The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-10-10


parish shall elect by a vote OF It's
qualified electors the officer, or OIL
GERS, to assess it's property for TAX
alton the compensation OF such OIL
Ger or officers to be fixed by the fo-
lice Jury not less than ten months
before the election, and not SUBJECT
to change during the elected officers
incumbency. This power shall hol
be exercised in the Parishes, nor III
the Parish of Orleans as to assess
ors, until the terms of office OF 'he
present incumbents expire. Alter
January /, 1914, and until the explra-
ton of the terms of said officers, All
local assessments shall be made by
the assessors of each parish and the
assessors of New Orleans at the
present rate of compensation. All 10
cal taxes and licenses except thcse
levied by municipalities, shall be COL
lected by the Sheriff of each PARISH
except the Parish of Orleans, at the
present rate of compensation unless
such compensation shall be changed
by the General Assembly. After JAN
uary /, 1914, Parish Assessors snail
BE- compensated by the Parishes and
the Assessors of the Parish OF Or
leans by the City of New Orleans. II
under the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted
providing way to relieve municipal
tiles from general parish taxes, sub
ject to an obligation to contribute to
certain funds, is adopted. then eacn
municipality so relieved from such
taxation, shall have the right by its
governing authority, to provide for
the appointment or election Of its
own assessor or assessors and to fix
their compensation.
Article VIII.
1. In order to reimburse parishes
and municipalities now free from par
ish taxes for loss of revenue caused
by the withdrawal of the sources OF
state revenue from parish and munic'
ipal taxation, there is hereby grant
ed to each parish and to each such
municipal corporation the right to le'
Wy an additional tax of six mills on
unsegregated property.
2. In order to similarly reimburse
municipalities not now free from par
ish taxes each parish shall levy an
nually for eight years after January
1, 1914, the six mill tax aforesaid, or
so much thereof as may be necessa'
ry, and out of the proceeds of this
tax each parish shall, under the sup
ervision of the Tax Commission, com
pensate each such municipality with
in it's limits for loss of revenue caus'
ed by such withdrawal. Such com
pensation to be made on the basis
provided in the following sentence
fol compensation by the state to
parishes. If the proceeds of such
tax remaining to each parish. added
to the proceeds Of the levy Of the
one per cent tax now permitted tc
be levied, after making the compen
sation aforesaid, shall not be suffici
ent to repay to, said parish the sun
it would have received by the levy
of its present one per cent alinony
tax on the basis of the assessment
rolls of 1911, plus an increase O
five per cent on the amount Of sait
, tax, then the state shall compensate
each parish the amount of such def
cheney as fixed and reported by tn
Tax Commission.
} 3. Any municipality now free, o.
hereafter made free, from parish tax
alton which is not reimbursed by tn
levy of the additional six mill tax
the power to levy which is hereb.
granted to 1t, shall be compensate,
by the General Assembly on the ba
sis above provided for compensation
! by the State to the parishes, tn
amount of said compensation to b.
Y fixed by the Tax Commission.
4. The obligation to make the CON
). pensations herein provided for shal
, be mandatory on the General Assem-
r bly,, but no such compensations shall
: be made after the year 1921.
\ 5. After the year 1921, no parisl
shall levy any part of such six mill
j. within the limit of any incorporate
e municipality and said municipalitie
= shall be entitled to levy and collec
such six mill tax for their own az
:, count.
: 6. The claims of each parish an
' municipality for compensation sha
n be presented to the Tax Commission
which shall examine such claims an