St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-10-14

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piled IN payment OF such special assess
N,ontD shall be insufficient for such pay
1n0nt and reimbursement shall be made
TO the general funds OF the City OF New
lected to the extent of the amount that
the said general funds shall have con-
trtbuted to the payment Aforesaid So
much OF Act No. 20 Of the General As
sembly Of the State Of Louisiana for the
year 1914 as may be inconsistent here
with 10 hereby repealed, and hereafter
no paving certificates shall be issued
upon the pledge Of the reserve fund OF
tihcates shall be secured Al herein and
otherwise provided for by said act or
su unssq. legislative authority not m
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 legislation. shall
Dollars $4,000. oooJ 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
~ In said city provided. however. that
neither the bonds issued for water.
beverage and drainage purposes tname-
Bonds issued under said Act No. s Of
1899 and the $s.0oo.ooo New Pub
lie Improvement Bonds issued UNI
der At No. T.. 1 s..t Of the General
.uppem. assi
thereto. a. well ~ such bonds, HEREBY
or hereafter authorized. into which the
Aforesaid bonas OF any par Thereof may
Belt Railroad Bonds authorized by Act
No. l79 Of the General Assembly Of the
State Of Louisiana for the year 1898.
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 pavingAshall
be included in computing the indebted
ness Of said City Of New Orleans under
TIL. Limitation; and provided further:
authorized in Section Of this ameno-
mont even though said Limitation shall
have been reached provided that the
by Section Of this amendment shall
not DO subject to the limitation herein
nxed at the time or times that same
shall be issued; but. with respect to
hereafter under this amendment there
shall be included in the computation
said Nine Million Dollars OF bonds, NOT
withstand the fact that all of said
have been actually issued, and sucn
amount Of emergency bonds al may be
then outstanding.
Section II. The Board Of Liqu1aa-
ton, City Debt. a. now organised and
functions prescribed by existing laws
and by this amendment, shall be con-
tinued while any bonds authorized by
paid: and all taxes which may be levied
for the payment of said bonds shall. day
by day as collected. be paid over to said
Board, and shall by it be applied IN pay
said bonds; and sad board shall with
respect to all bonds authorized by this
amendment be entitled to exercise ali
the rights and enforce the performance
authorized to do under laws existing at
the time Of the adoption of this amend
ment with respect to any OF the present
II outstanding bonds OF said City OF
things Of value held blythe Board Of LIZ
quotation. City Debt. for bonded dept
purposes other than taxes now or here
after levied, and particularly all funds.
property and things Of value now or
hereafter held by said Board under Act
No. 1873 of the General ssembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1880
and all amendments thereto, shall when
dedicattons imposed oy laws existing at
the time Of the adoption Of this amend
ment be used and employed in the dis
retirement Of any bonds Of the City or
New Orleans then outstanding.
Section Is. For general municipal
purposes. exclusive OF the support and
maintenance Of the public schools ana
City Of New orleans. said city may in
each year levy upon all taxable property
within said city tax not exceeding
six and one-half mills on the dollar Of
tim
vtded, however. that when the one per
cent DEBT tax authorized by said Act No
10 Of 1890 ard the two mill water ana
sewer tax authorized by said Act No s
led. and IL thereafter the taxes levied by
the City Of New Orleans in any one
year for bonded debt purposes be less
than ten mills. said city may in such
such additional tax which. when added
to the tax Of six and one-half m1.1s
hereby authorized and the taxes LEVIED
for the payment na. Of the . principal and
mature, shall not exceed In the aggre-
gate sixteen and one-half mills.
Section IS. The reservation Of TWEEN
y New ee o9ean. n shall not %
made az directed by Section 40 of the
Act No. 159 o; the General Assembly Of
the State Of Louisiana for the year
rected to be reserved shall have been
appropriated or dedicated before this
amendment takes effect to the payment
Of any obligation or the City of New
orleans, and said reserve fund Of each
year. when released from the obliga-
tlons charged against 1t by law and be-
cause OF contracts existing at the time
Of the adoption OF this amendmenx
shall be used for general municipal pur-
Section IT. For the support, mainte-
nance. construction and repair OF the
public Schools In the City of New Or
Public Schools Parish Of Orleans. or its
legal successor, shall levy annually
such tax. not exceeding ttitee and one
half mills, as said Board shall deem
necessary, which levy shall be certified
ell Or other future governing body OF
the City OF New Orleans, which shall
cause the tax to be entered upon the
tax rolls Of said city according to law
against all taxable property in said
city al assessed and valued for CITY
collected by said cit:- and paid over to
said Board OF Directors Of the Public
Schools. Parish OF Orleans. day by day
~ collected.
appropriations and funds now authoriz-
ed or directed to be levied or contrib
uted by the City Of New Orleans for
public school purposes. either by said
Of the Constitution Of this State. All
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 tn,s
State. are hereby abrogated anS repeal
ed; and the City of New Orleans shall
have no power or authority to use or
employ any Of it's taxes or funds for
nance of the nlhlic schools. directly or