The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-02

rnene submitted to the people at the same
| time this amendment is submitted pro-
vtdirg 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-
vide for the appointment or election of
its own assessor or assessors and to fix
their compensation.
Article VIII.
l. 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.
q In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January l. 1914, the
six mill tax aforesaid, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, and out Of the pro-
TIE supervision of the TAX Commission,
within its limits for loss Of revenue
caused. by such withdrawal. Such COM
pensation to be made on thu basis pro
vided In the following sentence for com
pensation by the State to parishes. If
the proceeds of such tax remaining to
each parish added to the proceeds of the
levy Of the, one per cent tat now per-
mitted to be levied after r1aking the
compensation aforesaid, shall not be suffi-
| Gent to repay to said parish the sum 1t
would have received by the levy of its
present one per cent a1imony 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
such deficiency as fixed and reported by
| the Tax Commission.
3. Any municipality now free, or here
after made free, from parish taxation
the additional six mill tax, the power to
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
I amount of said conversation to be fixed
| by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the s}ompen-
sattons herein provided for shall be man
datory on the General Assembly, but no
such compensations shall be made after
the year 1921.
5. After the year 1881. 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 nix mill
1 tax for their own account.
1 6. The claims of each parish and mu-
lnfcipalfty for compensation shall be pre-
sented to thu Tax Commission, which shall
examine sue h claims and report the facts
! and It's conclusions to the General Assem-
bly, on or oefore the first day Of each
regular session
/ I. In Reimbursement for thu state
sources of revenue herein Withdrawn
i Joint benefit Of her aIinony and her ex-
listing one PER cent debt tax, the, city Of
New. Orleans, after January 1, 1914, is
hereby grant ed 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 tau OF SIX
nils nils on, ont It the proceeds Of this tax
/ ally to the soard Of Liquidation Of the
City Debt, fer the benefit of the one per
cent debt tag, a sum equal to that which
segregated sources of State revenue stu
ated within The city limits. and the bal
ance of the Proceeds of said six mill tax
shall go to TIE alinnony fund az the city.
sewera &c and water tax OF the City OF
! New Orleans shall continue T., be levied
as long as required by law on the sources
Of State revenue subject to an al velorem
tax.
/ .. In case She referendum amendment
i submitted to he 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,
4 then the power to levy SIX mills OF addf-
Efshes voting fon such @rele-AeSto BE levied
1 on 5praperty outside Of Observation-Disclosures
and the power to levy SIX mills OF aadi-
4 tional taxes is hereby granted to each
the property within It's corporate limits,
the obligation OF the Stat.e$to make COM
pensation remaining the sane Whether
i said amendment shall be adopted or not
the power to Levy the extra tax Of six
4 mills hereby granted 20 all municipalities
4 that are now exempt from parish taxes
shall remain undisturbed.
4 10. And whether said amendment shall
be adopted CT rot adopted, the police
I Juries OF tie se*era1 parishes and the
governing authorizes Of cities (the Par
tsh of Orleans eyeented), and towns not
subject to parish taxes, shall levy and
Icol1ect and turn over to the duly censtf-
tdted school authorities under the super-
vision and control Of the State Board OF
Fduca ton. an anourt equal to at least
Ethree-tenths OF the gross amount of ad
vaIorern taxes. which they levy and col
1ect, provided thst such amount shall
never be less in arly parish or munich
patty than the greatest amount due from
such parish or rnu1tcinalttYto the school
s board from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem fax collected for either
the year 1911 or 1912, taking the year
vided further, that cities and towns that
z. are not exempt irom the payment OF
parish taxes shall rot be required to pay
this ad valorem8 ts.s If It be already i'm
posed by the parish authorities; provided
further, that this sd valorem tax shall not
be imposed to tie maximum whenever
the school board certifes that smaller
levy will meet the needs Of the schools.
II. All property the taxation Of which
Is reserved to the State, except products
lof 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 specialy exempted from such
taxation, shall continue to be 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 Pc
litica1 subdivisions In the future in &C
cordance with law; provided that no par.
fish or Incorporated municipality shall
levy a special tax for the support Of any
purpose which 1t Is obligatedto take care
Of out of It's ordinary alimony, unfit II
shall have first exhausted It's ordinary
taxing power, upon an assessment of al
least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-
thority.
) r. Levy district taxes and forced con-
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