St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-09

the City of New Orleans. which shall
cause the tax to be entered upon the
tax rolls of said city according to law
e eisz ss ASSESSED al. ssdae asa p Salssd f N e eaIa
taxation purposes; and said tax shall be
collected by said city and paid over to
said Board of Directors of the Public
Schools, Parish of Orleans, day by day
as collected.
Said tax shall be in lieu OF all taxes,
appropriations and funds now authoriz-
uted by the City of New Orleans for
public choof purposes, either by said
Act No. ITO of 1893 or other provisions
of the Constitution of this State. All
constitutional provisions to the con-
trary, as well as Act No. 2s2 Of the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1914, ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution of THIS
State, are hereby abrogatad and 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 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 1t
under any special legacy, bequest or do
nation made or to be made directly 20
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out and execute the conditions OF all
such special legacies, bequests or dona-
lions 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
be in excess Of the tax authorized by
Section II of this amendment),. wnen-
ever ID in the manner prescribed by
Act No. 256 of h General Assembly Of
the State Of Louisiana for the year
1910, and amendments thereof, or m
such other manner as shall be prescr1b-
the number of years it is to be levied
and the purpose for which the tax is
intended h have been by said Board
submitted at an election to a vote q
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
tlon to the SAID property taxpayers, and
(2) a 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
Section IS. The Board OF Directors
of the Public Schools Parish of Orleans.
or it's legal successor, Shal not p
talize the whole or n part or sne,
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 Tor the
purpose for which such taxes are levied,
borrow such sums as shall not be IN e1.
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
able only out of the taxes of the calen-
dnr year in which said loan or loans
are first made n for which indebted
ness shall not be payable out or any
other funds or money whatever; pro-
yided, however, no moneys shall be bor-
rowed by said Board for any other pur-
poses than current purposes. and In no
event shall any money be borrowed by
said Board to make or to pay for per-
manent improvements; and provided
further, that said Board shall not make
q contract or incur any debt or obl1-
CATION unless sufficient funds not other
wise appropriated, to pay and discharge
the same are actually in the treasurey
of said Board at the time Of making
said contract or mourning said debt or
obligation and are specially set aside
and dedicated to said purpose except as
be h~ereinabove specially provided.
Said Board shall annually and prior
prepare a budget of it's receipts n ex-
and aid budget, before it
effective, must be approved by
the Commission Council Of the City OF
New Orleans, or Its successor as the
governing body of said City, and all APP
Preparations by or expenditures OF said
Board not included in the said budget I
shall likewise before becoming effective
oil or its said successor;
Provided that nothing herein shall
be taken or construed as authorizing
Commission Council or its sue
any of the items of the
budget thu submitted; the true In
tent and meaning hereof being that
said council or its successors shall
said budget, except to the extent
Of ascertaining whether the proposed
as exhibited by said
budget are within the probable and
revenues of said Board OF
Of the Public Schools, Par
Ish of Orleans.
Section 20. The inhibition herein
Established against the City OF New
Orleans and the Board of Directors OF
Public Schools. Parish of Orleans,
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anticipating their revenues. capitalize
Ing their funds or issuing notes OF
other evidences of debt, shall apply
TO all boards, commissions or bodies
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
bodies herein referred to shall
larry the same into effect.
Be 1t further enacted, ETC., hat the
proposed by this act shall
% submitted to the electors OF the
for their approval or rejection
It the Congressional election to be
leId on the first Tuesday after the
irst Monday in the month of Novem-
Ter, 1915; that there shall be printed
IN the official ballots to be used at
aid election the words:
For the proposed amendment to
Constitution of the State of Louis
ana providing for the funding of GER
ain debts of the City of New Orleans
public Schools, Parish of Orleans"
Ind the words:
Against the proposed amendment to
he Constitution of the State of Louis
ana providing for the funding of GER
ain debts of the City of New Orleans
Ind of the Board of Directors OF the
public Schools, Parish of Orleans"
Ind that a e1ector shall indicate
n the ballot cast by him, as provided
" he general election laws OF the
state, whether he votes for or against
proposed amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
of the House of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MoUToN,
Governor and President of