St. Tammany farmer., 1920-08-28
PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTITU-
ton OF LOUISIANA
Adopted at the Regular Session of
the Legislature of 1920.
To be Voted on at the Congressional.
Election Held November 2, 1920.
ACT NO. 81.


House Bill No. SO By Mr.. Sylvost
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Lou
islana requiring the police jury OF
each parish of the State and the
Orleans Parish School Board, re-
spectively, 10 levy and collect an
nually a tax for school purpose )
thpfen; regulating school districts
in certain respects, limiting the
rate OF special taxation for school
maintenance; empowering the Or
leans Parish School Board to issue
notes, bonds, or other evidences
of debt for the purpose of pur-
chasing grounds, constructing, or
repa ring buildings for school pur-
poses in the City of New Orleans,
and for the payment Of principal
and interest thereof to levy and
dedicate for the period of years
portions Of the authorized tax,
and repeating the amendment TO
the Constitution proposed by Act
218 of 1918 of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana
and adopted.
Sect on /. Be it resolved by the
General Assem- bly, of the State OF
Louisiana, 'two-thirds of all the men,
bers e.ected to eaach House con
curing, That. the following amend
ment to the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and subAitted ID
the qualified electors of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or rejec-
ton, t0-Wit:
Amendment
/. (a) Irrespectively Of the liml-
tations of parochial and municipal
taxation under existing const tutlon-
al provisions and in addition to the
tax fer school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act l9l
of 1918 of the General Assembly 0f
the State of Louisiana, the police
jury OF each parish (Parish of Or
leans excepted) is hereby requ red
and directed to levy and collect Tor
the year 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
In, tax of one and one-half mills
ION the dollar of assessed valuation
Of all property within said pariaa
and pay, as collected, the proceeds
thereof to the school board of the
parish, unless the school board OF
the parish certify that a smaller tax
will meet the needs Of the schools,
In VIII ch event the police jury shall
levy and collect the tax recommend
ed by the school board.
(b) The provisions thereof shall,
apply, without distinction, to prop
erty within each municipality in a
parish except a nun cipality exempt
under existing laws from parochiai
taxation, which is, under legislative
authority, actually conducting, main
Rlniag and support ng public schools
OF its own, open and free to the
youth of the parish in which the
municipality is situated and whica
Is leTying and collect ng and eXpen l.
ing annually for the conduct, mainte-
nance and support of its schools the
proceeds OF an annual tax Of at lea5t
one and one-haIf mills on the assess
Cd va,uation on all property within
such municipality.
2. There shall be no school di J.
trict embracing the whole or any
part of territory lying in anoth ar
school district. nor shall there be a
school sub-district except that a par
ish as a whole may be created }:
school district wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smaller
schoo, districts nav be created EN-.
bracing parts of parish constitut-
ing a school district
3. (a) For school purposes In