds as here
matter provided
). All State taxes and licenses IN
collected on January I 1914, fer 1913
and previous years. shall be collect
ed and accounted for, under existing
laws, by the sheriffs in the parishes,
and the State Tax Collector IN New
Orleans. but all such collections must
be completed by June 81 1916, UP to
which date the State Tax Collector
OF New Orleans shall main in OF
flee. He shall also collect all State
licenses levied in the Parish OF Or
leans until said date and the Gener-
alAssembly shall provide for reduc-
ton of his clerical force to take
place on June 90, 1914. After June
( 30. 1916, any State licenses and tax
/ es then remaining unpaid, shall De
collected by the State Treasurer. Inc
! General Assembly shall by approprl-
ate LEGISLATION provide compensation
or an equitable basis to the tax COZ,
lectors and assessors OF the se'erdi
marshes for the sums they m'y lose
after January first, 1914, to the date
Of the expiration Of their terms Oh
office in commissions on the state
taxes that would have accrued on ne
SOURCES of revenue segregated to ne
state provided that the State shall
he under no obligation 10 relmpui sc
them in any greater amount lhan
will guarantee to them SUM equdl
to the total Of the commissions Oh
their office for the years 1911 or 19l2
taking the year which shows the
HIGHEST amount. ana the General AS
sembly shall at its regular session ~
1914 and 1916 make an estimate u
the probable amount needed foF suen
D1rpose. and make appropriation 10
cover the same; and at the blennia,
sessions of 1916 and 1918 it shal
make a further appropriation to Gov
er any deficiency.
6. The amendments 10 tha con.
stitution submitted to the people al
the same time that this amendmen,
* submitted, proposing to eHemp'
from taxation the objects therein
specially set forth. if adopted, shal
not be affected by the provisions OF
this amendment; nor shall th,s
amendment be construed as affect
inc any property now exempt from
taxation under the Constitution o.
( 1898 ana its amendments.
: The Public Debt Amend'A III
submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted, Il
adopted. shall be superseded by ms
amendment in respect to the moa.
Of providing the public debt flnN
Guaranteed by such amendment.
] Prior to January 1, 1914, the Gener
I q, Assembly shall pass proper ~ ~
tutes to carry this amendment lntG
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