St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-26
ACT NO. 8.

Secretary of State.
ACT NO. s.
Senate Dill No. s.. BY Mr.. Well
Joint resolution proposing ar
amendment to the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana, relative tt
authorizing parishes and municipali'
ties by a referendum to their respec'
tive qualified electors to exempt from
taxation an amount not to exceed
$4,000 to be deducted from the value
OF dwellings exclusively occupied b,
bona fide owners for residential pur'
poses only, and to withdraw such ex'
emption by :imilar referendum.
Section /. BE it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
elected to- each House coEcurring
That the following amendment &c
be Constitution of 1898 be submit
ted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their adoption or rejection
1T the Congressional election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in the month CT NO
yer1ber, 1912, as follows:
That every parish or municipality
through its police jury or governing
authority shall have the right to
and upon the petition Of one-fourth
of the qualified electors residing with
in its jurisdiction shall. submit te
the qualified electors In said parish
or municipality. at an election to be
called and held for that purpose
after thirty days published notice
the question as to whether or not
there shall be exempted from taxa.
ticn an amount not to exceed 5000
to be deducted from the value of al
buildings exclusively occupied by
bona fide owners for residential pur-
poses only; provided that any ex.
emption may be withdrawn in the
same manner in which it may be
granted.
No such exemption, voted by q
parish, shall operate to grant any
tax payer owning and occupying q
home within a municipality the r'sht
totdeduct the exempted amount from,
the improvement value of his
property in respect to municipal tax.
alton.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, That there shall be printed Cd
the ballots to be used at the said
election the words For the proposed
amendment authorizing exemption Of
homes from TAXATION. and the wordt
Against the proposed amendment
authorizing exemption Of homes from
taxat:on,' and each elector shall in.
dicate as provided in the general
election laws of the State whether
he votes for or against the proposed
am endment.
THOMAS C. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate
L. E.. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House OF, epre-
sentatives.
Approved August "a, 1912.
L.. 3. HALL.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ALVIN E. HEBERT.
SECRETARY of State.
ACT NO. q.
Senate Bill No. 6. BY Mr.. Barrow
Joint resolution submitting to the
people of Louisiana an amendment
to the Constitution providing for ref
erendum to the people of each rar, -
to determine whether cities AMI in
corporated towns and villages or any
one or more of them shall be FREE
from taxes and licenses levied by
parochial authorities for parochfa
purposes, subject to the Obligation
"a make certain contribuui ms to the
II arishes.
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by thu
General Assembly Of the State o.
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ing, That the following amendment
| to the Constitution of the State O
Louisiana be and he same is hereb.
submitted to the qualified electors o
the State at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesda!
after the first Monday in the month
CT November of the year 1912, to
wit:
Every parish through It's police
Jury shall have the right to submit
ana, upon the petition of oEe-fourtl
of the qualified electors therein shall
lsubmit to the qualified electors Q
Isaid parish, at an election to be call
cd and held for that purpose afte
Thirty days published notice, tn
question of whether or not all or an.
lone or more of the cities, incorporat
!, d towns and villages within the linn
| IS of the parishes (unless already ex
cmpt) shall be free and exempt from
all taxes and licenses levied by pa
/, ochial authority for parochfal pur
poses, provided that whenever sucl
exemption is granted, each city, In
.corporated town and village SO e1
empted shall contribute to the pa
rochial authorities its fair proper
ion of all parochial burdens. debt
and expenses common to both. Sue
proportion to be adjusted betwee
the police jury and the municipal au
thorities, and in case of disagree
rlent such apportionment to be mad
by the State Tax Commission.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
etc, That there shall be printed o
the ballots to be used at the said elel
tion the words For the amendmer
q. the Constitution establishing q re
I. endunl to the people of each paris
to determine whether or not cite
and incorporated towns hid village
shall be released from parochial Ia,
alton and licenses, subject to the col
|; EDITION of contributing to parish e,
penses." and the words Against tt
amendment to the Constitution e
tablishing q referendum to the pe
pie Of each parish to detsrmi1