Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25

be Imposed TO the maximum whensvef
the school board certihes that q smaileR
IL. All property the taxation OF which
Is reserved TO the State, except products
OF mines. Of stone quarries, OF sand.
wells. as well as all other property. which
may not be specially exempted from such
taxation, shall continue to be subject to
special taxes now In force, and shall be
liable to such special taxes as may be i'm
iposed by local. special districts and po-
litical subdivisions In the future In ac-
cordance with law: provided that no par
fish or Incorporated municipality shall
levy q special tax for the support OF any
purpose which Il is obligated TO take care
shall have FIRST exhausted its ordinary
taxing power. upon an assessment OF az
least fifty, per cent OF the market value
Of the property subject to it's taxing au-
l2. Levy district taxes and forced con-
/ tributions shall continue to be levied
within each district on the sources OF
State revenue situated in each levee dis
trict, and all levee taxes and contribu-
lions 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
10. The taxes mentioned in the FORE
! going sections s. IL and IL. as to property
reserved for State revenue. shall be based
| on the assessment made by the stats
/
equalized annually by said Tax Commits
| sion In each parish or municipality to
the basis OF assessment therein locally
Article TX.
l. All revenues received ny tne 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-nfth Of the gross rev.
enues OF the state from all sources pro-
vided that such superintendent shall never
be less than One Million and Thirty
Thousand Dollars 81, 030, 000.00).
B. For the General Engineer Fund. noe
less than -Four Hundred Thousand Dol
g. For Confederate Pensions. not less
than the amount provided or to be pro-
vided by the Constitution.
ID. For the Good Roads Fund, not less
than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Doll
lars (s150.000.00), plus the whole pro-
ceeds OF the States moiety Of the special
automobile. taxicab and auto-drtven We
z. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred twenty-five Thou
sand Dollars (s525, 900 00) or not less thaa
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
ment submitted to the people at the same
adopted
ArtiCto ~
i 1. All State taxes and licenses except
BY the state Treasurer. The General AS
sembly shall provide such additional cleri-
cal force In the Treasurer's Office as may
be Necessary TO enable aim to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
q The General Assembly shall have
the power to provide for 1pecial 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 nix the
Article xI.
1. All articles and parts of articles Of
the Constitution Of 1888 on the subject o.
assessment and taxation, and all amend
ments thereto on said subjects contrary
J to OF in conflict with the provisions OF this
amendment be and the same arc hereby
repealed.
/. No part Of this amendment 20 the
, Constitution shall go into effect unth
January LIST, 1914. except that the pro-
visions q sections one two .n ys SIX sne
shall go into effect as soon as the Gem
eral Assembly shall pass laws carrying
them into. effect. and the provisions %
sections three and four OF said Article
! shall go into effect on January LIST, 1915
provided laws carrying them Into eject
shall be passed on or before March !.
them into effect may be enacted at any
z on and after january list 1914, the
ONCE of the State Board Of Appraisers
and the ONCE Of State Board OF Equali-
, ration shall be abolished. but the present
: incumbents shall kold their offlces at the
I present terms shall expire. and they shall
: aid the Tax Commission In putting the
r system provided for in this amendment
into operation. and in that connection
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe.
.. The license tax authorized BY the
I severance OF natural resources from the
, soil. shall be superseded by this amend
J rnent az 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 eI-
feet on January 1, 1914. the special state
taxes levied for good roads ane for Con-
, federate Veterans as now established or
! as may be established by the amendment
TO be submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment IS submitted, shall
I 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.
8. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
lected on January 1. 1914, for 1918 ard
, previous years, shall be collected and ao-
counted for, under existing laws. by the
Tnerir ro, m the paslsnes; ana the ststs
; 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
State licenses levied In the Parish OF
, New Orleans untfl said date and the Gem
I eral Assembly shall provide for a reduc-
ton Of his clerical force TO take place eB
| June 80. 1914. After June 80. 1915, any
! State licenses and taxes then remaining
: unpaid. shall be collected by the STATE
Treasurer The General Assembly shall
I by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensation on an equitable basis to tbs
tar collectors and assessors OF the sew
erai parishes for the sums they may lose
n after January FIRST, 1914, 70 the date OF
! the expiration OF their terms Of once IN
commissions on the State taxes thai
\ would have accrued on the sources Of
revenue segregated TO the State. pro-
vided that the State shall be under no
4 obligation to reimburse them IN any
. greater amount than viii guarantees t.
: them a sum equal 20 the total Of the COM
Z missions OF their Office for the years 1911
' highest amount. and the General Assem-
4 bly, shall at Its regular session in 1914 ard
: 1916 make an estimatS OF the probable
: | amount needed for such purpose, and
make appropriation to cover the same;
! and az the biennial sessions Of 1915 and
E 1918 II shall make further appropriation
, to cover any deficiency.
6. The amsndments TO the Consfitu-
: fion submitted to the people az the same
: time that this amendment n submitted.
: proposing to exempt from taxation the
= objects therein specially set forth, n
: adopted, shall not be affected by the pro-
4 visions Of this amendment: nor shall this
\ amendment be construed as affecting any
\ property now exempt from taxation un-
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