St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-28

TAX Tolls or SAID city accoF0l0S 10 k1W
against all taxable property in said
city an assessed and valued for oiEy
taxation purposes; and said tax shall Do
collected by said city and paid over to
Schools, Parish Of Orleans. day by day
as collected.
Said tax shall be in lieu OF all taxes.
appropriations and funds now authorIz-
ID or directed to be levied or contrib
uted by the City of New Orleans for
public school purposes, either by said
Act No. 10 Of 1899 or other provisions
Of the Constitution OF this state. All
trary, as well as Act No. 26z OF the
General Assembly of the State OF Louis
a for the year 1914, ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution OF tnis
State, are hereby ~abrogated and repeal
ed; and the City OF New Orleans shall
have no power or authority to use or
employ any of Its taxes or funds Tor
nanc Of the public schools, directly or
Indirectly, except as herein authorized:
provided. however, that the City OF New
ploy all the funds, property, or things
of value now or hereafter held by II
under any special legacy, bequest or 90
nation made or to be mad directly 20
out execute the conditions OF all
such special legacies, requests or dona-
lions that ave been heretofore made TO
and accepted by said City of New Or
lGauB anu Eli R0CE dS A1A&y
made to and accepted by said city.
Section 18. For the purpose OF CIV
ing additional support to the Pubic
schools, the Boapd of Directors OF the
Public Schools, Parish OF Orleans; Or aLs
legal successor, may levy upon all tax
able property in the city of New Orleans
q special tax not exceeding two mills
on the dollar Of the assessed Valuat1on
of said property (Which special tax shall
be in excess Of the tax authorized by
Section IT of this amendment), Wnen-
ever (1l in the manner prescribed by
Aet No. ESQ Of the Genera Assembly OF
the State Of Louisiana for the year
1910, and amendments thereof. or IN
such other manner as shall be prescr1o-
ed by law, the rate of such speclal Lax,
the number of years It is TO De levisa
Intended shall have been by said Board
submitted at an election to a vote OF
the property taxpayers or the CITY OF
New Orleans entitled. to vote unoer tns
assessed for property in SAID city as
shown by the last assessment mace
prior to the submission of the PROPOSE
ton to the said property ana
(2) a majority of the same in number
and amount voting at said election snail
have voted therefor. The levy by salo
Board of any tax SO authorized snalI pc
certified, assessed, collected and paid N
the manner prescribed by Section II OF
this endme
Section 10. The Board OF Directors
of the Public Schools Parish Of orleans.
or its legal successor, shall not CAPT
talize the whole or any part OF the
taxes which by this amendment 1t Ia au-
thorized to levy, nor fund the same INTO
bonds, nor borrow money in anticipation
of the collection thereof; provided b
said Board may, in any calendar year,
in anticipation of the collection or the
taxes of such alend year and Tor the
purpose for which such taxes are levied,
borrow such sums as shall not be in ex-.
cess of the OF Its uncollecIso
taxes of such year, and may issue lls
notes or other evidences of Indebtedness
evidences of Indebtedness h be pay
able only out of he taxes of the eaien-
dar year in which said loan or loans
are first made and for which lnoepteo-
other funds or moneys whatever; pro-
yided, however, no moneys snail De DOT
rowed by said Board foreany other pur-
poses than current purposes, and IN no
event shall any money be borrowed by
said Board to make or to pay for per-
manent improvements; and PROVIDED
further, tina said Board shall not make
any contract or incur any debt or ohil-
cation unless sufficient funds not other
wise appropriated, to pay and discharge
the same are actually in the treasurey
Of said Board at the time OF making
said contract or mourning SAID depL or
and are specially set aside
and dedicated to said purpose, except as
NAV be h~ereinabove specially provided.
Said Board shall annually n prior
to the beginning of the scholastlc year
prepare a budget of its receipts and ex-
nenditures and said budget, before II
becomes effective, must be approved py
the Commission Council or the CITY 81
New Orleans, or its successor as lne
governing body of said City, and all ap,
nronriations by or expenditures or SAID
Board not included in the said pudget
shall likewise before becoming e1ect.Ve
be approved by said COMMISSION eoan-
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Provided that.nothing herein sinai
ha taken or construed as authorizing
the Commission Council or It's sue
cessor to change, alter, supslltu.e 81
eliminate any of the items OF .ne
budget thus submitted; the true IN
tent and meaning hereof being that
the said council or It's successors shall
have no authority whatsoever In OF
over said budget, except to the e1teh.
of ascertaining whether the proposed
expenditures as exnlelteq oha oS and
estimated Of said Board OF
Directors Of the Public Schools a
ish of Orleans.
Section 20. The inhibition herein
established against n CITY OF new
orleans and the Board Of Directors OF
the Public Schools, Parish OF Orleans
or either of them, borrowing money
anticipating their capitaliz,
ing their funds or issuing notes OF
other evidences of debt, shall apply
to all boards, commissions or bodies
created by or under the authority OF
the Common Council of the City OF
New Orleans, or it's successor as the
governing body of said city.
Section Fl. The provisions hereof
are self-operative, and the City Of
New Orleans and the several boards
and bodies herein referred to shall
carry the same into effect.
Be 1t further enacted, etc, that thu
amendment proposed by this act shal
be submitted to the electors of thu
State for their approval or rejection
at the Congressional election to b.
held on the first Tuesday after thu
first Monday in the month OF Novem'
Der, 1916; that there shall be printed
on the official ballots to be used a
said election the words:
For the proposed amendment e
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana providing for the funding of Ger
tain debts of the City Of New orlean'
and of the Board of Directors of tn
Public Schools, Parish Of Orleans
and the words:
Against the proposed amendment t.
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana providing for the funding of GER
tain debts of the City of New Or1eenI
and of the Board of Directors of tn,
Public Schools, Parish of 0~r1eans;"
and that each elector shaH indicat'
on the ballot cast by him, as provided
by the general election laws OF tn
State, whether he votes for or agains
the proposed amendment.
HEWITT B0UANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President o
the Senate.
Approved: June s, 1916.
R.. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES j.. BAILEY.
Secretary Of State.