The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-11-01

viding a way to relieve municipalities
from general parish taxes, subject TO an
obligation to contribute to certain luhus'
IS adopted. then each municipality so IT,
lieved from such taxation, shall nave the
right by It's governing authority, to pro.
vide for the appointment or election or
its own assessor or assessors and TO INK
their compensation.
Article VIII.
/. 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.
g. In order to similarly reimburse mu-
inequalities not now free from parish
taxes each parish shall levy annually for
eight years after January |, 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
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 suf1-
Cient to repay to said parish the sum II
would have received by the levy OF It's
present one per cent alimony tax on the
basis Of the assessment rolls of 1911, plus
an increase OF five per cent on the
amount Of said tax, then the State shat
compensate each parish the amount OF
such deficiency as fixed and reported by
the Tax Commission.
g. Any municipality now free, or here
after made free, from parish taxation
which IL not reimbursed by the levy OF
! the additional six mill tax. the power to
levy which is hereby granted to 1t, sha II
be compensated by the General Assembly
sation by the State to the parishes, the
amount Of said compensation to be f1ed
! by the Tax Commission.
! 4. 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.
! S. 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-
niclnalitv for compensation shall be pre-
scented to the Tax Commission, which shall
examine such claims and report the facts
and its conclusions to the General Assem-
bly, on or before the first day OF each
regular session.
| Z In reimbursement for the State
sources of revenue herein withdrawn
| from her assessed values, and for the
! tat 49, 1T IAr oft, IVA
isting one per cent debt tax, the city OF
New Orleans, after January !, 1914, Is
hereby granted the right to levy annually
and shall levy annually as long as said
one per cent debt tax Is required by law
to be levied an additional tax Of six
mills. Out OF the proceeds Of this tax.
| there shall he paid by preference anru-
ally to the Board If Liquidation Of the
City Debt for the benefit Of the one per
cent debt tax, a sum equal to that which
| said tax produced in the year 1919 on the
segregated sources OF State revenue stu
ated within the citv limits and the bal
arce Of the Droceads of said six mill tax
shall 60 to the alironv fund Of the city.
8. The two mill al valorem special
sewerage and water tax Of the City Of
New Orleans shall continue to be levied
as long as required nv law on the sources
| Of State revenue subject to an ad valorem
tax.
O. 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-
! tional taxes is hereby granted to all par
ishes voting for such release to be levied
on property outside Of the Municipalities,
and the power to levy six mills Of addi-
tional taxes IL hereby granted to each
municipality so released to be levied on
the property within its corporate limits,
the obligation Of the State to make COM
pensation remaining the same Whether
said amendment shall he adopted or not
the power to levy the extra tax Of six
that are now exempt from parish taxes
shall remain undisturbed.
10. And whether said amendment shall
be adopted or not adopted. the police
juries OF the several parishes and the
governing authorities Of cities (the Par
ish OF Orleans .eycepted), and towns not
subject to parish taxes, shall levy and
collect and turn over to the duly consti-
tuted school authorities under the SUPER
vision and control OF the State Board of
| Education, an amount equal to at least
three-tenths Of the gross amount Of ad
valorem taxes, which they levy and COL
lect, provided that such amount shall
pality than the great"-t amount due from,
such pa IRISH or munic' oIitv TO the schoo'
hoard from the constitutional three mill
school ad valorem tay 'n''ected for either
the year 1911 or 1912 taking the wear
which Welded the highest amount. Pro-
vided further. that cities and towns that
are not exemnt from the payment OF
parish taxes shall not be required to pay
this al valorem tax II It be already i'm
nosed by the parish authorities: provided
further that this ad valorem tax shall not
he IMPOSED to the maximum whenever
the school board certifes that a smaller
lew will meet the needs OF the schools
II. All property the taxation Of which
/ ts reserved TO the State, except products
Of mines, Of stone quarries, OF sand
gravel or shell pits, and Of oil or gas
wells, as well as all other property, which
may not be sneciallv exempted from such
taxation, shall continue to be subject ia
special taxes now in force and shall be
liable to such special taxes AS may be i'm
lltical subdivisions In the future In &C.
cordance with law: provided that no par.
fsh or Incorporated munictpaftty shall
levy special tax for the support OF any
Purpose which It Is obligated to take care
Of out Of its ordinary alimony, until II
shall have first exhausted Its ordinary
taxing power, unon an assessment of al
least fifty per cent Of the market value
Of the property subject to It's taxing au.
thority.
y. Levy district taxes and forced con
trthutions shall continue to be Ievie,
within each district on the sources o.
state revenue situated In each leyee dis.
trlct, and all levee taxes and contrihu.