The Natchitoches enterprise., 1912-10-31

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 we'll as all other property, winch
may not be specially exempted from sucn
taxation, shall continue to be subject TO
special taxes now in force, ana snail De
liable to such special taxes as may be I'M
posed by local, special districts and po-
litical subdivisions in the future In &C
cordance with law; provided that no par.
sh or incorporated municipality shall
levy a special tax for the support OF any
purpose which it is obligated to take care
of out of it's ordinary alimony, until IL
shall have first exhausted it's ordinary
taxing power upon an assessment of at
least fifty per cent of the market value
of the property subject to its taxing au-
thOrity.
IL Levy district taxes and forced con-
tributions shall continue to be ieVled
within each district on the sources OF
State revenue situated in each levee dis
trict, and all levee taxes and contrlpu-
tons shall be collected by the sheriff OF
each parish, under existing law, and IN
New Orleans by the State tax collectors
until June go 1916. and thereafter by the
collecting officer of the City of New Or
leans
49, The taxes mentioned in the fore
going sections 8, II and II, as to property
reserved for State revenue, shall be based
on the assessment made by the state
Tax Commission for State purposes
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 fund
called the General Fund, and the Cen
eral Assembly shall apportion said fund
among all the public purposes for which
taxation is levied, setting aside, however,
each year, the following:
A For the General Public School Fund
not less than onehfth of the gross rev.
enues of the State from all sources pro-
vided that such apportionment shall never
be less than One Million and Thirty
Thousand Dollars 1880, 100000.
B. For the General Engineer Fund, not
less than Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($400 000. 00).
c. For Confederate Pensions, not less
than the amount provided or to be pro-
vided by the Constitution.
d. For the Good Roads Fund, not less
| than One Hundred Fifty Thousand DOL
| lars G150000.eo). plus the whole pro-
Ceeds of the States moiety of the special
automobile, taxicab and auto driven We
hce tax.
f. 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
| (S650, 100000 If the Public Debt amend
nent submitted to the people at the same
| time this amendment is submitted -
| 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 auch addltlonal clerl-
! cal force in the Treasurers office as may
be necessary to enable him to perform
the duties herein prescribed
| 2. The General Assembly shall nave
| 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 NIX the
| compensation and duties of such agents.
Article XII.
| l. All articles and parts of articles or
the Constitution of 1898 on the subject OK
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
l. No part of this amendment to the
Constitution shall go into effect unth
January 1st, 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
provided laws carrying them into effect
shall be passed on or before March /,
1913 provided further, that laws carrying
them into effect may be enacted at any
later date.
q on and after January 1st 1914. the
Office of the State Board of Appraisers
and the Office of State Board Of ASnali-
cation shall be abolished, but and nor
Hs iifts hall
present rate of compensation until their
present terms shall expire, and they snail
aid the Tax Commission in putting the
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
5. 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 amenn.
! ment as to the severance of minerals, OIL
. and gas, and shall be levied only on the
, severance of forest products
| 4. When this amendment goes into Ell
! feet on January l, 1914, the special State
! taxes levied for good roads and for Con-
. federate Veterans as now established OF
] as may be established by the amendment
) to be submitted to the people at the sans
! time this amendment Is submitted, snail
Z 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.
, g. All State taxes and licenses uncol-
+ lected on January l., 1914, for 1913 and
: previous years, shall be collected and &C
i counted for, under existing laws, by the
Sheriffs In the parishes. and the State
;. Tax Collector in New Orleans. but all
such 90 collections must BE tSe tas
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 30, 1916, any
n State licenses and taxes then remaining
: unpaid, shall be collected by the State
Treasurer. The General Assembly shall
i by appropriate legislation provide com
pensa ton on an equitable basis to the
: tax collectors and assessors of the sew
eral parishes for the sums they may lose
II | after January first, 1914, to the date OF
. ! the expiration OF their terms of Office In
h would have saccrued on the sources OF
revenue segregated to the State, pro-
o vided that the State shall be under nc
n obligation to reimburse them In any
q | greater amount than evil guarantee to
: them sum equal to the total of the com,
4 missions Of their office for the years 19ll
. or 1872 taking the year which shows the
" highest amount. and the General Assem-.
4 bly, shall at it's regular session in 1914 anc
~ 1916 make an estimate of the probable
" amount needed for such purpose, an6
make appropriation to cover the same
y and at the biennial sessions of 1915 and
. 1918 it shall make a further appropriation
~ to cover any deficiency
h G. The amendments to the Constitu
- ton submitted to the people at the same
~ time that this amendment Is submitted
proposing to exempt from taxation th'
/ objects therein specially set forth, 1
a adopted, shall not be affected by the pro
- visions of this amendment; nor shall thl
- amendment be construed as aHectlhg an.
,, property now exempt from taxation un
- der the Constitution of 1898 and III
~ amendments
III Z. The Public Debt Amendment, sub
:. rnitted to the people at the same tim.
!. this amendment is submitted, II adopted
70 shall be superseded by this amendment II
respect to the mode of providing the pub
~ ~ lie debt fund guaranteed by such amend
y ment.
a. Prior to January /. 1914. the Genera
= Assembly shall pass. proper statutes t
"a carry this amendment into operation; AM
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