St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-18
PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTIlU-
ton OF LOUISIANA
Adopted at the Regular Session Of
the Legislature of 1925.
To be Voted on at the Congressional.
Election Held November 2, 1920.
ACT NO. 81.
House Bill No. 80 By Mr.. SylV3s.
JOINT RESOLUTION


Blouse Bill No. SO By Mr.. SylVes.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Promising an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana requiring the police jury OF
each parish of the State and the
Orleans Parish School Board, re-
spectively, to levy and collect an
nually tax for school purpose
there II; regulating school districts
in certain respects; limiting the
rate of special taxation for school
maintenance; empowering the Or
lelu3 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 ana
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 Assembly OF the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
hers elected to eaach House con-
curing, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of tna
State Of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and submitted ID
the qualified electors of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or reJec-
ton, tO-Wit:
Amendment.
/. (a) Irrespectively OF the llml-
tations of parochial and munlclpal
taxation under existing const tutloi-
al provisions and in addition to the
tax fer school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by ACT lSI
Of 1918 of the General Assembly oI
the State of Louisiana, the police
Jury Of each parish Parrish OF Or
leans excepted) is hereby requ RED
and directed to levy and collect lor
the year 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
in, a tax of one and one-half mllts
on the dollar of assessed Valuatlon
OF all property within said parl''A
and pay, as collected, the proceefS
thereof to the school board or the
parish, unless the school board OF
the parish certify that smaller TAX
will meet the needs of the scnool5.
In VIII oh event the police jury small
levy and collect the tax recommend
ed by the school board.
~ The provisions thereon shdi'
apply, without distinction, to prop
erty within each municipality IN
parish except a nun clpallty eXemps
under existing laws from parochta!
taxation, which is, under legislative
authority, actually conducting, NALL
tanning and support ,ng public Schools
of it's own, open and free to the
youth of the parish in which tn9
municipality is situated and Wh!ca
is levying and collect 'ng and expenl-
Ing annually for the conduct, maln19-
nance and support Of It's schools the
proceeds of an annual tax OF at leas-
one and One-half mills on the assess
ed valuation on all property Within
such municipality.
2. There shall be no school dill
strict embrac ng the whole or any
part of territory lying in another
school district, nor shall there De
school sub-district except that par
ish as a whole may be created il
school district wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smaller
schoo' districts may be created en-
Dracing parts of parish constltuE-
ing school district.
3. (a) For school purposes IN
the City of New Orleans, and In l19,i
OF the tax provided for by Section
IL Of the amendment to the Const1-
tuition proposed by Act Of 1916 III
the General Assembly Of the State D.
Louisiana. the Orleans Parish School
Board, or its successor in law, shall
levy annual Y a tax not to eXcee
seven mills on the dollar of valua-
tlon of all property thin the Clt'
Oh New Orleans as assessed for the
purposes OF city taxation, which az
uon Shall be certified by said Board
70 the Commission Council Of the
Clly Of New Orleans, or other flu
lure governing body of said City De-
ing hereby required to cause the
YAK levied by said Board to be en-
lered accord 'ng to law on the tax
rolis o. said city and collected in thu
same manner and under the condi-
uon and With the interest and pen
a Sue, preschlbed by law in case oil
sty taxes, and the money thus co..
iected to be paid 10 said Board daily
as 1t Is received.
tol The Orleans Parish School