The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-09-26

Attn. All Insurance ,iinpdilles III
Guiding bonding and surety companies.
foreign Or domestic, and all persons
and partnerships engaged in insur-
ing persons or property, save that
ali the real estate and corporeal
property of such companies, persons
Or partnerships shall be locally as
: sessed and taxed.
9TH. All sugar re,ineries, rice mills,
cotton seed oil mills, cotton seed OIL
rcfineries and reiineries of petroleum
and its products. \ sugar refinery
is hereby defined to be Il concern
that buys and reflnes raw sugar eX.
ciusively, or a concern that buys and
refines more raw sugar than the az
gregate Of the sugar produced by 1t
l from cane grown and purchased by
it.
9th. All mines of sulphur, salt or
other minerals, all oil or gas wells,
all stone quarries, sand, gravel and
shell pits.
3. Only the operative property OF
state sources of revenue shall be
segregated to the State. The Gener'
a. Assembly shall define, in a man
ner not inconsistent with any pro-
visions OF this amendment What the
operative property Of each such
source is. Real estate and the i'm
provements thereon forming part OF
any railroad terminal, depot or yard
OF warehouse or shop, acquired after
July /. 1912, even though it may form
part of the operative property OF any
railroad, shall not be considered a
source Of state revenue except by
: constitutional amendment unless
such property had been, prior to said
date, part of a railroad terminal, de-
pot. yard, warehouse or shop.
4. All other property subject to
taxation, except as herein specified,
or except as may hereafter be direct
ed by vote of two-thirds of all the
! members elected to each house OF The
[ General Assembly, shall be sources
= Of local taxation. i
S Article III. /
| The General Assembly shall have
: power to levy for State purposes the
\ following special taxes:
/. A tax on the transfer OF stocks
:, in corporations not to exceed cents
a share.
2. A tax on the organization Of
domestic corporations, organized for
profit, excepting banks, fraternal in
J. surance companies, and building and
loan or homestead associations. not
@ to exceed ten dollars flat, plus not
to exceed one-tWentieth of one per
! cent of the authorized capital stock
e and surplus, which tax shall be lev.
S led upon increases Of capital stock
h as well as upon original issues.
= 3. A tax on private corporations,
- organized for profit, for the privilege
u OF exercising corporate functions, not
=, to exceed One'twentieth of one per
- cent per annum on the outstanding
>. capital stock and surplus, excluding
:. banks, fraternal and life insurance
a. companies and building and loan or
~ homestead associations; no such tax
to be less than five dollars. On for
eign corporations this tax shall be
- levied on such proportions of their
u capital stock and surplus as is used
" in this State in intra-state business.
-, - In lieu of the franchise tax on CAPT.
y tai and surplus. life insurance com.
:; panies, foreign and domestic, not in.
- Guiding fraternal insurance associa.
~ tons, shall pay annually a flat fee Of
- $4,000 plus $3.50 on each 100000
- of premiums collected in Louisiana
- during the preceding year.
4. An annual ad val0rem tax on
ali automobiles and taxicabs, and al.
We so on all other auto-driven vehicles
4 used for transportation Of persons OF
es freight for hire, with permission to
W the local government of the resi-.
IL dence Of the owner to levy an annual
le license tax not to exceed $500. One.
al half Of the proceeds of this State
le tax collected from each owner shall
'e 60 to the State good roads funds:
Re the remaining moiety Of such tax
" shall be paid over by the State to
the governing authority of the local..
a. ty from which the machine is regis
n tered, to be devoted exclusively by
er such governing authority to the i'm.
X provement OF the public highways
re within its jurisdiction.
"a 5. A tax on cotton future con.
t. tracts, In lieu OF all licenses to fl-
II ture brokers', of not more than fif.
'e teen nor less than ten cents on
each purchase and sale of each 100
bales, to be paid on each transac-
Al ton, one-hah by the buyer and one.
< half by the seller.
Is 6. A tax on grain, coffee, rice
a and sugar future contracts, in lieu Of
s all licenses to future brokers, Of not
r more than one and one-half per cent
y nor less than one per cent on the
s commissions paid on each transac.
n ton. Each unit contract as estab.
t1ished by the rules of the respective
a exchanges shall be the basis of the
|. tax, to be paid, one-half by the buy.
e er and One-half by the seller.
81 Z. A true. progressive inheritance
= tax for the benefit of the General
Fund, and if such a tax is levied all
r benefciaries shall be divided into
the following maximum exemptions
= for each class:
s First. ascendants, descendants, and
: spouses, with an exemption of $4,000
each. except as to the widow, when
I the exemption shall be $4,000. and ex.
l cept as to children under the age of
!; sixteen, when the exemption shall be