The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02
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The Effect Of the Prope ID
lax Amendments,


The adoption Of the pending tax
amendments would save the masses
q the people in Louisiana in taxes
and licenses over a million dollars an
nually. The taxpayers in no parish
could lose a cent, and in mos: par
lshes they will gain, SO that taxes in
almost every parish would be reduced
from one to i've mills.
The taxpayers who live in cities
and towns would gain as well as
those who live IN the country The
following table shows what these
gains would be:
Acadia, SG,l53; Ascension, s12,O4S:
Assumption, sl4,555; AyoyeIles, $l3,-
Sl4; B4enyIlie, yII,93E; Caldwell.
$4,oos.sl, ooncordla. s5,sl1Is; Cam
eIon, s'.9s4.2l; Iatahuuia, slU.61b.
81, Claiborne, SCHOOL: DE Soto.
sI,232.l, East Baton Rouge, $6,yty,
II NJ 1hNi"h"' Fo,fVo,oIs ~ SdIIOl, ~
o'o.os. EsahgeIine, $4,000. Franklin,
sl''o'z-4s, StaAI. a4s,2AA..4. lberviIle,
s'.eoo.'s' IlGsI!a, a2V,yvy,zlil Jackson,
Slz,oI5.16; Laf0Gfthe, yT2,6Jl -, La
iayette, $l4,tol.1y; Livingston, $l7,-
1861, La Sale. $2v.V5Y2I; Madison,
SS,OO2.'5. MOieAOuse 1891 5.S9; Natchi-
toches, Sl.,4'322, Orleans, $225,UlU;
Ouachita, $',299.aU; Pia4uemlnes, So
o2s.O9; Polnte Coupee, Yy,464.17; Ra-
pides, $l9,oolot; Red River, $5,2g5.-
AZ, kichland, VI y22.45; Sabine, SILL
69o.44; 81. Charles, $l.oy4Yy; ST.
James, $l6,l05.US; st. John, $9,OSS.7y
st. Helena, $6,y14.OS, St Landry, SILL
4o6.4; st. Martin, $l2,y4y.16; st
Tanmany, $I6,5.y.y3; st. Mary, SO,
1880; Tensas, $9,y62.44; Tangipahoa,
$lS,O6S.93; errebonne, Sll,u69S
Vermilion, $IO,I2IS3; Union, SAIL
II; Vernon, $52,49S.9S; Washington,
$lS,57O.76; West Carroll, $4,000;
West Baton Rouge, $4.63IO2; West
FeIlclana, $5,346.O7; VIM, $751;
1906.
The following parishes lose but
will be compensated by the State for
every cent which they lose together
amount of the loss:
Bossier, $767ss. Caddo, 35.2S7.6 81;
Jefferson, s14.5S5.44; lincoln, 81,
444.5O; St. Bernard, $13,4yl.54; Web
ster, $2,4S979.
Calcasieu will not lose $6O,52595 if
the sulphur mine assessment is main
tanned In the Courts. 1t will gain
$77,357.O5 II the sulphur mine assess
ment is not maintained in the Courts.
The following towns are exempt
from parish taxation and will gain or
lose as follows, with the provision
that whatever loss they suffer will
be compensated BY the State together
with a five per cent bonus:
Evergreen gains $I23,42, MARKS
Vile loses $185.24, Mansura gains
$51.92. Lake Charles gains $3,45S.94,
jackson gains $43.20. New Iberia
loses $145.7S, Jeanerette gains $1,726
Al, Plaquemine gains $1,747.26, White
Castle gains $79495, Lafayette loses
$S,Og7.5O, Monroe loses $2.303.32, Nor
gan City gains $2,154.74. Berwick
loses $344,46, st. Martinville gains
$216.97, Parks loses $232.51; Breaua
Bridge loses $141.9S. Covington gains
$3,O45.65.
These figures are authentic. Any
one wishing copy Of the proposed
tax amendments and a detailed state
ment Of how the matter works Ou
can secure same by writing t thu
Tax Revision Association, Room A
Progressive Union Building, New Or
leans, or by securing copy Of thu
Times Democrat supplement Of Sun
day, October 20, 1912.
DAVID BLACKSHEAR,
Secretary Tax Revision Assn
Of Louisiana.
Room A, Progressive Union Bldg,