The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-12

| pd4u bN prefer tItt annually To the
poard Of Liquidation OF the city Debt
Tor the DeneHJ OF the one per cent dcbi
! taA. sum equal to that when said
| TAN produced IA the year lJl- ON Ia,
| segregated sources of state revenue sit
! uated WITHIN the city limits, ana The
| balance OF the proceeds al said SIN
mIll tax shall 20 to the alImuuy fund
| OF the city.
s. The two mill al vaIorem special
! sewerage ana water tax Of the CITY
| OF New Orleans shall continue to bo
] levied as long as required 10y law Oh
, the sources Of State revenue subject
! 10 an al valorcm tax
| .. In case the referendum amend
mcnt submitted to the people at the
same time TINS amendment Is submit
ltu providing way To relieve munlCl-
palItleS from general parish taxes sub
! ject 10 an obligation TO contribute 10
certain funds, Is adopted then the pow
! er 10 levy SIN mills Of additional taxes
! Is hereby granted TO all parishes voting
Tor such release to be levied on prop
trtN outside Of the muulcIp dlltIcS. and
| the power To levy SIN mills Of aldl-
| tIunal taxes Is hereby granted to each
municipality SO released to be levied
on the property within lis corporate
limits. the obligation of the State 10
make compensation 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 exempt from parish taxes shall
remain undisturbed.
10. And whether said amendment
shall be adopted or not adopted, the
police JuricS Of the several parishes
and the governing authorities Of cities
tthe Parish OF Orleans excepted. and
towns not subject To parish taxes shall
levy and collect and turn over To the
duly constituted school authorities uu-
der the supervision and control Of IN,
state Board of Education, an amount
equal TO at least thTec-ttnthS of the
gross amount Of al yalOrem taxes.
which they levy ana collect, provided
that 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 ad NalOTem tax collected toI
either the year 1911 or 1872, taking
the year which yielded the highest
amount Provided further, that cities
and towns that are not exempt from
the payment of parish taxes shall not
be required to pay this al YalOrem tax
II II be already imposed by the parish
authorities; provided further, that this
ad valorem tax shall not be imposed
to the maximum whenever the school
board certiheS that smaller levy Will
meet the needs Of the schools
IL. 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, winch may not be specially eA-
empted from such taxation, shall con
now in force, and shall DE liable To
such special taxes as may be imposed
by local, special districts and political
SUBDIVISIONS III the future IN accord
ance with law; provided that no par
lsh or Incorporated municipality snail
levy a special tax for the support OF
any purpose which II is obligated TO
take care of out of its ordinary ali
mony. until it shall have first exhaust
ed its ordinary taxing power, upon an
assessment of at least nifty per cent oil
ma m r Kat NHl a. nf ha ri GIIl Ia
Ject 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 in
each levee district and all levee taxes
and contributions shall be collected by
the sheln 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 II, 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 TX.
/. All revenues received by the State
II
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-fifth OF the
gross revenues of the State from all
sources provided that such apportion-
ment shall never be less than One Mil
lion and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($l,-
JO.OOO.O0).
not less than Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($400, 100000.
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 Si5o;OOO;oO, plus the whole
special automobile. taxicab and auto
driven vehicle tax.
+. For the Public Debt Fund not
less than Five Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars 525,O0O.OO) or not
less than Six Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Dollars $3.50. 000.0O), il the Pub
lie Debt amendment submitted to the
people at the same time this amend
ment is submitted is adopted.
Article Y.
/. All State taxes and licenses ex-
cept as hereinafter provided shall be
collected by the State Treasurer The
General Assembly shall, provide such
additional clerical force in the Treas
urer's office as may be necessary to
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 in
number. to assist the Treasurer in col
Letting all licenses, and taxes, and to
assist the Tax Commission in gather
ing information for levying assess
ments.. and shall fix the compensation
and duties of such agents.
Article XI.
l. All articles and parts OF articles
of the Constitution of 1898 on the sub
1ect OF assessment and taxation, and
all amendments thereto on said sub
1ects contrary to or in conflict with
the provisions OF this amendment be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part of this amendment to the
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
taxes shall go into effect as soon as the
General Assembly shall pass laws car
rying them into effect, and the pro-
visions of sections three and four of
said article shall go into effect on jan
uary LIST. 1913, provided laws carrying
them into effect shall be passed on or
before March l. 1913; provided further,
that laws carrying them into effect
may be enacted at any later date.
2. on and after January LIST, 1914,
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