The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-10-12

the City OF New Orleans. which shall
cause the tax to he entered upon t.:s
tax rolls OF said city according to law
against all taxable property in 81
city IS assessed @:l1 valued for ciIy
taxation purposes, ana sd! tax shau he
collected by SAID city and rGl o.ef 10
said Board of Directors of tie PI1,ic
Schools Parish of Orleans, day by lay
as collected
said tax shall be in lieu of all taxes,
appropriations and funds now author
ed or directed to be levied or contra
utei b. the City IF New Orleans IJr
public school plr2c%os, q tier ny sdli
Act No. 80 Of 1>H. Or other proNISEus
of tho Constitution Of this State. VII
constitutions provisions to the con-
trary as well as Act No. 262 OF tie
General Assembly of the State of Lou s
lana for the year 1914. ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution OF [ -
State. are he. 2by abrog2te1 ana repeAI-
ed; anu the city OF Nen Orleans sail
have 20 Ir-.er or authority TO use ar
employ aiy Of its taxes or funAs tor
the t:taHI sInent, support or naih(e-
nance q p 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 II
under any special legacy, bequest or do
nation maize or to be made directly I"
it for school purposes. AMI shall car
out and execute the conditions OF ali
Such SfeCldt
tions that have been heretofore made 20
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. Tor the purpose or CIV
ing additional support to the Public
schools, the Board of Directors OF t::e
Public Schools, Parish Of Orleans, or It's
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 % in the manner prescribed by
Act No. 256 Of the General Assembly OF
the State OF Louisiana for the yea
1910, and amendments thereof. or III
such other manner as shall be prescrlD-
ed by law, the rate of such special taN,
the number of years it is to be leVleI
and the purpose for which the tax 10
intended shall have been by said Board
submitted at an election to a vote OF
the property taxpayers OF the CITY OF
New Orleans entitled to vote undsF the
laws of this State who shall haze been
assessed for property in said city as
shown by the last assessment mace
prior to the submission or the PROPOSE
tion to the said property taxpayers anu
(2( majority OF the same nm IN Iu.1oGi niIoII
have voted therefor. The levy by sald
Board of any tax so authorized shall pc
certified assessed, collected and paid In
the manner prescribed by Section II OF
III Section 1g. The Board of Directors
of the Public Schools Parish OF Orleans,
or it's legal successor, shall not capl-
talize the whole or any part OF the
taxes which by this amendment II is au-
thorized to levy, nor fund the same INTO
bonds. nor borrow money in anticipation
of the collection thereof: provided tnat
said Board may, in any calendar year.
04sV "a nnflnnTInn fnR
taxes Of such calendar year and for the
purpose for which such taxes are levied,
borrow such sums as shat not pc IN eN.
cess of the amount of its uncolIecteo
taxes OF sucu year. anu may issue .ts
notes or otlier evidences of indebtedness
therefor ami such sums notes or othe-
evidences of Indebtedness shall be pay
able only out of the taxes OF the cateh-
dnr year In which said loan or loans
are first made and for which 1ndeDled-
ness shall not be payable out or any
other funds or moneys whatever; pro-
vided, however, no moneys shall be Dor
rowed by said Board Tor any other Pur
poses than current purposes, and IN no
event shall any money be borrowed py
sati Board to make or to pay for per-
manert improvements; ana proVldeu
further, that said Board shall not make
any contract or incur any debt or oDll-
CATION unless sufficient funds not otner-
wise appropriated, to pay and discharge
the same are actually in the treasIrey
of said Board at the time OF making
said contract or jncurring said debt or
obligation and are specially set ASIDE
and dedicated to said purpose. except as
may be hereinabove specially provided.
Said Hoard shall annually and prior
10 the b .Sil. ming of the scholastic year
prepare ii budget OF it's receipts and ex-
oenditures and said budget, before 1t
beconr as effective, must be approved py
the Commission Council OF the City or
New Orleans. or it's successor as tne
,iv-or nn1 n INitV. and
nropria tiors by or expenditures or sara
Roar1 not included in the said budget
ghar likev Sc before becoming efectve
be approved by sai1 Commission Coun-
ell or it's said successor;
Provided that nothing herein shall
ne taken or construed as authorizing
Ae Commission Council or its sue
cessor to change, alter, substitute or
eliminate any of the items OF the
a,udret thus submitted; the true in
tent and meaning hereof being that
the said council or its successors snail
have no authority whatsoever In or
over said budget, except to the extent
Of asce raining whether the proposed
expenditures as exhibited by sald
budget are within the probable and
estimated revenues of said Board OF
Directors of the Public Schools Par
ish of Orleans.
section 20. The inhibition herein
esta biished against the 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, capitaliz-
ing their funds or issuing notes OF
other evidences of debt, shall apply
to all boards, commissions or bodles
created by or under the authority or
the Common Council of the City OF
New Orleans, or its successor as the
governing body of said city.
Section 21. 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 1t 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
Arst Monday in the month of Novem-
her, 1915: 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
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 cer-
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 cast by him, as provided
by the general election laws of the
State, 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: June 8, 1915.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.