The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07


ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted pro-
viding a way to relieve municipalities
from general parish taxes, subject to an
obligation to contribute to certain funds,
is adopted, then each municipality so re-
lieved from such taxation, shall have the
right by its governing authority, to pro-
its own assessor or assessors and to fix
their compensation.
Article VIII.
!. In order to reimburse parishes and
municipalities now free from parish
taxes for loss of revenue caused by the
withdrawal OF the sources of State rev.
enue from parish and municipal taxation,
there is hereby granted to each parish and
to each such municipal corporation the
right to levy an additional tax of six mills
on unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January /, 1914, the
as may be necessary, and out of the pro-
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
caused by such withdrawal. Such COM
pensation 10 be made on the basis pro-
vided in the following sentence for COM
pensation by the State to parishes. II
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 II
would have received by the levy of its
present one per cent alimony tax on the
basis OF the assessment rolls of 1911, plus
an increase of five per cent on the
amount Of said tax, then the State shall
compensate each parish the amount of
G1rch daffe;aOCX a. cd
the Tax Commission.
3. Any municipality now free, or here
after made free. from parish taxation
which is not reimbursed by the levy OF
the additional six mill tax. the power tc
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 COMPENSATION to be fixed
by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the compen-
sations herein provided for shall be man.
datory on the General Assembly. but no
such conversations shall be made after
the year 1921.
5. After the year 1921. no parish shall
levy any part OF such six mills within
the limit of any Incorporated municipal
ity and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect such six mill
tax for their own account.
g. The claims of each parish and mu-
nicirality for compensation shall be pre-
Sented 10 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 each
regular session.
Z. In reimbursement for the State
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 1. 1914. IL
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
mills. Out of the proceeds of this tax.
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 which
said tax produced in the year 1912 on the
segrega ted sources of State revenue sifu-
ated within the citv limits. and the bal
ance of the proceeds of said six mill tax
shall GO to the alimony fund of the CITY.
g. The two mill ad valorem special
sewerage and water tax of the City Of
New Orleans shall continue to be levied
as long as REQUIRED by law on the sources
Of State revenue subject to an ad valorem
tax.
g. 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 to
contribute to certain funds is adopted.
ticnal taves Is hereby granted to all par
ishes voting for such release to be levied
on property outside of the municipalities,
and the power to levy six mills of addi-
toDal taves Is hereby granted TO each
municipality so released to be levied on
the rrnrerty within It's corporate limits.
the OBLIGATION of the State to make conn
persation remaining the same Whether
said amendment shall be adopted or not
the power to levy the extra tax of six
mills hereby granted to all municipalities
that are now EXEMPT from parish taxes
shall remain undisturbed.
10. And whether said amendment. shall
he adopted or not adopted, the police
juries of the several parishes and the
governing authorities of cities (the Par
fish Of Orleans evcepted). and towns not
subject to parish taxes. shall levy and
collect and turn over to the duly constf-
tuted school authorities under the super-
vision and control of tho State Board Of
Education. an amount equal to at least
three-tenths Of the gross amount Of ed
valorem taxes. which they levy and COL
lect. provided that such amount shall
never he less in any parish or nuricf-
paltty than the greatest amount due from
surh parish or Municipality tn the school
board from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem tax collected for either
the wear 1911 or 1912. taking the year
which Welded the highest amount. Pro-
vided further. that cities and towns that
are not exempt from the payment of
this ad valorem tax IL 1t be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities: provided
further. that this ad valorem tax shall not
be IMPOSED to the maximum whenever
the school board certifies that smaller
levy will meet the needs of the schools.
IL. All property the taxation Of which
Is reserved to the State, except products
of mines. of stone quarries. of sand,
gravel or shell pits. and of oil or gas
wells. as well as all other property which
may not be srecially exempted from such
taxation. shall continue to he subject to
special taxes now in force. and shall be
liable to such special taxes as may be i'm
posed by local. special districts and po-
litical subdivisions in the future In ac-
cordance with law: provided that no par
ish or Incorporated municipality shall
levy n special tax for the support OF any
purpose which 1t is obligated to take care
of cut of its ordinary aIirnouy, until II
shall have first exhausted its ordinary
taxing mower. upon an assessment OF ot
least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-