The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-25

ment submitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted pro-
vidtng way to relieve municipalities
from general parish taxes, subject to an
obligation to contribute to certain funds,
Is adopted, then each municipality so re-
lieved from such taxation, shall have the
right by It's governing authority, to pro-
vide for the appointment or election OF
its own assessor or ASSESSORS and to nix
their compensation.
Article VIII.
l. In order to reimburse parishes and
municipalities now free from parish
taxes for loss OF revenue caused by the
withdrawal of the sources of State rev.
enue from parish and municipal taxation,
there is hereby granted TO each parish ana
to each such municipal corporation the
right to levy An additional tax Of six mills
on unsegregated property
& In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January l. 1914 the
six mill tax aforesaid, or so much Thereon
as may be necessary, and out OF the pro
Ceeds Of this tax each parish shall, under
the supervision Of the Tax Commission,
compensate each such municipality
within It's limits for loss OF revenue
caused by such withdrawal. Such COM
pensation to be made on the basis pro-
vided in the following sentence for COM
pensation by the State to parishes. II
the proceeds Of such tax remaining 10
each parish, added to the proceeds OF the
levy OF the one per cent tax now per
mitted to be levied. after making the
compensation aforesaid, shall not be sum
Client to repay to said parish the sum II
would have received by the levy OF us
present one per cent alimony tax on the
basis OF the assessment rolls OF 1911, Plus
an increase Of five per cent on tho
amount Of said tax, then the state shaii
compensate each parish the amount OF
such deficiency as fixed and reported by
the Tax Commission.
3. ANY municipality now free, or here
after made free, from parish taxation
which Is not reimbursed by the levy or
the additional six mill tax the power to
levy which is hereby granted to IT, shall
be compensated by the General Assembly
on the basis above provided for compen-
sation by the State to the parishes, the
amount Of said compensation to be hxed
by the Tax Commission.
l. The obligation to make the compen-
sations herein provided for shall be man
datory on the General Assembly, but no
such Conversations shall be made after
the year 1921.
5. After the year 1921, no parish shall
levy any part of such six mills within
the limit Of any INCORPORATED municipal
ity and said municipalities shall be en-
titled to levy and collect such six mill
tax for their own account.
g. The claims Of each parish and mu-
nicirality for comnensat ton shall be pre-
scented TO the Tax Commission, which shall
examine such claims and report the facts
and its conclusions 70 the General Assem-
bly, on or before the first day OF each
regular session.
7. In reimbursement for the State
sources Of revenue herein withdrawn
from her assessed values, and for the
joint benefit OF her alimony and her eI-
listing one per cent debt tax, the city OF
New Orleans. after January I, 1914. IL
hereby granted the right to levy annually
and shall levy annually az long as said
one per cent debt tax Is required by law
10 be levied, an additional tax Of six
mills. Out OF the proceeds Of this tax,
there shall re paid "by preference annu-
allv to the Board Of Liquidation Of the
City Debt. for the benefit Of the one ner
cent debt tax, sum equal to that which
ssid tax nroduced in the year 1919 on the
segregated sources OF State revenue stu
atsf within the CITY limits. and the bal
ance Of the nroceeds Of said six mill tax
shall GO to the alirnony fund Of the city.
s. The two mill al va'orem special
sewerage and water tax Of the City Of
New Orleans shall continue to he levied
as long as required nv law on the sources
Of State revenue subject TO an ad valorem
tax
9. In case the referendum amendment
submitted to the people at the same time
this amendment is submitted providing a
way TO relieve municipalities from general
parish taxes subject to an obligation to
contribute to certain funds IS adopted,
then the power to levy six mills Of addi-
tinnal taxes Is hereby granted to all par
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on property outside Of the Municipalities,
and the power to levy six mills Of addi-
tional taxes II hereby granted to each
municipality so relea sed to be levied on
the rrnnerty within its corporate limits.
the obligation Of the State to make com
uensation remaining the same. Whether
said amendment shall be adopted or not
the power 70 levy the extra tax Of six
mills hereby granted to all MUNICIPALITIES
that are now EXEMPT from parish taxes
shall remain undisturhed
| 10. And whether said amendment shall
be adopted or not adonted, the police
juries Of the several parishes and the
governing authorities Of cities fthe Par
ish Of Orleans evcented). and towns not
subject to parish taxes, shall lew and
collect and turn over to the duly consti-
tuted school authorities under tire super-
vision and control OF the State Board Of
Education: an amount equal to at least
three tenths Of the gross amount Of ad
vaiorem tayes. which they levy and COL
lect. provided that such amount shall
never be less in any parish or munich.
pality than the greatest amount due from
such parish nr munic'raIitv 10 the school
board from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem tax collected for either
the year 1911 or 1919, taking the year
which Yielded the highest amount. pro-
vided further, that cities and towns th,t
are not EXEMPT from the payment Of
parish taxes shall not he required to pa4
this al valorem tax II Il he already i'm
nosed by the narish authorities: provided
further, that this ad valorem tax shall NOT
he imposed to the maximum wheneyer
the school board certif'es that a smaller
levy will meet the needs Of the school,
II. All property the taxation Of which
Is reserved to the State, except products
r.. or mines, or stone quarries, OF sand.
gravel or she'll pits, and of oil or gas
wells, as well as all other property, which
may not be snecialv exempted from such
taxation. shall continue to be subject ia
special taxes now In force, and shall he
liable to such special taxes AS NAV be i'm
posed by local, snecial districts and no.
litical subdivisions In the future in ac-
cordance with law; provided that no par
lsh or incorporated municipality shall
levy special tax for the support Of anv
purpose which It is obligated to take care
| OF out OF its ordinary alimony, until II
shall have first exhausted its ordinary
taxing mower, upon an assessment NJ AZ
least fifty per cent Of the market value
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