St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-10-21

piled In payment Of such special assess
mentS shall be insufficient for such pay
to the general funds OF the City Of New
Orleans when the assessments are col
lected to the extent OF the amount tina,
the said general funds shall have con
tributed to the payment aforesaid. S.
sembly Of the State Of Louisiana for thl
year 1914 as may be inconsistent here
with is hereby repealed. and hereafter
no paving certificates shall be issued
the City OF New Orleans. but such Ger.
tihcates shall be secured as herein and
otherwise provided for by said act OF
subsequent legislative authority not m
that paving certiflcates for which the
faith and credit OF the City of New Or
leans shall be pledged. whether issued
under the aforesaid Act No. % OF 1914.
or under subsequent Hesitation. SHAH
Dollars l;s.ooo,o oo5 in face value. ''''''
Section Is. The total issue Of bonds
by the City Of New Orleans for all pur-
Of the assessed valuation Of the proper
ty In said city provided. however. that
neither the bonds ISSUED for water
sewerage and drainage purposes (name-
y. the s12.ooo,ooo Public Improvement
1899 and the $s.0co.ooo New Pub
lie Improvement Bonds issued un-
der Act No. 10 Of the General
Assembly Of the state Of Louisiana
for the year 1905. and acts
thereto % well a. such bonds. hereby
or hereafter authorized. into which the
aforesaid bones or any par Thereof may
be refunded), nor the $2.00O.000 Public
Belt Railroad Bonds authorised by Act
No. 17s Of the General Assembly Of the
State OF Louisiana for the year 1905.
nor any bonds hereafter authorized for
Public Belt Railroad purposes. nor any
bonds which may hereafter be issued
for water supply or for the acquisition
or construction Of any revenue produce
Ing public utility. nor any paving certiti-
Gates primarily chargeable against spe-
cial assessments for street paving. shall
ness Of said City Of New Orleans under
this Limitation; and provided further,
that emergency bonds may be issued as
authorized in Section S of this ameno-
msnt even though said limitation shall
Nine Million Dollars OF bonds authorized
by Section I of this amendment shall
not be subject to the limitation herein
fixed at the time or times that Same
any other bonds that may be issued
hereafter under this amendment there
shalt be included in the computation
said Nine Million Dollars Of bonds. NOT
1
Nine Million Dollars Of bonds shall not
have been actually issued. and sucn
amount OF emergency bonds an may be
then outstanding.
Section II. The Board OF Lfquioa-
ton. city Debt. AZ now Organised and
functions prescribed by existing laws
and by this amendment. shall be con-
tinued while any bonds authorized by
this amendment are outstanding and un-
nj nd nj 70 vE1N S0h AA lnxyf
for the payment of said bonds shall. day
by day as collected, be paid over to said
Board. and shall by 1t be applied In pay
ment of the principal and interest or
respect to all bonds authorized by this
amendment be entitled to exercise All
the rights and enforce the performance
OF all the obligations the same as it is
authorized to do under laws existing at
the time of the adoption of this amend
ment with respect to any OF the present.
ly outstanding bonds of said City OF
New Orleans. All funds, property and
quotation. City Debt for bonded dept
other than taxes now or here
after levied. and particularly all funds.
property and things of value now or
No 1873 of the General ssemay Of the
State Of Louisiana for the year 1850
and all amendments thereto. shall when
from contract obligations or
0QOICdI1OuS imposed Dy laws existing At
the time Of the adoption Of this amend
ment be used and employed in the dis
creation OF said Board In payment and
Of any bonds OF the City or
New Orleans then outstanding.
Section IS. For general municipal
maintenance of the public schools ana
the payment Of. the bonded debt of the
City Of New orleans. said city may in
each year levy upon all taxable property
n{kr t~-
six and one haif mills on the dollar Of
the assessed valuation thereof; pro-
vtded. however. that when the one per
cent dett tax authorized by said Act No.
sewer. tax authorized by said Act No. 6
Of 1899 shall both have ceased to be lev
led. and II thereafter the taxes levied by
the City Of New Orleans in any one
year for bonded debt purposes be less
events levy for its general purposes
such additional tax which. when added
to the tax OF six and one-half mn4s
hereby authorized and the taxes lev'ed
interest Of its bonds as they severally
mature shall not exceed in the aggre-
gate sixteen and one-half mills.
Section Is. The reservation Of TWEEN
OF New Orleans shall not hereafter be
made AZ directed by Section 40 Of tho
Act No l59 o; the General Assembly of
the State Of Louisiana for the year
rected to be reserved shall have been
or dedicatAd before this
takes effect TO the payment
Of any obligation OF the Cit. of New
year. when released from the obl.go-
tlons charged against 1t by law and be-
cause of contracts. existing at the time
Of the adoption OF this amendmens,
shall be used for general municipal pur-
poses.
Section II. For the support. mainte-
nance, construction and renair of the
public Schools in the City of New Or
public Schools, Paris. of Orleans. or it's
legal successor. shall levy annually
Euch tax. not eXcee,ins tai ee and one
half mills. as said Board shall deem,
necessary. which levy shall be certified
ell or other future governing body OF
the tax to be- entered upon sns
tax rolls of said city according to law
against all taxable property in said
city as assessed and valued for city
taxation purposes: and said tax shall be
said Board of Directors Of the Pubic
Schools. Parish of Orleans. day by day
70 collected.
Said tax shall be in lieu of all taxes.
and funds now author:z-
I'd 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 1890 or other provisions
II the Constitution of this State. All
provisions to the con-
trary. as well as Act No 262 of the
Ieneral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1874. ratified as an
to the Constitution of TINS
State. are hereby abrogated and repeal
ID: and the City of New Orleans shall
nave no power or authority to use or
employ any of its taxes or funds for
he establishment. support or mainte-
nance of the public schools. directly or
Indirectly except as herein authorized;