The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1912-10-24

| further that this ad valorem tax shall neA
be imposed to the maximum wheney"N
| levy will meet the needs of the schools
H. 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 il
| shall have first exhausted it's ordinary
| taxing power, upon an assessment of at
| least fiftyx per cent of the market value
| of the property subject to its taxing au-
| thority.
! -. Levy district taxes and forced BON
! tributions shall continue to be lekied
| within each district on the source OF
State revenue situate 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 so, 1916, and thereafter by the
collecting officer of the City of New Or
leans.
13. The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections 8, IL and u. as to property
reserved for State revenue, shall be 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.
Article TX.
!. All revenues received by the State
from all sources shall go into a fund
called the General Fund, and the Cen
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for which
"a IA -
each year. the following:
A. For the General Public School Fund
not less than one-flfth of the gross rev.
enues of the State from ali sources pro-
vided that such apportlonment shall never
be less than One Million and Thirty
Thousand Dollars $1,000, 100000.
B. For the General Engineer Fund, not
less than Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($400, 0G0. 00).
C. 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 Dol
lars Sl50.e00.0o). plus the whole pro-
automobile, taXicab and auto driven We
hicle tax
E. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars ($525. 100000 or not less than
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
(s6o0,00o.0O), if the Public Debt amend
ment submitted to the people at the same
adopted.
Article X.
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 clsri-
cal force in the Treasurer's 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.
l. All articles and parts of articles OF
the Constitution of 1898 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.
l. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
January list, 1914, except that the pro-
visions of sections one, two, five, six and
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
sections three and four of said Article
shall go into effect on January LIST, 1913,
shall be passed on or before March /,
1918; provided further, that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted at any
:, fles. after January ~, sra e. c..
Office of the State Board of Appraisers
and the Office of State Board Of Equali-
cation 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
sue gxl@1 AH-a-
into operation. and in that connection
they shall perform such duties as the Tax
Commission and the General Assembly
may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by the
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
a. When this amendment goes into eff
rect on January i, 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
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.
D. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
lected on January l. 1914, for 1918 and
previous years, shall be collected and ac-
q,
Sheriffs in the parishes, and the State
Tax Collector in New Orleans, but all
such collections must be completed by
June go 1915. 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 until said date and the Gen
eral Assembly shall provide for reduc-
ton of his clerical force to take place on
June 30, 1914. After June 30, 1916, any
State licenses and taxes then remaining
hall 30 l., -
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensation on an equitable basis to the
tax collectors and assessors of the sew
eral parishes for the sums they may lose
after January first 1914, to the date of
the expiration of their terms of Office in
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
them sum equal to the total of the COM
of their office for the years 1911
or 1912, taking the year which shows the
highest amount and the General Assem-
bly, shall at it's regular session in 1914 and
1916 make an estimate Of the probable
amount needed for such purpose, and
and at the biennial sessions of 1918 and
1918 1t shall make further appropriation
to cover any deficiency.
g. The amendments to the Constitu-
lion submitted to the people at the same
time that this amendment IL submitted,
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 anf
property now exempt from taxation I'M
der the Constitution Of 1898 and it's
7. The Public Debt Amendment, sub
nitted to the people at the same time
his amendment is submitted If adopted.
y, Iza lad III
respect to the mode of providing the pub
ie debt fund guaranteed by such amend