New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1916-10-07

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in ITO of 1890 or other provisions of Il
r, Constitution Of this State. All constit'
le tlonal provisions to the contrary, as we
: as Act No. 262 of the General Assemb
d Of the State Of Louisiana tor the ye:
t, 1914, ratified as an amendment to IL
It Constitution of this State, are hereb
It abrogated and repealed; and the City
S New Orleans shall have no power or au
thority to use or employ any of its take
S or funds for the establishment, suppol
or maintenance of the public schools, di
a rectly or indirectly, except as herein au
thorized; provided, however, that In
/ City of New Orleans shall administe te1
use and employ all the funds, propert
or things of value now or hereafter he'll
by 1t under any special legacy, beques
or donation made or to be made directl'
to II TOR school purposes, and shall carr,
out and execute the conditions of all sucl
special legacies, bequests or donation.
that have been heretofore made to ant
accepted by said City of New Orleans
and all such as may hereafter be made
to and accepted by said city.
Section l8. For the purpose of giving
additional support to the Public Schools
the Board of Directors of the Public
Schools, Parish of Orleans, or its legA
successor, may levy upon all taxable
property in the City of New Orleans a
| special tax not exceeding two mills on
the dollar of the assessed valuation Of
| sad property (Which special tax shall
be in excess of the tax authorized by
| Section IL of this amendment, when
ever ~ in the manner prescribed by Act
NO. ESQ of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1910, anu
amendments thereof, or in such other
| manner as shall be prescribed by law,
the rate of such special tax, the number
OF years it is to be levied by said Boarc
submitted at an election to vote of the
property taxpayers of the City of New
Orleans entitled to vote under the law
of this State, who shall have been as
sessed for property in said city as shown
by the last assessment made prior to the
submission Of the proposition to the
said property taxpayers, and (2) ma
jority 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
this amendment.
Section 19. The Board of Directors
of the Public Schools, Parish Of Orleans,
or its legal successor, shall not capitalize
the whole or any part of the taxes which
by this amendment it is authorized to
levy, nor fund the same into bonds, MOI
borrow money in anticipation of the col
lection thereof; provided that said
Board may, in any calendar year, in
of the collection of the taxes
of such calendar year and for the pur-
pose 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-
lar year in which said loan OF loans are
irst made and for which indebtedness
laid revenues shall be pledged, and sale ,
shall not be payable ou, q
IT any other funds or moneys whatso- :
'ver; provided, however, no moneys shall
'e borrowed by said Board for any other q
purposes than current purposes, and in
10 event shall any money be borrowed ;
~ said Board to make or to pay for r
permanent Improvements; and provided !.
urther, that said Board shall not
make any contract or incur any debt or '
unless sufficient funds, not b
therwise appropriated, to pay and dis o
barge the same are actually in the il
reasury of said Board at the time of
'aking said contract or incurring said I
ebt or obligation and are specially set C
side and dedicated to said purpose, ex- b
ept IS may be hereinabove specially a
rovided. II
Said Board shall annually and prio, T
} the beginning of the scholastic yea, v,
repa1e budget of its receipts and ex- te
snditures and said budget, before it be- D
'mes effective, must be approved by a,
le Commission Council Of the City of st
ew Orleans, or its successor as the II
overning body of said City, and all ap- m
ropriations by or expenditures of saia Of
oard not included in the said budget 81
lall likewise before becoming effective O,
: approved by said Commission Coun- W
or its said successor; IT,
Provided that nothing herein shall be
ken or construed As authorizing the L;
ommission Council or its successor to
ange, alter, substitute or eliminate any S,
the items of the budget thus SUBJ A,
tilted; the true intent and meaninaI
'reof being that the said council or its
ccessor shall have no authority what A
ever in or over said budget except to
e extent Of ascertaining whether the
opposed expenditures as exhibited by
id budget are within the probable and By
timated revenues of said Board Of
rectors of the Public Schools, Parish
Orleans.
Section 20. The inhibition herein es- Pr
olished against the City of New Or
ms and the Board Of Directors of the
blic Schools, Parish of Orleans, or
her of them, borrowing money, an
ipating their revenues, capitalizinR
.ir funds or issuing notes of other
dences of debt, shall apply to all /,
ards, commissions OF bodies created
OF under the authority of the Com ,
ssion Council If <he C;+,, .f NJ. n .