The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-10


otherwise; provided, that this act shall
not apply to incorporated towns which /,
bv the provisions Of their charters, pay
the entire expenses of all criminal pro-
] ceedings originating within their own
limits, and their pro rata Of other Parish
expenses,
Sec >. All laws and parts of laws,
whether special or otherwise. by which
| any cooperation. city or town IL exempt
| from Parish taxation. for expenses IN
Cured in criminal proceedings OF any
kind are hereby repealed, so tar as said
laws may CONFLICT with the provisions Of
| the FIRST section ui this act.
From this act you will note that
| Police .jurics are authorized and direct
ed. whenever a tax is necessary fer de
| Iraying c:iminal expenses, to levy and
collect said tax on all property situated
within their respective Parishes whether
| in Incorporated towns or ortherwlse
| You will further note that this act APP
plies to incorporated towns. which, by
the provisions Of their charter, pay the
! entire expenses If all criminal proceed
ings originating in their own limits
| Now, the charter of the CITY of Nor
| gan Cry. tAct No. Z of 1876, page 20, J
! merely provides in Section II, that the
costs due any Justice of the Peace in
! criminal cases originating within the
city shall be paid from the City Treas
ury, but says nothing about parophiai
expenses; therefore, il strikes the writer
| that il is the absolute dnty of the Police
I Jury to levy this tax. and if you fail to
, levy it, | do not really see how you will
! be able to collect it in the city of Nor
gan City.
This law is particularly applicable n.
the present time with the system Of tax.
alton which We now have in the state.
| The Act IF 1916 which governs assess
| ments. NJ .kes it The duty of each Parish
and municipality to arrive at the cash
valuation of the property in tina: pari-h
i. nun,c,p .lity, and that after this cash
| valuation is arrived at each Parish or
| municlpalit, must FIX the percentage Of
such cash valuatlon for assessment pur-
| pnses n W, SAY that the Police Jury
| tiAeh the percentage OF cash valuation
| f.n assesSmen, purp ses In the Parish ut
| 80 per cent. and the city of Morgan City
! liked the percentage OF cash valuation
i assessment purposes within The city
| Il - per cent and you then levied Il
l.. mls TAX on your assessor .nt in he
Parish. and the '-ity levied and collect
I'd the : I-2 mill criminal tax on proper.
| tn in the city. don't ,OU see that the city
would then be payi"g IL mills on a
10 per cent valuation, whereas the
p irish would be paying it on 50 per
cent valuation. THIS tax for crmina
purposes certainty should be egu'l and
uniform throughout the Parish; there
fuc, UI utc-ssltv it strikes me Tn II II /,
necessar, for the Police Jury to levy
the tax upon all the properly, including
me piup rty ia the towns. liking the
peiceut &c OF valuation on all property
in the towns and in tho country ut 50
Der cent aud then al, the lax pa, erS
viii pa, equally.
1hi. is Yer, lmport ant matter to the
cit, OF Morgan City, AID 1t wiii Insist
upon The Police Jury taking this action
I'd wish. therefore, thar Aon would
please submit this matter to Your legal
,,,v,ser. aGd will be- glad To 60 fu' tlier
10 :, with hiHl Or discuss il wuh hun,
# i, is his aud your desire.
With kiudest personal regards, | am
Yours very truly,
r. c. M1LLl=
Morgan City, La, Oct. Is. 1917
Extract from minutes of the
me citing of the Mayor aud Council
men of the City of Morgan City,
held Oct. 18th, 1917, regular
meeting:
Mr.. Norman offered the follow.
ing resolutioD:-
"RrsoIved, that the Mayor be
authorized, Empowered aud direct.
d, TO request the Police Jury Of
he Parish of st. Mary, to assess
and collect direct the 2 ID mills
criminal tax due by the property
tax payers of Morgan City. La
for the year 1917"
|, A. 3. O'Brien. Secretary to
he Mayor and Councilmen of the
CRY of Morgan City, la, do here.
oy certify that the above il true
copy.
A. B. O'BRIEN, Secty.
The following letter from the
Ramos Lumber Company, Was
read, aud on motion of Sidney j.
Wolf,rd, seconded by John R
Drackett, aud carried. same war
received, filed and made part III
the minutes. and the secretary was
Instructed to write them that thu.
Jury IL Informed by the mbers
Of the Police Jury from the sixth
ward. aud the Road Engineer, that
the road referred to is not in good
condition., and to say to them that
unless this condition is i'm m ediate.
iy remedled the Police Jury will
be forced to resort to legal pro.
ceedings to compel them to put
this eoad ia proper condition.