The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-02

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Article x.
l. All State taxes and licenses except
as hereinafter provided shall be collected
ny the state Treasurer. The General AS
sembly shall provide such additional cieri-
cal force in the Treasurer's Office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed.
.. me 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
leVylng assessments, and shall fix the
compensation and duties of such agents.
Article xI.
J.. All articles and parts of articles of
the Constitution of 1898 on the subject OF
assessment and taxation, and all amend
to or in conflict with the provisions of this
amendment be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SCHEDULE.
/. No part Of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect until
visions Of sections one, two, five, six and
seven of Article III, as to special taxes,
shall go into effect as soon as the Cen
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, 1918,
provided laws carrying them into effesz
shall be passed on or before March i,
1913; provided further, that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted IT any
later date.
2. On and after January list, 1914, the
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 tho
present rate Of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they shall
system provided for in this amendment
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soil, shall be superseded by this amend,
and gas, and shall be levied only on the
severance Of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes into eff
feet on January I, 1914, the special State
federate Veterans as now established or
as may be established by the amendment
to be submitted to the people at the sans
time this amendment is submitted, shall
make provision out Of the General Fund
for the benefit of each of these spectai
funds as hereinabove provided.
S. All State taxes and licenses nncol,
previous years, shall be collected and ac-
! counted for, under existing laws, by the
Sheriffs In the parishes, and the State
Tax Collector in New Orleans, but all
June 80, 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 Cen
eral Assembly shall provide for reduc-
ton Of his clerical force to take place on
June 80 1914. After June So 1916, any
State licenses and taxes then remaining
unpaid, shall be collected by the State
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
by appropriate legislation provide COM
pensatfon 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
commtssions on the State taxes that
| revenue segregated to the State. pro-
vided that. the Sfate shall be under no
obligation to reimburse them in any
them suN equal to the total Of the COM
missions Of their office fogs the years 1911
or 1912, taking the year which shows the
highest amount, and the General Assem-
1916 make an estimate of the probable
amount needed for such purpose, and
make appropriation to cover the same:
and at the biennial sessions Of 1915 and
1913 It shall make further appropriation
to cover any deficiency.
6. The amendments to the Constitu-
ton submitted to the people at the same
time that this amendment is submitted,
proposing 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 any
property now exempt from taxation IN
der the Constitution Of 1898 and It's
4 The Public Debt Amendment, sub
mitted to the people at the same time
| this amendment is submitted, If adopted
be superseded by this amendment in
respect to the mode OF providing the pub
lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
nlent.
Prior to January 1, 1914, the General
Assembly shall pass proper statutes te
carry this amendment into operation; and
| the Governor shall call an extra session
| of that body for that purpose as soon as
convenient after this amendment Is
| adopted.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, ETC.
That there shall be printed on the bal
lots to be used at said election the
words
FOR the amendment to the Constitu-
| ton recognizing and remodeling the
| States system Of assessment and taxa
ton;
And the words
against the amendment to the Con-
| stitution reorganizing and renodeling the
States systeEs of assessment and taxa
| ton"
And each voter shall indicate on his
ballot, as provided by the general cleo.
! ton laws of the State, whether he votes
1 for or against said amendment.
L. e. THOMAS.
| Speaker Of the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of thu
Senate.
Approved: August Gath, 1912
| L. E. HALL,
| Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
/ A true copy:
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
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