St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-26

LIZ VI IA0 0OV0 ANGUS y uAN AVS
less than One Hundred Fifty Thous-
and Dollars ($150,000), plus the
whole proceeds of the States moiety
of the special automobile, taxicab
and auto-driven vehicle tax.
E. For the Public Debt Fund not
less than Five Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($525,O0O) or not
less than Six Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($650,000). it the
Public Debt amendment submitted
to the people at the same time this
amendment Is submitted Is adopted.
ARTICLE x.
/. All State taxes and licenses ex-
cept as hereinafter provided shall be
collected by the State Treasurer
The General Assembly shall provide
such additional clerical force in the
Treasurer's Office as may be neces.
sary to enable him to perform the
duties herein prescribed. :.
2. The General Assembly shall
the power to provide for special Rev
enue 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 as
sessments, and shall fix the compen-
sation and duties of such agents.
ARTICLE XII.
/. All articles and parts OF arti-
cles of the Constitution OF 1898 on
the subject of assessment and taxa
ton, and all amendments thereto on
said subjects contrary to or in con-
flict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
l. No part of this amendment to
the Constitution shall so into effect
until January /, 1914, except that
the provisions OF sections one, two.
five, six and seven of Article Ill, as
to special taxes shall go into effect
as soon as, the General 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 I, 1913. provided
laws carrying them into effect shall
be passed on or before March l.,
1918; provided further, that laws
carrying them into effect may be en-
acted at any later date.
2. On and after January 1, 1914.
the office of the State Board of APP
praisers and the office of State Board
Of Equalization shall be abolished,
but the present incumbents shall hold
their offices at the present rate of
until their present
.erms shall expire and they shall aid
he tax commission in putting the sys-
:em provided for in this amendment
nto operation, and in that connection
hey shall perform such duties as
he Tax Commission and the General
Assemble l. i.j' prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
he present Constitution to be levied
N the severance of natural resourc-
IS from the soil, shall be superseded
y this amendment as to the sever
nee Of minerals, oil and gas, and
hall be levied only on the severance
+ forest products:
4. When this amendment goes
atQ effect on January l. 1914. the
pecial State taxes levied for good
Dads and for Confederate Veterans
s now established, or that may
e established, by the amend
1ent to be submitted to the people |
t the time this amendment is SUBJ
lifted, shall cease, and the General
shall make provision out of |
he general fund for the benefit of !
ach of these special funds as here
1above provided.
5. All State taxes and licenses un-
on January /, 1914, for !
913 and previous years, shall be col
:cted and accounted for, under ex.
sting laws, by the sheriffs in the |
and the State Tax Collector
New Orleans, but all such collec-
ons must be completed by June 80,
GIG, up to which date the State
ax Collector of New Orleans shall
smain In ONCE. He shall also col
ct all State licenses levied in the
arish OF Orleans until said date and
re General Assembly shall provide
n reduction of his clerical force
take place on June 80, 1914.
fter June 80, 1916, any State H.
'nses and taxes then remaining I'M
aid, shall be collected by the State
reasurer. The General Assemble
laN by appropriate legislation pre-
de compensation on an equitable
asis to the tax collectors and as
essors OF the several parishes for |.
lie sums they may lose after Janu- II
~ !. 1914, to the date of the ex-
lration of their terms Of Office in
on the State taxes that Ii
ould have accrued on the sources of II
svenue segregated to the State, pro-
lded that the State shall be under
0 obligation to reimburse them in |