St. Tammany farmer., 1918-09-07
ACT NO. 218.
House Bill No. 1853, by Mr.. Byrne.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

House Bill No. 1853, by Mr.. Byrne.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
requiring each parish and the City
of New Orleans to levy annually
tax for the support of pubic |
schools in each parish and in the
said city.
Section I. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to each house concurrlng
That an amendment to the Constltu-
tion of the State of Louisiana be pro-
posed and submitted to the qualified
electors of the state, for ratification
or rejection, as follows, tO-Wlt:
There shall be levied by the police
jury of each parish on all the tax
able property therein an annual tax
of one and one-half mills on the dol
lar of assessed valuation for the sup
port of the public schools in each
parish, provided that where a parish
school board shall certify to the po-
lice Jury that a smaller levy Will
satisfy the needs of the schools, the
police jury shall make the smaller
levy recommended by the schooi
board, except that in and for the
Parish of Orleans the Board OF Dl-
rectors of the public schools of the
Parish of Orleans. or it's legal sue
cessor, shall levy an annual tax not
exceeding two and three-fourths
mills for the support, maintenance,
construction, and repair of the pub
lie schools of the City of New Or
leans; provided that this limitation
on the City of New Orleans shall not
be construed to prevent the people OF
the City of New Orleans from voting
special tax under Section 3 of Act
| No. 4 of 1916, authorizing the voting
Of special taxes by the people OF the
City of New Orleans at special tax
election. And porvided further that
the provisions of this article shall
not apply to cities and towns that,
under existing laws, are exempt from
the payment of parish taxes, and
which, under legislative authority,
conduct, maintain and support pub
| lie schools open and free to the youth
| of the parish in which said city or
town is located, and which levy, col
| lect and expend annually for the con-
duct, maintenance and support OF
/ said schools an annual tax of at least
| one and one-half mills on the dol
| lar of the assessed valuation of said
city or town.
There shall be no overlapping
school districts; nor subdistricts, ex-
cept that If a parishwide special
i school tax has been or may be voted,
4 then there may be sub-districts, not
overlapping, within such parish, pro-
vided that the total special taxes yot-
1 ed at special elections, whether par
1 ish-wide, or sub-district, or both, for
public school support, under Article
/ 232 of the Constitution, shall not ex-
ceed five mills on the dollar; and
where there now exis any special tax
es in excess of five mills, voted under
said Article 232 of the Constitution
for public school support, the same
is hereby reduced to five mills.
Section Q. Be it further resolved,
etc., That this amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the duly qualified electors
of the State of Louisiana, in accord
ance with the provisions of the Con-
stitution, to be voted upon at the
geenral Congressional election to be
held in November, 1918, and there
shall be printed upon the ballots,
For the amendment to the Constitu-
tion requiring each parish and the
City of New ORLEANS to levy one and
one-half mills annual tax for the
support of the public schools there
in," and against the amendment to
the Constitution requiring each par
ish and the City of New Orleans to
levy one and one-half mills annual
tax for the support of public schools
therein" and each elector shall in
dicate, as provided in the general
election laws of this state, whether
he votes for or against said amend
ment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of House of Representatives
l FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut.-Gov. and Pres. of the Senate.
Approved July II, 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
JAS. J. BAILEY
Secretary of State.