The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-12

ment submitted to the people at me same
time this amendment is submitted IL
| adopted.
Article X.
l. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
| by the State Treasurer The General As
senbly shall provide such additional cleri-
cal force in the Treasurers Office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
| 2. The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for special Revenue
Agents, not to exceed three in number,
to assist the Treasurer in collecting all
licenses, and taxes. and to assist the Tax
Commission in gathering information for
levying assessments, and shall fix the
compensation and duties Of such agents.
Article xi.
/. All articles and parts Of articles of
the Constitution of 1858 on the subject of
assessment and taxation, and all amend
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
to or In conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SCHEDULE.
!. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
January LIST, 1914, except that the pro-
seven of Article III. as to special taxes.
shall go into effect as soon as the Gen.
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
them into effect, and the provisions OF
shall go into effect on January LIST, 1913,
provided laws carrying them into effect
shall be passed on or before March 1.
1918; provided further. that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted at any
later date.
2. On and after January LIST, 1914. the
office of the State Board OF Appraisers
and the Office of State Board of Equali-
zation shall be abolished, but the present
incumbents shall hold their offices at the
present rate of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they shall
aid the Tax Commission in putting the
into operation, and in that connection
they shall perform such duties as the Tax
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe.
present Constitution to be levied on the
severance of natural resources from the
soil. shall be superseded by this amend
ment as to the severance of minerals, oil
and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance of forest products
4. When this amendment goes into ef-
feet on January /, 1914 the special State
taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
as may be established by the amendment
to be submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment IS submitted, shall
cease and the General Assembly shall
make provision out of the. General Fund
for the benefit of each of these special
funds as hereinabove provided
5: An State taxes and licenses uncoi--
lected on January l. 1914. for 1913 and
previous years. shall be collected and ac-
counted for, under existing laws. by the
Sheriffs in the parishes, and the State
Tax Collector in New Orleans, but all
such collections must be completed by
June 30, 1916, up to which date the State
Tax Collector of New Orleans shall re-
main in Office. He shall also collect all
New Orleans until said date and the Gen.
eral Assembly shall provide for reduc-
ton of his clerical force to take place on
Juno 80. 1914. After June 80. 1916, any
State licenses and taxes then remaining
unpaid. shall be collected by the State
Treasurer The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
rensation on an equitable basis to the
tax collectors and assessors of the sew
erai parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first, 1914. to the date Of
the expiration of their terms of Office in
commissions on the State taxes that
would have accrued on the sources Of
revenue segregated to the State, pro-
vided that the State shall be under no
obligation to reimburse them in any
greater amount than will guarantee to
them a sum equal to the total Of the COM
missions of their Office for the years 1911
or 1912. taking the year which shows the
highest amount. and the General Assem-
bly, shall at its regular session in 1914 and
1915 make an estimate of the probable
amount needed for such purpose and
make appropriation to cover the same:
SESSIONS
1918 IT shall make further appropriation
to cover any deficiency.
s. The amendments to the Constifu-
ton submitted to the people at the Same
proposing to exempt from taxation the
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-
der the Constitution of 1898 and it's
amendments
T.. The Public Debt Amendment SUBJ
mitted to the people at the same time
this amendment is submitted. II adopted,
shall be superseded by this amendment in
respect to the mode Of providing the pub
lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
ment.
Prior to January 1, 1914. the General
Assembly shall pass proper statutes to
carry this amendment into operation; and
the Governor shall call an extra session
of that body for that purpose as soon as
convenient after this amendment !s
adopted.
That there shall be printed on the bal
lots to be used at said election the
words
For the amendment to the constituA
States system OF assessment and taxa
ton:
And the words
Against the amendment to the Con-
stitution reorganizing and remodeiing the
States system of assessment and taxa
ton"
And each voter shall indicate on his
ballot, as provided by the general cleo
ton laws of the State, whether he votes
for or against said amendment.
l.. e. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved: August Path, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary Of State
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