The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-09-07

amendment be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SCHEDULE.
/. No part Of this amendnA Mt to
the Constitution shall go into effect
until January LIST, 1914, except that
the provisions Of sections one, two,
five, six and seven Of Article III, 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
60 into effect on January 1st, 1913,
provided laws carrying them into eff
feet shall be passed on or before
March /, 1913; provided further, that
laws carrying them into effect may
be enacted at any later date.
2. On and after January 1st, 1914,
the office of the State Board of Ap.
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 terms
shall expire and they shall aid the
Tax Commission in putting the sys-
TEN provided for in this amendment
into operation, and in that cOnnec-
ton they shall perform such duties
as the Tax Commission and the Gen
eral Assembly may prescribe.
3. The license tax authorized by
the present Constitution to be levied
on the severance of natural re-
sources from the soil, shall be super
seeded by this amendment as to the
severance of minerals, oil and gas,
and shall be levied only on the sew
erance Of forest products.
4 d. When this amendment goes into
effect on January /, 1914, the spec
ial state taxes levied for good roads
and for Confederate Veterans as now
established or as may be establish
ed, by the amendment to be sub
mitted to the people at the same
time this amendment is submitted,
shall cease, and the General Assem-
bly, shall make provision out of the
General Fund for the benefit of
each of these special funds as here
matter provided.
5. All State taxes and licenses un-
collected on January /, 1914, for 1913
and previous years, shall be collect
ed and accounted for, under existing
laws, by the sheriffs in the parishes,
and the State Tax Collector in New
Orleans, but all such collections must
=, be completed by June 80, 1916, up to
which date the State Tax Collector
of New Orleans shall remain in Of
,, flee. He shall also collect all state
f licenses levied in the Parish OF Or
leans until said date and the Gener-
alAssembly shall provide for a reduc'
ton of his clerical force to. take
place on June 80, 1914. After June
80, 1916, any State licenses and tax
,, es then remaining unpaid, shall be
,, collected by the State Treasurer. The
General 7 sembly shall by approprl'
ate legis alton provide compensation
; on an quitable basis to the tax col.
Iector and assessors of the several
pari nes for the sums they may lose
= aft January first, 1914, to the date
l Of the expiration of their terms OF
ffice in comm ,sions on the state
CAKES that woul lave accrued on me
sources of revenue segregated 10 'he
State, provided lat the State shall
be under no obligation to reimburse
them in any greater amount than
: will guarantee to them a sum equa
4 to the total of the commissions OF
= their office for the years 1911 or 1872
+ taking the year which shows the
highest amount, and the General AS
sembly shall at it's regular session IL
1914 and 1916 make an estimate Of
e the probable amount needed for sucf
o purpose, and make appropriation tt
d cover the same; and at the blennla
n sessions of 1915 and 1918 1t shall
:. make further appropriation to GOV
|, er any deficiency.
; 6. The amendments to the Con
stitution submitted to the people a
!, the same time that this amendment
q il submitted, proposing to exemp
Il from taxation the objects thereil
- specially set forth, If adopted, shall
n not be affected by the provisions o
i this amendment; nor shall Thu
u amendment be construed as affect
, ing any property now exempt from
q taxation under the Constitution o
s. 1898 and its amendments.
7. The Public Debt Amendment
1t submitted to the people at the same
o time this amendment is submitted, !
adopted, shall be superseded by thi
1T amendment in respect to the mod
s. Of providing the public debt funt
e guaranteed by such amendment.
Y Prior to January I, 1914, the Genel
b al Assembly shall pass proper sta
tutes to carry this amendment int,
1T operation; and the Governor sbal
e call an extra session Of that bod,
Of .cr that purpose as soon as conyen
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