The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07

!, rnent submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment Is subnnlIeo AZ
adopted
| Article 4.
/ 1. All State taxes and licenses excaps
as hereinafter provided shall pc eoneesoo
| by the State Treasurer. The Genera -
sembly shall provide such additlonai clsll.
/ cal force in the Treasurers office as may
| be necessary to enable him TO performs
! the duties herein prescribed
/ 2. The General Assembly 81 sia pa,, slnue
/ the power to provide for special Revenue
] Agents not to exceed three IN NUMBER,
/ to assist the Treasurer In colieellHs nj Oil
licenses, and taxes, and TO ASSIST Lh I - -
| Commission in gathering Information ioi
levying assessments, and shali nA lne
compensation and duties OF such agents
Article xl.
/ i. All articles and parts of articles OF
! the Constitution of 1898 on the subject o.
4 assessment and taxation, and all ameho-
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
to or in conflict with the provisions OF In nus
amendment be and the same are hereby
i repealed.
i /. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
4 January 1st, 1914, except that the pro-
visions OF sections one, two, nVe, 81 90 en-
seven Of Article Ill, as to special taxes,
shall go into effect as soon as the lIeh.
erai Assembly shall pass laws CARRYING
them into effect, and the provisions: 81 o.
i shall go into effect on January lst, asis
1provided laws carrying them into enees
Il shall be passed On or beIofe MaFcN :,
4 1913; provided further, that laws CARVING
! them into effect may be enacted at ahy
:. later date.
4 q On and after January 1st 1914, the
office Of the State Board of Appraisers
and the office of State Board OF laasiaa+
cation shall be abolished, but the present
Iincurnbents shall hold their ofnces at tne
present rate of compensation until th , It
present terms shall expire, and they sl 1ha
r 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 as.
: Commission and the General AsseilioiS
;. The license tax authorized by the
present Constitution to be levied on Ihe
: severance Of natural resources from .le
soil shall be superseded by this amend, /,
, rnent as to the severance OF minerals ~
: and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance of forest products.
III a. When this amendment goes INTO Ell
, feet on January 1, 1914, the special stats
: taxes levied for good roads and Tor con-
/ federate Veterans as now established OF
II as may be established by the amendmehe
: to be submitted to the people at the same ans
time this amendment is submitted shaii
: cease and the General Assembly shai,
il make provision out Of the, Genera = oi.J
9 for the benefit of each OF these speciai
: funds as hereinabove provided.
h s. All State taxes and licenses uncoi-
lected on January 1,@19l4 for 1918 anu
: previous years. shall be collected and a az
n | counted for, under existing laws, by the
: Sheriffs In the parishes, and the stats
: Tax Collector in New Orleans, but al
4 such collections must be completed DJ
: June 80, 1916, up to which date the State
y Tax Collector of New Orleans shall re.
4 main in office He shall also collect al
v State licenses levied n the t ar En- ~
: eral Assembly shall provide Tor a feduc.
:. ton of his clerical force to take place or
= June 80, 1914. After June. 80, 1915. an!
r state licenses and taxes then remaining in
h unpaid shall be collected by the Statt
q Treasurer The General Assembly shall
~ by appropriate legislation provide com
Ipensatfon on an equitable basis to tn
Y tax collectors and assessors of the sew
! eral parishes for the sums they may los
u after January first, 1914, to the date
# the expiration of their terms OF once FL y
Sc would have accrued on the sources Q
m revenue segregated to the State. pro
: vided that the State shall be under m
- obligation to reimburse them In an
20 | greater amount than will guarantee t
= : them a sum equal to the total of the com
al missions of their Office for the years III
tnsf or 1912. taking the year which SHOWS IN
- y highest amount, and the General Assem-
bly, shall at its regular session in 1914 an
= 1915 make an estimate of the pfobabl
~ amount needed for such purpose, an
=, y make appropriation to cover the same
s. apnd at the biennial sessions Of 1916 an
81 1918 it shall make a further appropriate
- to cover any deficiency.
- g. The amendments to the Constftu
-, - ton submitted to the people at the sam
or time that this amendment Is suhmlttet
ri proposing to EXEMPT from taxation tn
~ objects therein specially set forth,
&c adopted, shall not be affected by the pre-
es visions of this amendment; nor shall tn
w amendment be construed as affecting an
~, property now exempt from taxation ur
&c der the Constitution of 1898 and il
ne 7. The Public Debt Amendment, sui
-. / mitted to the people at the same tin
"a this amendment is submitted, if adopte
H. shall be superseded by this amendment
81 respect to the mode OF providing the put
of lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
,st ment.
%. ad Prior to January i, 1914, the Gener
81 Assembly shall pass proper statutes
Oh on carry this amendment into operation; al
81 the Governor shall call an extra sesstt
- of that body for that purpose as soon
III convenient after this amendment
nil adopted.
as = That there shall be printed on the ba
ro- lots to be used at said election {
hat words, - 1,a.tt+
OF tion : = reo org and remodeling t
M States system Of assessment and tax
lad ton;
n nat And the words .
YER YER Against the amendment to the co
,ler stitution recognizing and remodeling
dis States system Of assessment and tax
ich ton"
lcts ana eacn.sulsI s so - LIZ
nd, pailoi, as pi4 ~ ata he got
10 ;;aI, for or against said amendment.
UGH -. 8. " 5 an
-, - THOMAS C. $BARRET,
IN Lieutenant Governor and President of
10 Senate.
po- Approved: August oath, 1912.
a. T.. E. HALL,
, ,a1, Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
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