St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-02
ACT NO. 230.

ACI NJ. 6s1Os
Senate Bill No. 161. BY Mr.. Mouton
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Artiele
291 of the Constitution OF Tue
state of Louisiana relative to tax
% for the construction ana maln-
tenance Of public roads.
Section I. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Ionisiana. two-thirds Of all members
elected to each House concurrlnB'
,,,hat Article POI OF the Const'."-
t:en Of the State C. Louisiana I"
cmeat,ed 60 as to read as follows:
Article 291. Ths Police Jurles y
this state may foru. their respective
u., ishes into road districts; anG III
order to raise fund for the purpose
ol constructing, MAINTAINING an. -
pairing the public roads and Drlass
Of ,ne,r parishes, they are autnor"eo
Ia set aside at least one mil ps'
ennnm of the taxes levied by them,
and to impose a per capita tax not
more than one dollar per annum up
m each able bodied male inhabitant
Of the parish between the ages OF
eighteen and fifty-five years, ana 10
lew an annual license of not less
than twenty-five (25c) cents nor
more than one dollar per annum up
on each vehicle. including bicycles.
kent within said parishes or WITHIN
a municipality thereof whether or not
exempt in its charter from parocnla'
taxation, and used for locomo11on
over public roads, in their respec-
tive marshes; which license shall ne
graduated. The provision to this ar
t,c.e relative to the per capita tax
shall not be operative in fncorporat-
ed towns and cities that maintain
their own streets.
To carry into effect the provisions
of this Article the Police Juries may
enact such ordinances OF q civil ma
ture as may be necessary to enforce
the property and license tax, and OF
a criminal nature to enforce the per
capita tax.
Police Juries and municipal cor
porations in the several parishes OF
this State may levy other taxes lot
the construction and maintenance o:
public roads and bridges within the
territorial limits of said parishes.
and may incur debt, and issue neSo-
table bonds therefor in the manner
and to extend authorized under pro-
visions of Articles 232 and 2Sl OF
the Constitution and the. Statutes
adopted to carry them into eject.
Other taxes may be levied by tho
Police Juries for road and bridge
purposes not to exceed five mills for
five years on the property Of the par
ish. or any ward thereof, whether the
rate of taxation and the purpose
thereof shall have been submitted tC
the property tax payers of the sale
ward or parish entitled to vote under
the election laws of the State, and {
majority thereof in number and
value of those voting at said election
shall have voted in favor thereof
That this Article shall be self opera.
tive.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
ETC., That this proposed amendment
shall be submitted to qualified voters
of this State for adoption or rejection
at the Congressional election to b.
held in November, 1912, and, Il
1NOptCOs InC SAINT SAdAA I0hC VA0S
Immediately thereafter.
Section 3. Be it further resolved
etc, That on the official ballots to b.
issued at said election there shall b,
placed the words For the proposed
amendment to Article 291 of th'
Constitution of Louisiana" and thu
words Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 291 of the Consti
tuition of Louisiana" and each cleo
tor shall indicate, as provided in tn,
general election laws Of the Stat,
which of the propositions, "for" o
against" he votes.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
THOMAS C.. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
| of the Senate.
Approved July II, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy.
| ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
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