The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1912-10-03

further that this ad valorem tax shall NO
be imposed to the maximum whensyS
the school board oertfhes that a smaller
levy will meet the needs of the schooIS.
IL All property the taxation OF which
is reserved to the State, except products
OF mines. of stone quarrtes OF SAND,
gravel or shell pits and of oil or gas
wells as we'll as all other property, when
NAV not be specially exempted from such
taxation, shall continue to be subject 10
special taxes now in force, ana snall Dc
posed by local, special districts and po-
| litical subdivisions in the future In &C
cordance with law; provided that no par,
ish or Incorporated municipality shan
levy-a special tax for the support OF any
purpose which it is obligated 10 take care
/ of out of its ordinary alimony, until IL
shall have first exhausted its ordlRary
! taxing power, upon an assessment OF az
| least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-
| thority.
| - Levy district taxes and forced con.
| trbutions shall continue to be levied
! within each district on the sources or
! State revenue situated in each ievee DIS
! trict, and all levee taxes and contrlou.
! tions shall be collected by the sheriff OF
! each parish, under existing 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 Or
! leans.
| 49, The taxes mentioned in the fore
! going sections s, II and IL, as to property
reserved for State revenue, shall be based
! on the assessment made by the state
eq mi annually by said Tax Commits
sion in each parish or municipality to
the basis of assessment therein locally
| established.
Article TX.
| l. All revenues received by the State
| from all sources shall go into 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-ffth of the gross rev.
enues OF the State from all sources pro-
vided that such apportionment shall never
be less than One Mi dnS noo and am Thirty
| B. For the General Engineer Fund, not
less than Four Hundred Thousand Dol
G, For Confederate Pensions, not less
than the amount provided or to be pro-
vided by the Constitution.
D. For the Good Roads Fund, not less
than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dol
lars ($l50 000.00l, plus the whole pro-
ceeds of the States moiety Of the special
automobile, taxicab and auto-driVen We
F.. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars ($525 900 O0) or not less than
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
| (s65Oeoo OO) if the Public Debt amend
ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted -
adopted.
Article K.
/ All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
by the State Treasurer. The General As-
| sembly shall provide such additional cierl-
cal force in the Treasurer's office as may
be necessary to enable him TO perform
the duties herein prescribed.
2. The General Assembly shaIl nave
the power to provide for special Revenue
= Agents not to exceed three in number;
/ to assist the Treasurer in collecting al
Commission in gathering information for
levying assessments, apd shall NIX the
l compensation and duties Of such agents.
Article ~.
: l. All articles and parts OF articles OF
( the Constitution of 1898 on the subject OK
v assessment and taxation, and all amend
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
e to OF in conflict with the provisions of this
= amendment be and the same are hereby
s repealed. -
. l. No part of this amendment to the
a Constitution shall go into effect until
: January LIST, 1914, except that the pro-
. visions of sections one, two, five, six and
" | seven of Article Ill, as to special taxes,
shall go into effect as soon as the Cen
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
| them into effect, and the provisions or
d sections three and four OF said Article
h shall 90 into effect on January LIST, 1918.
e provided laws carrying them into erect
: shall be passed on or before March !,
L
d them into effect may be enacted at any
- on and after January ist. 99sf4. sa4s
Office Of the Stare Board OF Appraisers
: and the Office OF State Board OF Equa1-
h cation shall be abolished, but the present
r incumbents shall hold their offices at the
q present rate of compensation until their
n present terms shall expire, and they snail
: aid the Tax Commission in putting the
r system provided for in this amendment
i. into operation, and in that connection
v they shall perform such duties as the Tax
e Commission and the General Assembly
3. The license tax authorized by the
: present Constitution to be levied on the
= severance of natural resources from the
O soil. shall be superseded by this amend.
e ment as to the severance of minerals, oil
: | and gas, and shall be levied only on the
q severance of forest products
: 4. When this amendment goes into ell
4 feet on January 1, 1914, the special State
8 taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
a federate Veterans as now established or
3 as may be established by the amendment
e to be submitted to the people at the same
4 cease and the General Assembly shall
v make provision out of the General Fund
for the benefit of each Of these special
= funds as hereinabove provided
n 5. All State taxes and licenses uncol =
f lected on January /, 1914, for 1913 and
q previous years. shall be collected and &C
Il counted for, under existing laws, by the
v Sheriffs in the parishes, and the state
: Tax Collector in New Orleans. but all
q such collections must be completed by
d June 30, 1915, up. to which date the state
Tax Collector of New Orleans shall re-
: main in Office. He shall also collect all
: State licenses levied in the Parish OF
q New Orleans until said date and the Gem
r eral Assembly shall provide for a reduce
ton of his clerical force to take place on
II June 80, 1914. After June 30. 1915, any
n State licenses and taxes then remaining
: unpaid, shall be collected by the State
= Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
il by appropriate legislation provide com
pensation on an equitable basis to the
= tax collectors and assessors Of the sew
= eral parishes for the sums they may lose
II after January first, 1914, to the date OF
$ the expiration OF their terms of Office In
n would have accrued on the sources OF
revenue segregated to the State, pro-
e vided that the State shall be under no
n obligation to reimburse them in any
% greater amount than will guarantee to
>. them a sum equal to the total OF the COM
If missions Of Their. office for the years 1911
Is or 1912 taking the year which shows the
" highest amount, and the General Assem-
a bly, shall at It's regular session In 1914 ana
W 1916 make an estimate Of the probable
X amount needed for such purpose, and
? make appropriation to cover the same;
- and at the biennial sessions of 1915 and
e 1918 it shall make a further appropriation
~ to cover any deficiency.
n g. The amendments to the Constitu-
70 ton submitted to the people at the same
i time that this amendment Is su6mitted.
= objects therein specially set forth II
!, adopted, shall not be affected by the pro-
- visions Of this amendment; nor shall this
- amendment be construed as affecting any
- property now exempt from taxation un-
ss der the Constitution of 1898 and its
10 | amendments
III I. The Public Debt Amendment, sub
-. nitted to the people at the same time
~ this amendment is submitted, II adopted,
ie shall be superseded by this amendment In
"a respect to the mode of providing the pub
~ - lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
= nent.
q, Prior to January l. 1914. the General