The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-10-31
or officers. and the mode of their

or officers, and the mode OF 'helr
election or appointment; and every
parish shall elect by a vote OF us
qualified electors the officer, or OIL
GERS, to assess it's property tor TAX
alton the compensation Of such OIL
Ger or officers to be fixed by the Po'
lice Jury not less than ten months
before the election, and not SUBJECT
to change during the elected o1flcer S
incumbency. This power shall not
be exercised in the Parishes, nor IN
the Parish of Orleans as to assess
ors, until the terms of office OF the
present incumbents expire. Alter
January /, 1914, and until the explra-
ton of the terms of said officers, all
local assessments shall be made by
the assessors of each parish and the
assessors of New Orleans at the
present rate of compensation. All 10
cal taxes and licenses except these
levied by municipalities, shall be COL
lected by the Sheriff of each Parish,
except the Parish of Orleans, at the
present rate Of compensation unless
such compensation shall be changed
by the General Assembly. After Jan
uary /. 1914, Parish Assessors shall
be- compensated by the Parishes and
the Assessors of the Parish OF Or
leans by the City of New Orleans. If
under the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted
providing way to relieve municipal
tiles from general parish taxes, sub
ject to an obligation to contribute tc
certain funds, is adopted, then each
municipality so relieved from such
taxation, shall have the right by its
governing authority, to provide fol
the appointment or election Of its
own assessor or assessors and to fiji
their compensation.
! Article VIII.
| /. In order to reimburse parishes
and municipalities now free from par
ish taxes for loss of revenue caused
by the withdrawal of the sources o.
state revenue from parish and munic
ipal taxation, there is hereby grant
ed to each parish and to each such
municipal corporation the right to lie
w an additional tax of six mills or
unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse
municipalities not now free from par
ish taxes each parish shall levy an
nually for eight years after Januar!
/, 1914, the six mill tax aforesaid, o.
so much thereof as may be necessa
ry, and out of the proceeds of thi'
tax each parish shall, under the sup
? ervision of the Tax Commission, com
: pensate each such municipality with
, in it's limits for loss of revenue caus
ed by such withdrawal. Such com
|, pensation to be made on the bash
. provided in the following sentence
, for compensation by the state II
: parishes. If the proceeds OF sucl
tax remaining to each parish, adde'
, to the proceeds of the levy of tn
one per cent tax now permitted Il
: be levied, after making the compen
sation aforesaid, shall not be suffic1
. ent to repay to said parish the sun
it would have received by the lev,
. of it's present one per cent alimon
? tax on the basis of the assessmen
rolls of 1911, plus an increase Q
! five per cent on the amount of sal
s tax, then the state shall c0mpensat
s each parish the amount of such def
: cheney as fixed and reported by tn
; Tax Commission.
8 3. Any municipality now free, Q
/ hereafter made free, from parish tai
8 alton which is not reimbursed by th
levy of the additional six mill tai
J. the power to levy which is hereb
!. granted to it, shall be compensate
u by the General Assembly on the b
!, sis above provided for compensate
4 by the State to the parishes, tn
amount of said compensation to b
y fixed by the Tax Commission.
e 4. The obligation to make the con
- pensations herein provided for sha
g be mandatory on the General Assem-
II bly,, but no such compensations sha
# be made after the year 1921.
- 5. After the year 1921, no paris
shall levy any part of such six mil
}. within the limit of any incorporate
e municipality and said municipalitit
II shall be entitled to levy and collie
=, !, such six mill tax for their own a
Y count.
p 6. The claims of each parish al
y municipality for compensation sha
~ be presented to, the Tax Commissio
which shall examine such claims al