The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-05

: pdld by preference annually 10 the
, | BOARD OF Liquidation OF the city Debt,
Z Tor the bcuvut Ui the one per cent ueUt
tax sum equal To- that Wulcu SaIu
tax produced m the Year 1872 ON tu,
segregated sources Of stat, revenue SIT
udJcu NItuIu the ylty limits. and I'M.
balance OF tuv proceeds OF said SIN
mlu tax snail 20 tu the auWuuy fuud
Of the city.
:. The two mill ad yaIorem special
sew cIdSc ana water tax of the city
ui New Orleans shall continue tp b,
levied as long as required 10y law on
the sources Of state revenue. subject
10 an al NaluTtM tax
>. IN case the referendum ameud.
! mchi submitted 10 the people 81 tu.
same time TINS amendment Is submit.
TED proNluluE a way 10 relieve muuIcl-
pHllIIrs from general PARISH taxes sub.
Jet 10 an obligation 80 contribute a.
certain tuHdS, - adopted, then the pow
cr To levy SIN mills ut additional taxes
- hereby Erdntvd To al parishes voting
Tor such release To hr levied ON prup.
eFly outside OF the municipalities, and
! the power to levy SlN mills OF aldl-
uuUal taxes is hereby ArJuird 10 each
municipality 50 released To be levied
on the property within its corporate
limits. tut obligation of the State TO
HtdhS phpvhSdil"h remaining the
same. Whether said amendment shall
bc adopted or not the power To levy
the extra tax of sin mills. hereby
granted 10 all municipalities that are
now exempt from parish taxes shall
remain undiSturbrd.
10. And whether said amendment
| NNdll 10" adopted or not adopted. the
police JurlcS OF the several parishes
and the governing authorities Of cities
| TN" Parish of Orleans cNccptrdD, ana
towns not subject to parish taxes. shall
levy ana collect and turn over To- the
duly constituted school authorities uu-
der the supervision ana control of tn,
state Board of Education, AN amount
equal To at least thrrv-tcnthS Of the
gross amount of al valorem taxes.
Which iIey levy ana collect, provided
mat such amount shall never be less
! IN any parish or municipality than the
! greatest amount due from such parish
or municipality to the school board
| from the constitutional three mill
| school al Nalorcm tax collected foI
! either the year 1911 or 1912, taking
! the year which yielded the highest
amount Provided further that cities
! ana towns That are not exempt from
| the payment of parish taxes shall not
| be required To pay this al valorcm tax
! If il be already imposed by the parish
| authorities, provided further, that this
| al VdlOrem tax shall not be imposed
| to the maximum whenever the school
| board eertifeS that a smaller levy will
meet the needs of the schools
| H.. All property the taxation of
which Is reserved to the State, except
products of mines. of stone quarries, OF
sand, gravel or shell pits, and of oil OF
gas wells. as well as all other prop
erty, which may not be specially eN-
empled from such taxation, shall con-
Jnue To be subject To special taxes
now in force. and shall he liable 10
such special taxes as may be imposed
by local, special districts and political
subdivisions IN the future in accord
ancc with law provided that no par
lsh or Incorporated municipality snail
levy "a special tax for the support OF
any purpose which il is obligated to
take care of out of its ordinary ali
mony, until it shall have first exhaust
ed It's ordinary taxing power, upon an
assessment of at least nifty per cent OF
the market value OF the property sub
leCt TO ITS taxing authority.
II. Levee District taxes and forced
contributions shall continue to be lev
led within each district on the
sources of State revenue situated III
each levee district, and all levee taxes
and contributions shall be collected by
the shelf of each parish, under eX-
listing law, and in New Orleans by the
State tax collectors until June 80. 1916,
and thereafter by the collecting officer
Of the City of New Orleans.
IL. The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections 8, IL and H. as TO prop
erty reserved for State revenue. shall
be based on the assessment made by
the State Tax Commission for State
purposes, equalized annually by said
Tax Commission in each parish or mu-
nicipality to the basis of assessment
therein locally established.
Article IN.
/. All revenues received by the State
from all sources shall go into a fund
called the General Fund. and the Gen
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for
which taxation is levied. setting aside,
however. each year. the following:
A. For the General Public School
Fund not less than one-hfth of the
gross revenues of the State from all
sources provided that such apportion-
ment shall never be less than one Mil
80. O0O.00).
b. For the General Engineer Fund
not less than Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars (S400,00000).
c. For Confederate Pensions not
less than the amount provided or to be
provided by the Constitution.
ID. For the Good Roads Fund, not
less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars $l50.0 100000. plus the whole
proceeds Of the States moiety OF the
special automobile. taxicab and auto
L. For the Public Debt Fund not
less than Five Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars S525. 100000 or not
sand Dollars ($65O. 100000, IL the Pub
lie Debt amendment submitted to the
people at the same time this amend
ment is submitted is adopted.
Article X.
!. All State taxes and licenses ex-
cept as hereinafter provided shall be
by the State Treasurer. The
General Assembly shall, provide such
additional clerical force in the Treas
enable him to perform the duties here
in prescribed
2. The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for special Reeve
nue. Agents, not to exceed three i'm
number to assist the Treasurer in col
Letting all licenses, and taxes, and to
assist the Tax Commission in gather
ing information for leyying assess
ments.. and shall fix the CONDENSATION
and duties OF such agents.
Article XI.
!. All articles and parts OF articles
of the Constitution of 1898 on the sub
lect OF assessment and taxation, and
all amendments thereto on said sub
lects contrary to or in conflict with
The provisions of this amendment be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
j. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
January LIST, 1914, except that the pro-
Visions OF sections one, two, five, six
and seven Of Article III, as to special
axes shall go into effect as soon as the
General Assembly shall pass laws car
-ying them into effect, and the pro-
visions OF sections three and four of
said article shall go into effect on jan
lary LIST, 1913. provided laws carrying
hem INTO effect shall be passed on or
before March l, 1913; provided further.
hat laws carrying them into effect
nay be enacted at any later date.
2. on and after January LIST, 1914,
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