The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-08-29
ACT NO. 1872.

ACT NO. 1872.
Senate Bill No. 7o-By Mr.. Favrot.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Paragraphs :
2 and OF Article Isl of the Constitu- !
ton of the State of Louisiana, as !,
amended by Joint Resolution. known
as Act No. 1872 of the General Assem- ,
bly, of the State of Louisiana OF the
year 1912 and adopted. at the congress
sionai election held on the 9Th day of
November, 1912, and as readopted by
the Constitutional Convention of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1913.
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring, That paragraphs Two
or and Three go of Article Two Hun
dred and Eighty -one t2s1) of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
| ARTICLE PSI.
| Paragraph 2. Police Juries in any parish
| or parishes may in accordance with law
create drainage districts. which in add
ton to the powers hereinabove granted,
shall have further power and authority !
| to establish and maintain drainage sys- |
TENS and the governing authorities OF
such districts when authorized by ma |
jority in number and amount Of the prop |
erty taxpayers of said district qualihed
to vote under the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana who vote in an
election held for that purpose. may, for
the purpose of establishing and maintain
ing gravity drainage in such DISTRICTS
impose and collect for period not ex-
lceeding forty (40) years forced contribu-
tons or acreage taxes not exceeding fifty
lcents GEO cts) per acre per year on each
land every acre of land, which is susceph-
bile of gravity drainage. in the subdivision
where such an election is held. The gov
erning authority OF such subdivisions
when authorized as set forth. may incur
Idebt and issue negotiable bonds to repre-
: sent same, secured by the forced contri-
button or acreage taxes above described
: provided that the total amount OF debts
thus incurred or bonds issued shall not
lexceed in principal and interest the as-
gregate amount to be raised by SAID an
8 inual contributions or acreage taxes DUR
: ing the period for which the same are
0 imposed and that no such bonds snail De
n issued for any other purpose than tnat
: for which the said contributions or acre
Iage taxes, are voted. to run for longer
4 period than forty (40) years, bear a
h centum per annum, payable annually or
o semi annually, or to be sold for less than
: ninety per centum GO pei of par. And the
9 Board of Commissioners of Drainage Dis
N trict without submission to the taxpayers
IL are authorized to levy additional taxes un-
y der the terms and conditions of this article
a and within the limits fixed thereby for the
% purpose of perfecting and completing any
lsystem of drainage eighty per cent OF
" (which shall have been accomplished at tnt
time of said additional levy Of taxes, and u
fund the ayails of said additional levy o.
p taxes into bonds under the terms and con-
=. lditions set forth in the present article
,eI Paragraph g. When the character o
tv any land is such that it must be ieveet
n and pumped in order to be drained ant
te reclaimed the Board of Drainage Com
10 missioners of the district in which tn
,d land Is situated. shall upon the petition
nt of land owners, whether individuals
a. jcorporations. resident or nonresident
all owning not less than a majority OF acre
NJ in the area to be affected. ascertain tn
MT cost per acre o. draining and reclaimin
bv said land, incur debt against each an
nd levery acre of land thus situated for
e. amount sufficient to drain and reclaim !
,es and TO issue for such debt negotiaol
Nv. bonds for the total aggregate amount
nv the cost of such drainage, which bono
IN shall run not longer than forty t4o) veal
IN from their date and bear interest at
70 rate not exceeding five per centum pr
aid annum, payable annually or semi annua
All Ily. and shall be sold for not less ina
he ninety per centum 600 p. CD of par; ar
The said Board of Drainage COMMISSIONS
nm shall each year as long as any bonds a
for outstanding levy annually upon each al
eft every acre of land, whether public or pr
rst lvate. situated in said drainage or SUI
ice drainage district. forced contributions
lie acreage taxes i'm an amount per acre su
tv- lficient to maintain the drainage OF Z
ct said district or subdrainage district.
nav the interest annually or semi-annua
rio, and the principal falling due each year,
me such amount as may be required for a.
rms sinking fund for the payment Of said bon
at maturity, provided, that such iorc
= contributions or acreage taxes for all pu
!. a,r noses shall never exc eed Three Dollars a
han Fifty Cents (s3.50) per acre per annun
,ars All bonds heretofore issued under q
:. bv virtue OF this Article PSI of the Co
-ac- stitution by the governing authority
,re- any subdivision. which have heretof'
not been declared invalid by judgn'
t,on of a court OF last resort In the state
the Louisiana and more than sixty t6o) az
,erv have elapsed since the PRONUNCIATION
the proceedings evidencing the issu