St. Tammany farmer., 1920-09-11
PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTITU-
ton OF LOUISIANA
A,Iopted at the Regular Session of
the Legislature of 1920.
To be Voted on at the COngression':
Election Held November 2, 1920.
ACT NO. 81.
. ACT No. OF.
ousa Bill No. SO By Mr.. Sylv2st
JOINT RESOLUTION

ACT NO. 81.
House Bill No. 80 By Mr.. Sylv3st
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Contribution 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 a tax for school purposes
therein; regulating school districts
in certain respects; limiting the
rate of special taxation for school
maintenance; empowering the Or
leans Parish School Board to issd1
notes, bonds, or other evidences
of debt for the purpose OF pur
chasing grounds, constructing, Or
repa ring buildings for school puf-
moses in the City of New Or.eaus,
and for the payment OF principal
and interest thereof to levy ami
dedicate for the period of years
portions of the authorized tax,
and repeating the amendment 70
the Constitution proposed by Act
21S 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 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 submitted ID
the qualified electors of the State
OF Louisiana for adoption or reJec-
tiOn, tG-Wit:
Amendment.
|. (a) Irrespectiyely of the l1ml-
tations of parochial and munlclpal
taxation under existing const -tutloa-
al provisions and in addition to the
tax for school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by ACT 19l
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 req
and directed to levy and collect LOT
the year 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
in, tax of one and one-half mills
on the dollar of assessed valuation
of all property within said pafta3
and pay, as collected, the proceeaS
thereof to the school board or tn5
parish, unless the school board OF
No SmalIpr lax
will meet the needs of the scnools.
in VIII ch event the police jury shall
levy and collect the tax recommend
ed by the school board.
% The provisions thereon shah
apply, without distinction, to prop
erty within each municipality In
parish except a nun cipa. .lty eXemps
under existing laws from parochla.
taxation, which is, under legislative
authority, actually conducting, main
tanning and support ng public schools
of its own, open and free to tAe
youth of the parish in which tn3
municipality is situated and Wh-ca
Is leVying and collecting and eXpen L
ing annually for the conduct, main -
nance and support of Its schools the
proceeds of an annual tax OF at ieasa
one and one-half mills on the assess
ed vauation on all property within
& such municipality.
# 2. There shall be no school dit
trict embrac ng the whole or any
part of territory lying In another
school district, nor shall there De a
school sub~distr;ct except that par
ish as a whole may be created j.
school district wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smal2l
schoo' districts may be created en-
nraciDg parts of parish constltut-
ing school district.
3. (a) For school purposes In
the City of New Orleans, and in ltsi
OF the tax provided for by Sectton
II of the amendment to the Consti-
tuition proposed by Act 4 of 1916 "f
the Genera, Assembly of the State .
Louisiana. the Orleans Parish School
board, or its successor in law, shall
ieVy annually tax not to excee
n seven mills on the dollar OF Valua-
tlon OF all property W thin the Cft'
Vi New Orleans as asses 5ed for the
purposes Of city taxation, which az
uon shall be certified by said Board
70 The Commission Council of the
eAy OF New Orleans, or other fu-
sufe governing body of said CITY oe-
,ug hereby required to cause the
.aH levied by said Board to be en-
esed according to law on the tax
soif' o said city and collected in thr
sslhe manner and under the condi-
~ "rd with the interest and pen
- cs nreschi5ed by law in case OF
s.y laxes, ana the money thus COL
lected to be paid 10 said Board daily
as II Is received.
sol The Orleans Parish School