The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
The Cost of Removal;
Figures of Taxation

\ representative citizen of Benton
called yesterday and urged that the
Banner give Il resume of the taxes ut
present paid by residents of the parish
and also call attention to the added
burden of tax that would necessarily
follow the removal Of the parish site.
The following is suggested:
In asking for the removal of the
parish seat the people of RosSier City
state that they will. if the proposition
carries. tax themselves ) mills year
for the period of twenty years-a total
CT $4,000. As no bond issue is men,
toned. the amount is evidently, paya-
bic at the rate oof $1,000 year.
In the meantime. if the proposition
is carried, the people of BOssier Parish
must build a court house and Jail. The
law authorizes police juries, when a
parish seat is changed, to forthwith
levy Il tax for the purpose Of building
the necessary court house and Jail. 1t
is not necessary to submit to the people
the question of levying tax. 1t is OBJ
ligatory upon the police jury to fur
nish the necessary funds, and this can
only be done here in Bossier Parish by
levying a sufficient tax upon all the
property in the parish to provide the
funds necessary. The law gives the
Police Jury this authority, and it is
mandatory.
Even if the people Of Bossier City
vote $4,000 tax, this sum would not
be sufficient to build cOmmodious
court house and Jail. especially con-
sidering the increased and increasing
| cost of labor and materials.
But. in the event that the proposed
election in Bossier City to tax them
selves for this amount should fail to
carry. then the taxpayers throughout
the parish must pay the entire amount
fer the construction Of these buildings !:
for, in the event the proposition for re-
moval should carry the parish would
have to construct the necessary build
ings.
| For general information we give the
details of the present taxation through
ont the parish:
The state tax for 1918 is 5A mills
Confederate veteran tax. / mill; good
roads tax. one-fourth Of mill. Total
state tax. mills.
The parish tax is 10 mills: parish
wide school tax. mill-making total
parish tax Of IL mills.
In addition to the above Ward One
is taxed as follows: Special road tax.
8 mills; special school tax, ) mills j;
district levee tax. 10 mills; acreage
tax, - cents per acre on improved
land. and 10 cents an acre on unim-
proved lands; also. 81 per capita for
mules and horses over three years old.
i Ward Two pays the same tax as
Ward One in its alluvial districts. ex-
cept as to school districts. Those resi-
dents in School District No. S pay 2h
mills and those in School District No.
Is pay Sh mills.
In addition to the state, parish and
ImriSh-wide school tax. the whole of
Ward Three pays a road tax of IL
mills. There are four school districts
in Ward Three. Two of these pay ;
mills each, one pays 10 mills and the
other pays 2h mills.
The greater portion of Ward -Four
pays a special school tax of 10 mills
ito special road tax.
There are three special school dis
tricts in Ward Five. Two of these pay
; mills each and the other pays 10
mills. In addition, there is IL special
road tax of ; mills on all property in
the ward.
A special road tax of 8 mills covers
the whole of Ward Six. There are two
special school districts. covering the
greater portion of the ward. one of
which pays 10 mills and the other I
mills.
For the entire parish the highest reg
ular millage tax is 45Ha mills. which in
cludes that portion Of Ward Two in
School District No. u. which also III
cludes BosSier City. In addition. the
land owner i'll that section pays the
acreage tax of - cents. or 10 cents
also. all owners of horses and mules
pay 81 per capita on them. And there
are the road and poll taNes-$1 each
The minimum tax in the parish is
Is mills. which embraces that portion
CT Ward Four outside of School Dis
!. trict No. Il. which pays special tax
of 10 mills.