The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-19

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Article X.
l. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
ny the State Treasurer. The General As
sembly shall provide such additional cleri-
cal force in the Treasurer's Office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
z. The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for special Revenue
! Agents, not to exceed three in number,
to assist the Treasurer in collecting all
licenses and taxes. and to assist the Tax
Commission in gathering information for
leVylng assessments, and Shall fix the
compensation and duties Of such agents
Article XII.
j. All articles and parts of articles OF
the Constitution of 1898 on, the subject Of
assessment and taxation and all amend
to or in conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the sans are hereby
repealed.
SCHEDULE.
Constitution shall go into effect until
January 1st. 1914. except that the pro-
visions OF sections one, two, five, six and
seven sy Of Ar; article II as to special taxes
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
| them into effect, and the provisions Of
sections three and four of said Article
shall go into effect on January LIST. 1919,
provided laws carrying them into effect
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 LIST, 1914, the
office Of the State Board of Appraisers
and the office of State Board Of Equali-
cation shall be abolished, but the present
incumbents shall hold their offices at the
present rate of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they shall
aid the Tax Commission in putting the
system provided for in this amendment
into operation, and in that connection
they shall perform such duties as the Tax
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe
present Constitution to be levied on the
severance of natural resources from the
soil, shall be superseded by this amend
ment as to the severance of minerals, OIL
and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes into eff
feet on January l, 1914, the special State
taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
as may be established by the amendment
to be submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted, shall
.ea Sc and the General Assembly shall
for the benefit Of eacfE of these special
funds as hereinabove provided.
& All State taxes and licenses uncol,
previous years, shall be collected and ac-
counted for, under existing laws, by the
Shertffs in the parishes, and the State
Tax Collector In New Orleans, but all
such collections must be completed by
June 80, 1915, up to which date the State
Tax Collector Of New Orleans shall re-
main in office He shall also collect all
New Orleans until said date and the Gem
eral Assembly shall provide for a reduce
ton Of his clerical force to ia Ike place on
June SO, 1914. After June 80, 1916, any
unpaid, shall be collected by the State
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensa ton on an equitable basis to this
tax collectors and assessors Of the sew
eral parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first, 1914, to the date Of
the expiration Of their terms Of office In
commissions on the State taxes that
would have accrued on the sources Of
revenue segregated to the State, pro-
vfded that the State shall be under no
obligation to reimburse them in any
greater amount than will guarantee to
them sum equal to the total of the COM
missions Of their Office fog~ the years 1911
or 1912, taking the year which shows the
highest amount, and the General Assem-
bly, shall at its regular session In 1914 and
1916 make an estimate of the probabs
amount needed for such purpose and
make q appropriation to cover the same:
and at the biennial sessions OF 1915 and
1913 It shall make a further appropriation
to cover any deficiency
{ 6. The amendments to the Constltu-
ton submitted to the people at the same
time that this amendment Is submitted,
proposing to exempt from taxation the
objects therein specially set forth, IL
adopted, shall not be affected by the pro-
visions Of this amendment; nor shall this
amendment be construed as affecting any
property now exempt from taxation nm
der the Constitution Of 1898 and @ftR
amendments
q The Public Debt Amendment, sub
nitted to the people at tie same time
this amendment is submitted, if adopted,
shall be superseded by this amendment in,
lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
ment.
Prior TO January 1, 1914, the General
Assembly shall pass proper statutes te
the Governor shall call an extra session
of that body for that purpose as soon as
convenient after this amendment Is
adopted.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved etc.
That there shall be printed on the bal
lots to be used at said election the,
words
ton recognizing and ren1odeling the
States system Of assessment and taxa
ton;
Against the amendment to the Con-
stitution recognizing and remodeling the
States system of assessment and taxa
ton "
And each eoter shall Indicate on his
ballot, as provided by the general cleo,
ton laws of the State, whether he votes
for or against said amendment.
L. e. THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House Of Representa- vea
THOMAS G.. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved: August Gath, 1919
L. e. HALL.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN. e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
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