The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-10-26
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-4Alertain funds, is adopts

all parishes voting FOR such releas
to be levied on property outside O
the municipalities, and the power t
levy six mills of additional tax 5 /
hereby granted to each municiHalit.
SO released to be levied on the prop
erty within its corporate limits, tn,
obligation Of the State to make com
| pensatiOn remaining the same
Whether said amendment shall b,
| adopted or not the power to lev,
| the extra tax of six mills, hereby
granted to all municipalities that ar,
now exempt from parish taxes shal
remain undisturbed.
| 10. And whether said amen linen
shall be adopted or not adopted, the
police juries of the several parishes
and the governing authorities Of cit
les (the Parish of Orleans excepted)
and towns not subject to parish tax.
es, shall levy and collect and turn
over to the duly constituted school,
authorities under the supervision and
control of the State Board of Educa
ton, an amount equal TO at least
three-tenths of the gross amount OF
ad valorem taxes, which they levy and
collect, provided that such amount
shall never be less in any parish or
municipality than the greatest amount
due from such parish or municipality
to the school board from the consti-
tutional three mill school ad valorem
tax collected for either the year
1911 or 1912, taking the year which
yielded the highest amount. Provid-
ed further, that cities and towns
that are not exempt from the payment
Of parish taxes shall not be required
to pay this ad valorem tax if it be-
already. imposed by the parish author
tiles; provided further, that this ad
valorem tax shall not be imposed
to the maximum whenever the school
board certifies that a smalle" levy
will meet the needs of the schools.
II. All property the taxation of
which is reserved to the State, eX-
cept products of mines, of stone quar-
ries, or sand, gravel or shell pits,
and Of oil or gas wells, as well as ali
other property, which may not be
specially exempted from such taxa
ton, shall continue to be subject to
special taxes now in force, and shall
be liable to such special taxes as
may be imposed by local, special dis
tricts and political subdivisions in tn
future in accordance with law; provid-
ed that no parish or Incorporated mu-
shall levy a special tax Tor
the support of any purpose which it
is obligated to take care of out OF
it's ordinary alimony, until it shall
have first exhausted it's ordinary
taxing power, upon an assessment Of
at least fifty per cent of the market
value of the property subject to its
taxing authority.
-. Levee District taxes and forced
shall continue to be
evied within each district on the
sources of State revenue situated in |
each levee district, and all levee /
axes and contributions shall be col |
ected by the sheriff of each parish,
lnder existing law, and in New Or
cans by the State tax collectors I'M
il June 80, 1916, and thereafter by
he collecting officer of the City of
[ew Orleans.
Is. The taxes mentioned in the
sections s, II, and -, as
0 property reserved for State rev.
nue., shall be based on the assess
nent made by the State Tax Commits
ion for State purposes, eQualized an
nv cot sou in,
ach parish or municipality to the ba
is of assessment therein locally es-
ablished.
Article TX.
1. All revenues received by the
tate from all sources shall go into
fund called the General Fund, and (
ne General Assembly shall apportion :
aid fund among all the public pur- ]
oses for which taxation is levied, {
citing aside, however, each year,
lie following: {
A. For the General Public School !
und not less than one-fifth of the
ross revenues of the State from all
ources provided that such appor-
onment shall never be less than |
ne Million and Thirty Thousand
ollars ($1 100000.
B. For the General Engineer Fund :
ot less than Four Hundred Thous- !
I'D Dollars ($4O0,000.O0)..
c. For Confederate Pensions not 6
IS than the amount provided or to :
, provided by the Constitution. q
D. For the Good Roads Fund, not .
SIS than One Hundred Fifty Thous- =
Id Dollars (s15O,0O0.O0), plus the o
hole proceeds of the States moiety
the special automobile, taxicab .
Id auto-driven vehicle tax. :,
E. For the Public Debt Fund not q
SIS than Five Hundred Twenty-Five y
1ousand Dollars ($525, 0OO00) or not :.
IS than Six Hundred and Fifty !.
lousand Dollars (s650, O0O0 O), if the q
lblic Debt amendment submitted to
e people at the same time this O
nendment is submitted is adopted. II
Article x.
1. All State taxes and licenses ex- -
pit as hereinafter provided shall be IL
Elected by the State TraaSurar Tho d.