St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-07

made free, from parish tax
alton which 10 now reimbursed by
the levy of the additional six mill
tax, the power to levy which IS here
by granted to 1t, shall he compensat.
ed by the General Assembly on the
basis above provided TOR compensa'
ton by the State to the parishes.
the amount Of said compensation te
be flxed by the Tax Commission.
4. Tho obligation to make inc
COMPENSATION herein provided foi
shall be mandatory on the General
but NO such compensa'
lions shall be made after the year
1891.
s. After the year 1921. no parish
ahall levy any part of such six mills
within the limit Of any incorporated
and said municipailaes
shall be entitled to levy and collect
such six mill tax for their own &C
count.
&. The claims Of each parish and
for compensation shall
no nresented to the Tax. Commission
which shall examine such claims ano
renort the facts and its conclusions
to the General Assembly on or be-
fore the first day Of each regular
session.
Z. In reimbursement for the state
eonrces of revenue herein withdrawn
from her assessed values, and for the
Joint benefit of her alimony ana ner
existing one per cent debt tax, tine
city of New Orleans. After January
/. 1914, 10 hereby granted the right
to levy annually and shall levy annu-
ally a long as said one per cent
debt tax is required by law to De
levied. m 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, . sum
enual to that which sGid tax pro-
duced in the year 1912 ca the seere-
gated sources Of State revenue stu
ated within the city limits, ana the
balance Of the prW'eeds OF SAID siz
mill tax shat: go to the alimony funo
of the city. -,
&. The two mill I'D valorem special
sewerage and water tax OF the city
of New, Orleans shall continue to re
iey,ed AZ long as required by law on
the sources IT State revenue subJf>:
tn an nd Va 0l EN- tax
Q. In case :.- Ieferend" \ amend
mert submitted to the people Ut 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 q
additional taxes Is hereby granted t
all parishes voting for such release
to be levied on property outside OF
the municipalities, and the power t
levy six mills Of additional taxes II
hereby granted to each municipality
SO released to be levied on the prop
erty within its corporate limits, tn
obligation Of the State to make com
pensation remaining the same
whether said amendment shall De
adopted or not the power to levy tn
extra tax of six mills, hereby grantee
to all municipalities that are now ex
Tempt from parish taxes shall remain
undisturbed.
10. And whether said amendment
shall be adopted or not adopted, tn
police juries of the several parishes
and the governing authorities of cite
1.-THE parish of Orleans excepted) ant
towns not subject to parish taxes
shall levy and collect and turn Owe
to the duly constituted school authori
/ ties under the supervision and contro
of the State Board OF Education, 81
amount equal to at least three-tenth
of the gross amount OF adval0ren
taxes, which they levy and collect
provided that such amount shall
never be less in any parish or mum
cipality than the greatest amount du'
from such parish or municipality t.
the school board from the constitu
tional three mill school ad valoren
tax collected for either the year 191.
or 1912, taking the year which yield
ed the highest amount. PROVIDED
further, that cities and towns tina
are not exempt from the payment o
parish taxes shall not be required t.
pay this I'D valorem tax II 1t be a
ready imposed by the parish authori
ties; provided further. that this q
valorem tar shall not be imposed t.
the maximum whenever the schOO
board certifies that 4 smaller lev.
will meet the needs of the schools.
II. All property the taxation o
which is reserved to the State. excep
proudcts of mines, of stone quarrfes
of sand, gravel or shell pits, and o
oil or gas wells, as we'll as all othe
property, which may not be special!
exempted from such taxation. shall
continue to be subject to special tax
es now in force, and shall be liabl,
to such special taxes rs may be i'm
posed by local, special districts AMI
political subdivisions in the future II
accordance with law; provided tina
no parish or incorporated municipali
ty shall levy q special tax for the
support of any purpose which 1t II
obligated to take care of out of ita
ordinary alimony, until it shall have
first exhausted its ordinary taxing
power, upon an assessment of al
least fifty per cent of the market
value of the property subject to ite
taxing authority.
IL. Levee District Taxes and fore
ed contributions shall continue to be
levied within each district on the
sources of State revenue situated
in each levee district, and all levee
taxes and contributions shall be col
lected by the sheriff of each parish
under existing law, and in New Or
leans by the State tax collectors until
June 80, 1916, and thereafter by the
collecting officer of the city Of New
Orleans.
49,. The taxes mentioned in the