Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-10-20
Act No. 1913
House Bill No. 252-Joint Resolution.
BY Mr.. Powell.

House Bill No. 252-Joint Resolution.
BY Mr.. Powell.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Articles
225 and 226 OF the Constitution rela-
tive to assessment and taxation.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring,
That an amendment to Articles 225
and 226 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State for their
approval or rejection at the Congress
sional election to be held on the first
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November. of 1916. said pro-
posed amendment to be as follows:
Article 225. Taxation shall be
equal and uniform throughout the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and property shall be taxed
in a manner directed by law; provided
that the valuation OF property for the
assessment of State taxes, levied by
the General Assembly and by this
Constitution, may be different from
the valuation fixed for all other pur-
poses: provided. further, the assess
ment OF all property shall never ex-
coed the actual cash value thereof:
and provided, further, that the taxpay-
ers shall have the right of testing the
correctness of their assessments be-
fore the courts of justice.
Article 226. There shall be and is
hereby created Board of State At
fairs whose duty it shall be to assess,
for State purposes. all taxable prop
erty throughout the State of Louis
lana. Ii shall have such other author
ity relative to State assessment, budg
ct income and expenditure as may be
conferred upon it by the General As
sembly. The board shall be composed
of three members. who shall be ap
pointed by the Governor for such
terms as may be fixed by the General
Assembly. The board shall enter upon
it's duties on January 1. 1917. The
General Assembly shall have full au-
thority to define the powers and du-
ties of the board and to fix the sala-
ries OF the members thereof. Act No.
1i0, of the General Assembly for the
year 1916, on this subject matter, shall
go into effect as a statute of the State,
on the first day of January. 1917"
Section 2. Be it further resolved by
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to each House concurring,
That the official ballot to be used at
said election shall have printed there
on the following words: For the pro-
posed amendment to Articles 225 and
226 of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to assessment and
taxation. and abolishing the Board of
Appraisers" and the words, Against
the proposed amendment to Articles
225 and 226 of the Constitution of the
State of. Louisiana, relative to assess
ment and taxation. and abolishing the
| Board of Appraisers" And each cleo
| tor voting shall indicate on said bal
| lot. as provided by law. whether he
votes for or against the proposed
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiveS.
FERNAND MOUTON,
| Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 6. 1916.
r. G.. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
| JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.