St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-05

D. For the Good Roads Fund not
less than One Hundred Fifty Thous-
and Dollars (s15o.oo0), 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,OO0) or not
less than Six Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($650,00O). 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hereby repealed.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.
/. No part of this amendment to
the Constitution shall go into effect
until January i, 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 /, 1913, provided
laws carrying them into effect shall
be passed on or before March 1,
1913; provided further, that laws
carrying them into effect may be en-
acted at any later date.
2. On and after January l, 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
compensation until their present
terms shall expire and they shall aid
the tax commission in putting the sys-
tenn provided for in this amendment
into operation, and in that connection
they. shall perform such duties as
the Tax Commission and the General
Assemol,' ray prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
the present Constitution to be levied
on the severance of natural resourc-
es from the soil, shall be superseded
by this amendment as to the sever
ance of minerals, oil and gas. and
shall be levied only on the severance
of forest products.
4. When this amendment goes
into effect on January 1. 1914, the
special State taxes levied for good
roads and for Confederate Veterans
% now established, or that may
be established, by the amend
ment to be submitted to the people
at the time this amendment is sub
mitted, shall cease, and the General
Assembly shall make provision out OF
the general fund for the benefit oil
each of these special funds as here.
inabove provided.
s.. All State taxes and licenses un.
collected on January /, 1914. fol
1913 and previous years, shall be col
lected and accounted for, under ex
listing laws, by the sheriffs In the
parishes, and the State Tax Collecto:
in New Orleans, but all such collec.
tions must be completed by June 80
1916, up to which date the State
Tax Collector of New Orleans shall
remain in Office. He shall also col.
lect all State licenses levied in the
parish of Orleans until said date and
the General Assembly shall provide
for o reduction of his clerical force
to take place on June 80, 1914.
After June 80, 1916, any State Ii.
censes and taxes then remaining un
paid, shall be collected by the Stat.
Treasurer The General Assembi.
shall by appropriate legislation Pre-.
vide compensation on an equitable
basis to the tax collectors and as
SCISSORS Of the several parishes fol
the sums they may lose after Janu
airy /. 1914, to the date Of the ex
piration Of their terms Of office II
commissions on the State taxes thai
would have accrued on the sources q,
revenue segregated to the State, pro
vided that the State shall be under
no obligation to reimburse them il
any greater amount than will 1uar