The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-10-05

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conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part Of this amendnNnt TO
the Constitution shall so into effect
until January LIST, 1914, except that
the provisions Of sections one, two,
five, six and seven of Article III. as
to special taxes shall go into effect
as soon as the General Assembly
shall pass laws carrying them into
effect, and the provisions Of sections
three and four of said article shall
60 into effect on January LIST, 1913,
provided laws carrying them into ef.
feet shall be passed on or before
March l, 1913; provided further, that
laws carrying them into effect may
be enacted at any later date.
2 On and after January 1st, 1914,
the office of the State Board Of Ap-
praisers and the office Of State Board
of Equalization shall be abolished,
but the present incumbents shall
hold their offices at the present rate
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, and in that connec-
ton they shall perform such duties
as the Tax Commission and the Gen.
eral Assembly may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
the present Constitution to be levied
on the 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 the sew
erance of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes into
effect on January l, 1914, the spec
ial state taxes levied for good roads
: and for Confederate Veterans as now
established or 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.
s. All State taxes and licenses I'M
collected on January /, 1914, for 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 80, 1916, up to
which date the State Tax Collector
of New Orleans shall remain 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 80, 1914. After June
80, 1916, any State licenses and tax
es then remaining unpaid, shall be
collected by the State Treasurer. The
General Assembly shall by appropri-
ate legislation provide compensation
on an equitable basis to the tax col
lectors and assessors of the several
parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first, 1914, to the date
Of the expiration of their terms or
office in commissions on the State
taxes that would have accrued on the
sources of revenue segregated to me
State, provided that the State shall
be under no obligation to reimburse
them in any greater amount than
will guarantee to them a sum equal
to the total of the commissions OF
their office for the years 1911 or 1912,
taking the year which shows the
highest amount, and the General AS
sembly shall at it's regular session in
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the probable amount needed for such
purpose, and make appropriation to
cover the same; and at the biennial
sessions of 1916 and 1918 it shall
make a further appropriation to COW
err any deficiency.
G. The amendments TO the Con-
stitution submitted to the people at
the same time that this amendment
is submitted, proposing to exempt
from taxation the objects therein
specially set forth, if adopted shall
not be affected by the provisions Of
this amendment; nor shall this
amendment be construed as affect
ing any property now exempt from
taxation under the Constitution Of
1898 and its amendments.
7. The Public Debt Amendment,
submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted, If
adopted, shall be superseded by this
amendment in respect to the mode
Of providing the public debt fund
guaranteed by such amendment.
Prior to January l, 1914, the Gener-
al Assembly shall pass proper sta
tutes to carry this amendment into
operation; and the Governor shall