St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-05
hereafter made free, from parish tax

hereafter made free, from parish tax
alton which is now reimbursed by
the levy of the additional six mill
tax. the power to levy which is here
by granted to It, shall be com pensat
ed by the General Assembly on the
basis above provided for compensa
ton. by the State to the parishes,
the amount of said compensation te
be fixed by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the
conversations herein provided Tor
shall he mandatory on the General
Assembly, but no such compensa,
tions shall be made after the yea!
1921.
5. After the year 1921, no parish
shall levy any part of such six mills
within the limit of any incorporated
municipality and said inunicipallt,e:
shall be entitled to levy and collect
such six mill tax for their own &C
count
6. The claims of each parish and
municipality for compensation shall
no presented to the Tax Commission
which shall examine such claims and
reDort the facts and its conclusions
| to the General Assembly on or be-
fore the first day of each regular
session.
=. In reimbursement for the State
sources of revenue herein withdrawn
from her assessed values, and for the
Joint benefit of her alimony and her
existing one per cent debt tax, the
CITY of New Orleans, After Janua::
IL. 1914, is hereby granted the right
to levy annually and shall levy annu-
ally as long as said one per cent
debt tax is required by law to be
levied, an additional tax OF six mills
Out of the proceeds of this tax
there shall be paid by preference an
nually to the Board OF Liquidation
of the City Debt, for the benefit Of
the one per cent debt tax, a sum
equal to that which said tax pro-
duced in the year 1912 ca the segre-
gated sources of State revenue STU
ated within the city limits, and the
balance of the proceeds of said sls
| mill tax shat. go to the alimony fano
of the city.
| 8. The two mill ad valorem special
ewerage and water tax of the city
of New Orleans shall continue to he
leyled as long as required by Law On
the source IT State revenue suDJ's..
tn an ad Va Diem tax.
8. In case .:.e Ieferend" amend
ment submitted to the people at the
same time this amendment Is sub
mitted providing way to relieve
municipalities from general parish
taxes subject to an obligation to con-
tribute to certain funds, is adopted,
then the power to levy SIX mills Of
additional taxes is hereby granted &c
all parishes voting for such release
to be levied on property outside OF
the municipalities. and the power 10
levy six mills OF additional taxes Is
hereby granted. to each municipality
SO released to be levied on the prop
erty within its corporate limits, the
obligation of the State to make COM
pensation remaining the same.
Whether said amendment shall be
adopted or not the power to levy the
extra tax of six mills, hereby granted
to all municipalities that are now ex.
empt from parish taxes shall remain
undisturbed.
10. And whether said amendment
} shall be adopted or not adopted, the
police juries of the several parishes
and the governing authorities OF cities
1.-THE parish of Orleans excepted) and
, towns not subject to parish taxes
shall levy and collect and turn over
, O the duly constituted school authori-
} ties under the supervision and control
) of the State Board of Education, an
amount equal to at least three-tenths
of the gross amount of advalorern
taxes, which they levy and collect
provided that such amount shall
, never be less in any parish or NUM-
, cipality than the greatest amount due
from such parish or municipality &C
the school board from the constltu'
; tional three mill school ad valorenl
, Itax collected for either the year 1871
: or 1912, taking the year which yield.
ed the highest amount. Provided
: further, that cities and towns that
are not exempt from the payment oil
parish taxes shall not be required tt
! pay this ad valorem tax II It be al
ready imposed by the parish authori.
ties; provided further, that this &C
. valorem tax shall not be imposed tt
: the maximum whenever the schoo
[ board certifies that smaller levy
will meet the needs of the schools.
IL. All property the taxation o.
which IL reserved to the State, except
lproudcts Of mines, of stone Quarries
t Eof sand, gravel or shell pits, and Of
, oil or gas wells, as we'll as all Other
: property, which may not be specially
exempted from such taxation, shall
: continue to be subject to special tax
e les now in force, and shall be liable
3 Ito such special taxes as may be i'm
+ lposed by local, special districts ant
: political subdivisions in the future IL
e accordance with law; provided thai
: no parish or incorporated municipali
8 ty shall levy speciak tax for thu
{ support Of any purpose which It II
: obligated to take care of out OF itl
I ordinary alimony, unit. It shall have
! first exhausted its ordinary taxing
8 power, upon an assessment OF a.
r least fifty per cent Of the marke
3 value of the property subject to 1T
= taxing authority.
IL. Levee District Taxes and fore
ed contributions shall continue to b,
9 levied within each district on tn,
n sources of State revenue situated
+ in each levee district, and all leve'
8 taxes and contributions shall be col
1 lected by the sheriff Of each parish
? under existing law, and in New Or
b leans by the State tax collectors unit
I June 80, 1916, and thereafter by tn,
8 collecting officer Of the city of New
Orleans.
e IS. The taxes mentioned in tn.
: foregoing sections 8, II and IL, as t