The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-10-14
ACT No. 81.

EnSe Dill Aso' 49,
JOINT RESOLUTION
....aosinp in amendment to the Constitu-
t9pn of the State of Louisiana requiring
q tha police jury OF each parish of the
ia State and the Orleans, Parish School
foard. respectively, to levy and collect
amraily a tax for school purposes there
IS e. !. regulating school districts in certain
rrasnacts: limiting the rate of special tax
alton for orleans 5ehne PARISH School Bepp to
iss,,es notes, bonds, or other evidences of
debt, for the purpose Of purchasing
vro,lnds constructing, or repairing build.
sn"s for school purposes in the lily of
Naw orleans, and for the payment of
arincipal and interest thereof to levy and
dedicatc for period Of Years portions OF
the authorized TIA tax ana fspeanng sns
Nv Acts 21s of 1918 of the General As
sssmbly of the State of Louisiana and
adopted.
section L. BE it resolved by the General
,,an,hiy of the State of Louisiana, two
! ..n;rds nj all members elected to each House
..nnncurrng That the following amendment
- thc Constitution of the State OF Louis,
ANA be and the same am Is hereby ptopose9
Sthe State of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection. to-wit
,c, Irrespcctivcly of the limitations of
a,yochial and municipal taxation under ex-
fsting constitutional provisions and In ad-
J;tion to the tax for school purposes pro
s5yi.,ed for by the amendment proposed by
.ct I91 of 1913 of the General Assembly
3 ~ the State of Louisiana, the police jury
! ~ each parish Parrish Of Orleans exceptedl
d hereby required and directed to levy ana
collect for the year NJ ana eacn e .hen,
Is, tay of ti. mills on the dollar OF the
assessed valuation Of all property WITHIN
s,id parish and pay. as collected, the pro-
cseds thereof to the school board of the
na-ish. unless the school board of the parish
certify that smaller tax will meet the
nreds of the schools. in which event the
nilice Jury shall levy and collect the tax
rr'somnenicd by the school board.
~ (bl The provisions hereof shall apply,
without distililtion, to property within each
municipality in Al parish except munlcl-
nality exempt under existing laws from
Irilpe HAL taxation, which Is, under lcsisla-
tive authority. actually conducting, main
aiming, and supporting public schools OF It's
parish in which the municipality, is situated
and which is levying and collecting and
expanding annually for the conduct; nam
tenance and support OF It's schools the pro
cer(ts of :ln annual tax OF ut least y mills
on the assessed valuation on all property
within such municipality.
!, There shall be no school district en-
hraciny the whole or any part Of teEt1tory
wing In another school district, nor shall
there be school ub-districf except thal
a parish as a whole may be created a schoo
district wherein there exist smaller scnoo
districts or parts of smaller school district:
or smaller school districts may be createt
embracing parts Of parish constitutini
d school district.
of New Orleans, and in lieu of the tn:
provided for by Section II OF the amend
4 mcnt to the Constitution proposed by Ac
! Of 1916 of the General Assembly Of "a
State of Louisiana, the Orleans Parlsl
School Board, or its successor in law, shai
levy annually Il tax not to exceed mill
on the dollar of valuation al all propcrt
within the City of New Orleans as essesse.
f,v tho y,l1r of city t3yEtlGn. TD1cl
action shall be certified by said board Z
the Commission Council Of the City Of Ney
Orleans, or other future governing body 9
!. said city. the Commission Council Or othe
future governing body of said city bein
hereby required to cause the tax levied b
said board to be entered according to ia'
In the manner and under the conditions an
( with the interest and penalties prescribe
br law in case of city taxes, and the none
thus collected to be- paid to sad boar
(j) The Orleans Parish School Boar
may incur Indebtedness and issue ncgoflab
promissory notes, bonds. or other evidence
of debt, the principal and interest theret
payable as said board u ~ determine, y
the purpose of purchasing grounds, col
structing buildings, or repairing bulldins
for public school uses anu Wnere su en- y
or other evidences Offdebt are issued, thel
shall be levied and collected for the veal
during which any OF said obligations ma
limitation of mills, sufficient each We;
to pay the principal and interest Thereof
provided that the aggregate amount OF Il
taxes for such purposes shall not excet
j mill on the dollar in any one year, aI
provided further that the. indebtedness
notes, bonds. or other evidences OF de
shall not bear a greater rate OF intere
than ) per' cent per annum or run for
/. longer period than forty years.
Co The notes. bonds, or other evidene
from state. parish. and municipal or 9th
local taxation and a legal Investment +
trtors Of minors, cnratsrs Of interdicts.
others acting in a fduciary capacity. q!
also they shall be- received as security !
all public deposits Of the State Of Lou
lana or Of any of its subdivisions or boart
I'D The provisions thereof shall cons
tute a contract between the holders OF t
notes, bonds. or other evidences OF dc
issued hereunder and the Orleans Parl
School Board.
4. Nothing in this amendment shall