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

further. that this ad valorem tax shall neA
he imposed to the maximum whensvN
the school board certifes that smaller
levy will meet the needs of the schools
II. All property the taxation OF which
is reserved to the State, except products
of mines. of stone quarries, OF SAND,
gravel or shell pits, and of oil or gas
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
posed by local, special districts and po-
litical subdivisions in the future In ac-
cordance with law; provided that no par
iSh or incorporated municipality shall
levy a special tax for the support Of any
purpose which it is obligated to take care
of out of its ordinary alimOny, until II
shall have first exhausted its ordinary
taxing power, upon an assessment OF at
least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-
thority.
-. Levy district taxes and forced con-
tributions shall continue to be levied
within each district on the sources or
State revenue situated in each levee dis
trict and all levee taxes and contribu-
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.
10. The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections s, II and Il, as to property
reserved for state revenue, shall he based
on the assessment made by the State
equalized annually by said Tax Commits
sion in each parish or municipality to
the basis of assessment therein locally
established.
l. All revenues received by the State
from all sources shall so into fund
called the General Fund, and the Gen
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
/ a a
taxation is levied, setting aside, however,
each year, the following:
A. For the General Public School Fund
not less than one-fifth of the gross rev.
enues of the State from all sources pro-
vided that such apportionment shall never
be less than no one oaS GOO a a6 Thirty
, B. For the General Engineer Fund not
less than Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($400, 100000.
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 t$150. 100000. plus the whole pro
ceeds of the States moiety of the special
!, automobile, taxicab and auto7driven ve-
E. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thou
+ sand Dollars ($5250o0.00l or not less than
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
$500, 100000. if the Public Debt amend
> ment submitted to the people at the same
+ time this amendment is submitted Is
adopted.
!, Article X.
r l. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
by the State Treasurer. The General AS
sembly shall provide such additional clerl-
cal force in the Treasurer's office as may
2 be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
f 2. The General Assembly shall have
' the power to provide for special Revenue
Acc IN aycPpd three in number,
I to assist the Treasurer in collecting all
2 licenses, and taxes, and to assist the lax
= Commission in gathering Information LOT
= levying assessments, and shall nix the
4 compensation and duties OF such agents.
Article xl.
l. All articles and parts of articles OF
f the Constitution of 1898 on the subject OF
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
$ repealed. -
:, l. No part of this amendment to the
q Constitution shall go into effect until
. January list. 1914, except that the pro-
= visions of sections one, two, five, six and
x seven of Article Ill, 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
d sections three and four OF said Article
h shall go into effect on January LIST, 1913
: shall be passed on or before March J.
/, 1913: provided further that laws carrying
d them into effect may be enacted at an,
IS q. On and after January LIST, 1914. tbs
office Of the State Board OF Appraiser.
: and the Office Of State Board Of Equal
, +ation shall be abolished, but the present
I n ncumbents shall hold their Offices at the
! present rate of compensation until their
Z present terms shall expire, and they shall
aid the Tax Commission in putting the
r system provided for in this amendment
i, into operation, and in that connection
! they shall perform such duties as the Tax
E Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by the
present Constitution to be levied on the
T severance OF natural resources from the
0 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
[ feet on January !, 1914, the special state
taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
federate Veterans as now established or
as may be established by the amendment
e to be submitted to the people at the same
: 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. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
+ lected on January /, 1914, for 1918 and
0 previous years shall be collected and &C
i counted for. under existing laws, by the
Sheriffs in the parishes, and the State
: Tax Collector in New Orleans. but all
e 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
o New Orleans until said date and the Cen
r eral Assembly shall provide for a reduc-
ton of his clerical force to take place on
1 June 80. 1914. After June 80, 1915, any
n State licenses and taxes then remaining
: unpaid, shall be collected by the State
: Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
4 by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensation on equitable basis. to the
tax collectors and assessors OF the sew
: eral parishes for the sums they may lose
i after January first, 1914, to the date OF
the expiration of their terms of Office In
commissions on the State taxes that
h would have accrued on the sources OF
e 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
3 or 1912, taking the year which shows the
v highest amount, and the General Assem-
4 bly, shall at its regular session in 1914 and
v 1915 make an estimate of the probable
Y amount needed for such purpose, and
make appropriation to cover the same:
: and at the. biennial sessions Of 1915 and
e 1913 it shall make a further appropriation
= to cover any deficiency.
h 6. The amendments to the Constitu-
q ton submitted to the people at the same
: time that this amendment is submitted.
Y 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-
s der the Constitution of 1898 and it's
n | amendments
+ mitted to the people at the same tins
= this amendment Is submitted, II adopted,