The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-29

/ November. 1918. shall not be adopted
then the Limitation of three mills here
tnabove specified shall be fixed at four
mills.
2. Except as otherwise provided In
this Constitution, no parish (Parish of
orleans excepted), municipal, levee or
3 public board tax, for all purposes what
soeVer, shall exceed in any one year
five mills on the dollar of assessed val
uation provided that where any munic-
ipality is. by its charter or by law,
exempt from the payment of parish
taxes, it may levy a tax rate in any
one year at not exceeding ten mills on
the dollar of assessed valuation; the
police juries of the several parishes
and boards of trustees and municipal
councils OF Incorporated cities and
towns (Parish of Orleans excepted)
shall levy, collect and turn over to the
parish school boards of their respect
I've parishes, for the support of the
public schools of their respective par
ishes, cities or towns, the proceeds Of
one and one-half mills, instead of the
three mills provided in Article 255 Of
she Constitution, and under conditions
therein set forth.
3. The State good roads tax of one
fourth of one mill levied under Article
291 of the Constitution Is hereby fixed
at one-eighth of one mill and the Con-
federate pension tax of one mill levied
under Article 303 of the Constitution is
hereby fixed at one-half of one mill;
and said taxes shall constitute, and be-
part of the three mills hereinabove
first specified
4. In all districts, parishes or other
subdivions of the State, where, under
the law, bonded indebtedness has been
incurred, the governing authority shall
impose only sufficient annual tax to
maintain the security heretofore given
under the law for such obligations, and
TO pay the interest and the indebted
ness as the same may become due. The
levy of the tax to meet such maturing
obligations shall be ample. but no SUBJ
stantial excess shall be allowed to ac-
cumulate; provided that nothing herein
snail be construed as affecting Act
No. approved June 8, 1916 and subse-
quently adopted as part of the Con-
sutut1on concerning the funding of GER
tain debts of the City of New Orleans
and the issue of serial bonds, etc, pro-
vided. that the five-mill limit of taxa
tion for parishes. municipalities, levees
and public boards, rs set forth in para
graph two herein, shall not apply to
such special taxes as may be required
each year to pay their respective ma
TURTLES the principal and interest on
any ponds now outstanding or that may
hereafter be issued under the provi-
slons of the Constitution of this State.
5. In all cases where, under existing
laws, other than the laws provided for
bonded debts, specified number of
mills has been voted at q special tax
election as special annual tax to pro-
maintenance of public education or
authority which Levied such tax shall
reduce the rate thereof to one-half of
the mileage; provided that this require
Eent shall not apply in any case where
a parish has before the adoption here
of assessed taxable property at actual
value and adjusted the special tax rate
accordingly.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That the provisions of this amend
ment shall not alter, amend. or repeal
any provision of the Constitution ex-
cept as the same are inconsistent there
with.
Section 8. Be 1t further resolved, ETC.,
That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the qualified electors, for
adoption or rejection. at the General
Congressional Election, to be held In |
November, 1918, and there shall be
printed on the ballot: For the consti- |
tutional amendment limiting the State |
tax rate to three mills, and parish, mu- |
nicipal, levee and other board tax rate |
to five mills, and limiting special taxa
ton; and. Against the constitutional |
amendment limiting the State tax rate |
TO three mills and the parish, municipal |
levce and other board tax rates to five /
mills, and limiting special taxation;
and each elector shall indicate, as pro-
vided in the general election laws of the /
State, whether he votes for or against
said amendment
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MOUToN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July 10, 1918
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.