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y true copy:
ALVIN f. HEBERT, Secretary of State
ACT NO. 1872.
Senate Bill No. 70-By Mr.. Favrot.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Paragraph
and of Article PSI of the Constitu
ton of the State of Louisiana, a:
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.
sional election held on the 5th day Of
November, 1912, and as readopted by
the Constitutional Convention of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1918
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring, That paragraphs Two
(2) and Three ca of Article Two Hun
dred and Eighty-one (2SD of the Consti-
tuition of the State Of Louisiana be amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
ARTICLE PSI.
Paragraph g Police Juries in any parish
or parishes may in accordance with law
Vi CdtC uidiIidSc ulSlIlClS, WHICH, III duul-
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 a ma
jority in number and amount of the prop
erty taxpayers of said district qualified
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-
ceeding forty (4O years forced contribu-
tons or acreage taxes not exceeding fifty
cents $50 cts) per acre per year on each
and every acre of land, which is suscepti-
bic 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
debt 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
exceed in principal and interest the ag
gregate amount to be raised by said an
huoA VI iCl Cd6C ldAcS Jul
ing the period for which the same are
imposed and that no such bonds shall be
issued for any other purpose than that
for which the said contributions or acre.
age taxes. are voted, to run for a longer
period than forty (40) years, bear a
greater rate of interest than five per
centum per annum, payable annually or
semi annually, or to be sold for less than
ninety per centum 600 p.c.) of par. And the
Board Of Commissioners of Drainage Dis
trict without submission to the taxpayers
are authorized to levy additional taxes I'M
der the terms and conditions of this article
and within the limits fixed thereby for the
purpose of perfecting and completing any
system of drainage eighty per cent of
which shall have been accomplished at the
time of said additional levy Of taxes, and to
fund the avails of said additional levy of
taxes into bonds under the terms and con-
aitions set forth in the present article.
Paragraph 3. When the character of
any land is such that it must be leveed
and pumped in order to be drained and
reclaimed the Board of Drainage Com
missioners of the district in which the
and is situated, shall upon the petition
IF land owners. whether individuals or
corporations, resident or nonresident,
owning not less than a majority Of acres
n the area to be affected, ascertain the
cost per acre ce draining and retaining
said land, incur debt against each and
every acre of land thus situated for an
amount sufficient to drain and reclaim it,
md to- issue for such debt negotiable
ponds for the total aggregate amount of
he cost of such drainage, which bonds
'haii run not longer than forty (40) years
rom their date and bear interest at a
ate not exceeding five per centum per
payable annually or semi annual
y. and shall be sold for not less than
ninety per centum 600 p. CO. of par; and
aid Board of Drainage Commissioners
hall each year as long as any bonds are
levy annually upon each and
very acre of land. whether public or pri-
ate, situated in said drainage or sub
lrainage district, forced contributions or
Icreage taxes in an amount per acre suf-
lcient to maintain the drainage of the
aid district or subdrainage district, to
ay the interest annually or semi annually
nd the principal falling due each year. or
UGH amount as may be required for any
mixing fund for the payment of said bonds
t maturity. provided. that such forced
or acreage taxes for all pur-
oses shah never exceed Three Dollars and
fifty Cents ($3.50) per acre per annum.
All bonds heretofore issued under and
y virtue of this Article 281 Of the Con-
titution by the governing authority of
ny subdivision, which hive heretofore |
ct been declared invalid by judgment |
court of last resort in the State of I
.ouisiana and more than sixty (60) days |
ave el1psed since the pronunciation of |