The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-07

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| cause the tax TO be entered upon tn'
tax rolls of said city according to Law
against all taxable property in sat,
city es assessed and valued for CITY
TAXATION purposes; and said tax shall b.
COLLECTED by said city and paid over t
said Board of Directors of the Pubic
schools, Parish of Orleans, day by day
Hs collected
Said tax shall be in lieu of all taxes
appropriations and funds row authoriZ
ed or directed to be levied or contrib
ute5 by the City Of New Orleans tol
public school purposes, either by sale
Act No. 10 of 1890 or other provisions
OF the Constitution of this State. AL
constitutional provisions to the con-
trary as well as Act No 262 of the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1914, ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution of thls
| state, are hereby abrogate5 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 for
the establishment, support or mainte-
nance OF the public schools, directly or
indirectly, except as herein authorized;
provided, however, that the City OF New
Orleans shall administer, use and en-
ploy all the funds property or things
Of value now or hereafter held by it
under any special legacy bequest or DO
! nation made or to be made directly 10
1t for school purposes, and shall carry
| out and execute the conditions of all
! such special legacies. bequests or dona-
! tions that have been heretofore made to
and accepted by said City of New Or
leans and all such as may hereafter be
| made to and accepted by said city.
Section Is. For the purpose of Civ
! ing additional support to the Public
| schools. the Board of Directors of the
! Public Schools, Parish of Orleans, or its
legal successor, may levy upon all tax
able property in the city of New Orleans
| a special tax not exceeding two mills
/ on the dollar of the assessed valuation
| OF said property (Which special tax shall
10 NJ fh.a fgw n1af hoy sf yAd hEF
| Section II of this amendment), wrleu-
| ever % in the manner prescribed by
! Act No. 2b6 of the General Assembly Of
| the State of Louisiana for the year
| 1910, and amendments thereof, or IN
such other manner as shall be prescrib-
ed by law, the rate of such special tax,
the number Of years it is to be levied
and the purpose for which the tax ia
intended shall have been by said Board
submitted at an election to a vote of
the property taxpayers of the City or
New Orleans entitled to vote under the
laws OF this State. who shall have been
assessed for property in said city as
shown by the last assessment made
prior to the submission of the PROPOSE
tion to the said property taxpayers, ana
CD majority of the same in number
and amount voting at said election shall
have voted therefor. The levy by said
Board OF any tax so authorized shall be
certified, assessed, collected and paid in
the manner prescribed by Section II of
this amendment.
Section 19. 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 ii is au-
thorized to levy, nor fund the same into
bonds, nor borrow money in anticipation |
of the collection thereof: provided that |
said Board may, in any calendar year, |
in anticipation of the collection of the |
taxes of such calendar year and for the (
purpose for which such taxes are levied, |
borrow such sums as shall not be in ex- |
cess of the amount of its uncollected |
taxes of such year, and may issue its /
notes or other evidences of Indebtedness /
therefor, and such sums, notes or other /
evidences of Indebtedness shall be pay
able only out of the taxes of the calen-
dar year in which said loan or loans
are first made and for which indebted
ness shall not be payable out of any
other funds or moneys whatever; pro-
vided, however, no moneys shall be bor-
event shall any money be boffOwed2bF
said Board to make or 70 pay Tor per-
manent improvements: ana provioeo
further, that said Board shall not MAKE
any contract or incur any debt or ool-
CATION unless sufficient funds not otner-
wise appropriated, to pay and discharge
the same are actually in the treasurey
of said Board at the time of making
said contract or incurring said debt or
obligation and are specially set eslGe
and dedicated to said purpose, except as
NAV be hereinabove specially PROVIDED
Said Board shall annually and prior
to the beginning of the scholastic year
prepare budget of its receipts ana ex-
penditures and said budget. oeIore
becomes effective. must be approved Dy |
the Commission Council of the City or
New Orleans. or its successor as tHe
governing body of said city. and all APP
Dropria tions by or expenditures OF sad |
Board not included in the said bndget
shall likewise before becoming effect-Ne
be approved by said Commission Coun-
Gil or its said successor;
h 11v1er h
he taken or construed as authorizing
Tie Commission Council or IT'S sue
cessor to change, alter, substitute or
eliminate any Of the items or the
rudzet thus submitted; the true IN
tent and meaning hereof being that
fhe said council or its successors shall
have no authority whatsoever in or
over said budget, except to the extent
Of asct rtaining whether the proposed
as exhibited py said /
estimated revenues of said Board or
Directors of the Public Schools, Par
ish Of Orleans
Section 20. The inhibition herein
esta blished against the City of New
orleans and the Board of Directors of
fine public Schools, Parish of Orleans,
or either of them, borrowing money,
their revenues, capitalize
ing their funds or issuing notes or
other evidences Of debt, shall apply
to ali boards, commissions or bodies
created by or under the authority OF
the Common Council Of the City of
New Orleans, or its successor as the
governing body of said city,
Section 81. 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 IL further enacted, etc. that the
proposed by this act shall
be submitted to the electors Of the
State for their approval or rejection
at the Congressional election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in the month of Novem-
ber, 1916; that there shall be printed
on the official ballots to be used at
said election the words:
For the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State OF Louis
lana providing for the funding of GER
tain debts of the City of New Orleans
and Of the Board Of Directors Of the
Public Schools, Parish OF Orleans
and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to
the Constitution OF the State of Louis
lana providing for the funding of GER
tain debts OF the City OF New Orleans
and Of the Board of Directors of the
Public Schools, Parish of orleans;''
and that each electer shall indicate
on the ballot east by him, as provided
by the general election laws Of thH
State. whether he votes fa" or against
the proposed aIos'l. l.1nent.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD.
Speaker Of the House OF Representa-
tives.
FTRNAXD MoUToN.
Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: June s, 1916.
r. @. PLEASANT.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
Act No. Is