The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-10-19

Class. Whenever the rate OF as
sessment levied against any inheri-
lance, legacy, or other donation, when
deducted from said inheritance, le-
gacy. or other donation, would leas'e |,
the beneficiary smaller net amount
than he would have received had ie
Inheritance, legacy, or other DONATION
fallen into the next lower class IN |
the classification according to amour |
Of actual cash value, then the rale
o. taxation shall be first calculated
upon the maximum amount in SAID
next lower class, and the remaining
amount Of the inheritance, legacy,
or other donation shall be taxed at
the rate fixed for the higher class
into which the inheritance, legacy, or
other donation falls.
Duplication of inheritance taxes as
between this State and other States,
foreign and domestic, shall be avoid
ed by the exemption of corporeal
property belonging to decedent OF
this State, and situated outside of
this State, to the extent of any in
heritance, tax of such other State;
and by the exemption of incorporeal
rights belonging to nonresident de-
Louisiana corporations, notes, bonds,
and evidences of debt due by Lou
isiana debtors or bearing on Louisi-
ana property, to the same extent
This tax shall also be applied to
all donations inter vivos, the donees
to be divided into the same classes
hereinabove defined All donations
inter vivos to the same person with
in a period Of five years shall be
taxed as If together constituting a
single donation.
Legacies and donations inter viyos
to educational, religious, or charlta-
BILE institutions, or to trustees lot
educational, religious or charitable
purposes, shall be exempt from this
tax, unless such donation, or legacy,
shall be more than half of the dis
possible portion Of the testator's, or
donors estate, in which case the tax
shall be imposed upon the entire
legacy or donation and the legatees
or donees shall be considered to be
within the third class.
8. Such other special taxes as the
General Assembly by a vote OF two
thirds of all the members eleeted 10
each house may from time to time
prescribe.
Article w.
1. The General Assembly shall have
power to levy license taxes only on
persons, partnerships, associations
and corporations engaged in bust
ness or occupations that fall strictly
under the domain of the, police pow
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all such businesses and occupations,
and to graduate the tax within each
class.
y. Local subdivisions of the State
government shall have the power TO
ldvy licenses on businesses and occu-
bations falling strictly within the do
main of the police power as provid-
ed in the foregoing section for the
State save that such local licenses
as may be levied on traffic in malt,
vinous and alcoholic liquors shall not
be less than those levied by The
State nor less than those now or
hereafter to be prescribed by the
General Assembly as minimum local
licenses.
3. sub local subdivisions, as each
may determine for itself, shall also
have the right to levy license taxes,
classified and graduated with due re-
spect to equality and uniformity with
IN each class, on all businesses and
occupations not covered by Section 2
of this article; save and except Ii
censes on corporations, persons, firms
and associations whose property or
businesses among the sources OF rev.
enue reserved to the State, and save
and except licenses on individuals
engaged in trades, occupations and
callings involving the personal labor
Or skill of the person to be taxed,
and not falling within the domain of
the police power; and save and ex-
cept corporations, associations, part
nerships or individuals engaged N
manufacturing or Industrial pursuits
whose capital stock, or capital in bus
mess, is less than five thousand dol
lars. and not falling within the do
main Of the police power; and save
and except persons, firms and corpo-
rationS engaged in agricultural or hor
ticultural pursuits. In no event shall
any such local license exceed one-
tenth of one per cent Of the gross
receipts of the Hcensee, provided
that no license shall be less than
$500, nor shall the licenses provide
ed for in this section be levied I'M
less the general property tax of
each taxing locality, when exercised
to sixty per cent of its limit, shall
not be sufficient to pay the expen-
ses Of its government. Whenever a
municipal license equals the license.l
levied by the parish, only the munic1
ipa' license shall be due and collect
able.
Article v.
1. All assessments of property for
State purposes shall be made by a
State Tax Commission, composed of !
three members to be elected, not
later than July list, 1913, by a Board
composed Of the Governor, the State
Auditor and the State Treasurer
from among the qualified electors of
the respective Railroad Commission
Districts. as constituted at this date
and they shall not be subject to re.
moval except for the causes and IN
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