St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-11-04

s saas so, is' Of ta aai d city f. s sscerSta PC 70 Law, srs
sssin st .ll.. .azas Ne p ss1sss a u s s,la
tskatfon purposes; and said tax shall be
collected by saAd city AID paid oyef 90
said Board OF Directors OF the Pfolio
Schools, Parish OF Orleans, day BY .
Said tax shall DO in lieu Of all taxes,
appropriations and funds now hor
ed or directed to be levied or contrib
public school purposes. either by said
Act Ne. ITO OF 1880 or other provisions
Of the Constitution OF this State. All
constitutional provisions to the eon-
General Assembly of the state Of Louis
lana for the year 1914. ratified a. an
amendment to the Constitution of tins
sd a' and Ifs the s' city Of New orleans Shall
have no power or authority to use or
employ any Of its taxes or funds fer
the sstablishment, s soPoo's 9f = resant or
Indirectly, except as herein authorized;
provided. however. that the City OF New
Orleans shall administer. use n en-
pioy al the funds; psoPsrt he OF s nv Il
Under any special legacy. beeuest or do
nation made or to be made directly 90
IL for school purposes. and shall carry
such special legactes.. bequests or dona-
tons that have been heretofore made to
and accepted by said City Of New Or
leans and all such as may hereafter Do
ma ssst to a e. . ses tss By pzrD Ds.s city Il Civ
schools. the Board Of Directors OF tne
Public Schools. Parish Of Orleans, or its
legal successor, may levy upon all tax
q special tag not exceeding W mills
on the dollar OF the assessed valuation
Of said property (which special tax shall
be in excess OF the tax authorizes oy
Section IT Of this amendment). wnen-
ever "a In the manner prescribed by
Act No. 256 OF the General Assembly OF
the State Of Louisiana for the year
such other manner as shall be prescrio-
Cd by law, the rate of such special TAI.
the number of years it is to be Levied
and the purpose for which the TAX ls
submitted at an election to a vote OF
the property Of the City OF
New Orleans entitled to vote under the
laws Of this State, who shall have peen
assessed for property in said city ss
shoWn by the last assessment made
prior to the submission of the proposi-
ton to the said property taxpayers,
Cd q majority of the same IN numpeT
and amount voting at said election snail
have voted therefor. The levy by sald
Board Of any tai 30 authorized snail pc
certified, assessed, collected and paid IN
the manner prescribed by Section II or
Section 10. The Board OF Directors
of the Public Schools Parish OF Orleans,
or its legal successor, shall NOT capl-
talize the whole or any part or the
taxes which by this amendment 1t 10 au-
thorized to levy, nor FUND the same into
bonds, nor borrow money In a~nticlpaL.on
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 iavieo,
borrow such sums as shall not be IN ex.
cess Of the amoun OF It's uncolleeted
taxes Of such year, and may issue It's
notes or other evidences of indebtedness
therefor, and such sums, notes or otner
evidences of indebtedness shall pc =
able only out of the taxes of the calen-
dnr year in which said oar 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 Dor
rowed by said Board for any other pur-
poses h q current purposes, and IN no
event hall any money pc borrowed py
said Board to make or 60 pay LOT Per
manent improvements; and provided
further, that said Board shall not make
any contract or incur any debt or opll-
cation unless sufficient funds not other
wise appropriated, to pay and discharge
the same are actually In the treasury
of said Board at the time OF making
said contract or mourning said debt or
obligation and are specially set aside
An0 0oQlCaI6u u Sdlu pun PoSO, SAS0Rh No
NAV be h~ereinabove specially provided.
Said Board shall annually and prior
to the beginning of the scholastic year
prepare a budget of It's receipts n ex-
penditures and said budget. before 1t
becomes effective, must be approved by
the Commission Council or the city OF.
New Orleans, or it's successor as the
governing body Of said City, all ap--
propriations by or expenditures OF said
Board not included in the said budget
ehaIl likewise before becoming effective
be approved by sal Commission Coun-
oil or its said successor;
Provided thai nothing herein shall
he taken or construed as authorizing
the Commission Council or it's sue
cessor to change, alter, substitute or
eliminate any of the items OF the
budget thus submitted; the true m
tent and meaning hereof being that
The said council or its successors shall
have no authority whatsoever In or
over said budget, except to the extent
of a~scertafning whether the PROPOSED
expenditures as exhibited by salo
budget are within the rooap and
estimated revenues of said Board OF
Directors of the Public Schools, Par
ish of Orleans.
Section 20. The inhibition herein
established against h City OF New
Orleans and the Board of Directors OF
the Public Schools, Parish OF Orleans,
or either Of them. borrowing money
anticipating their revenues, capttaliz.
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 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 it further enacted, etc. that the
amendment 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 Noyem-
Der. 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 elector shall indicate
on the ballot cas- by him, as provided
by the general election avs of the
State, whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD,
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
ives.
FERNAND MOUToN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: June 8, 1915.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
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