The St. Mary banner., 1918-08-31
on he first TuesdsJ eler

the first Monday in the moth of No
yembeI, 1918, as follows:
There shall be Set aside annually out
OF the reverEes Of the State OF Louisi
ana sum equivalent TO at least One
third OF mill on the assessed valua.
tlon Of al the property in the State for
, the support OF the Louisiana State Uni
verslty and Agricultural and Mechanical
| College a. Baton Rouge, the Louisiana
State Normal School at Natchitoches. the
Louisiana Industrial Institute at Rus
ton, and the Southwestern Louisiana In
dustrial Institute at Lafayette, aud the
General Assembly Of Louisiana shall ap-
portion sad sum among said four iusti-
| tutious according 10 their several merits
and necessities.
Section 2 Be it further resolved. etc,
that the official ballot 10 be used at sad
election shall have printed thereon the
words: 'tor the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Lon
isiana, making provision for the support
OF the Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
the Louisiana State Normal School, the
Louisiana Industrial Institute, and the
Southwestern louisiana Industrial In
stitute,' and the words: against the
proposed amendment to the Constitution
OF the State of louisiana making provi-
sion fol the support of the
Louisiana State University and Agricu
tural ard Mechanical College, the Lou
isiana State Normal School, the Louis
lana Industrial Institute, and the South
western Louisiana Industrial Institute"
,pJ ILL 81.
vided by the general election laws of
the State, whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Speaker Of the House of Represen .atives
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July II, 1913.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 21S..
House Bill No 1853 BY Mr.. Byrne.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Cons.i-
10tAOAA "a Liz 1tdlG u AOuiSldud,
quring each parish and the City Of
New Orleans to levy annually a tax
for the support of public schools in
each parish and in the said city.
Section l. Be It resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
two thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be proposed and submitted to
the qualified electors of the State, for
ratification or rejection, as follows, to-
wit:
There shall be levied by the police
jury of each parish on all the taxable
property therein an annual tax of one
and one-half mills on the dollar of as
sessed valuation for the support of the
public schools in each parish, provided
that where a parish school board shall
certify to the police jury that a smaller
levy will satisfy the needs of the schools,
the police jury shall make the smaller
evy recommended by the school board,
except that in and for the parish of
Orleans the Board of Directors of the
Public Schools of the parish of Orleans,
or its legal successor, shall levy an
nual tax not exceeding two and three
fourts mills for the support, main.e-
nance, construction, and repair Of the
public schools of the City of New Or
leans; provided that this limitation on
the City of New Orleans shall not be
construed to preyent the people of New
Orleans from voting special tax under
thorizing the voting of special taxes by
the people of the City of New Orleans
at special tax election. And provided
further that the provisions of this Arti-
Gle shall not apply to cities and towns
that, under existing laws, are exempt
from the payment of parish taxes, and
which, under legislative authority, con-
luct, maintain and support public schools
open and free to the youth of the par
sh in which said city or town is located.
md which levy, collect and expend an
lually for the conduct, maintenance and
support of said schools an annual tax
# at least one and one-half mills on
he dollar of the assessed valuation of
aid city or town.
There shall be no overlapping school
districts; nor subdistricts, except that if
parish-wide special school tax has
'een or may be voted, then there may
e sub-districts, not overlapping, within
uch parish, provided that the total spec
al taxes voted at special elections,
7hether parish-wide, or sub-district, or
10Th, for public school support, under
Article 232 of the Constitution, shall not
xceed five mills on the dollar; and
there there now exist any special tsxes
4 excess of five mills, voted under said
lrticle 232 of the Constitution for pub
C school support, the same is hereby
educed to five mills.
Section O. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
hat this amendment shall be submitted
, the duly qualified electors of the
tate Of Louisiana, in accordance with
1e provisions of the Constitution, to be
oted upon at the General Congressional
lection to be held in November, 1918,
nd there shall be printed upon the bal
IT'S: "For the amendment to the Con-
Al