St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-10-16
PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TOCONSTITU-
ton OF LOUISIANA
Adopted at the Regular Session OF
the Legislature of 1920.
To be Voted ON at the Congressio1I,.
Election Held November 2, 1920.
ACT NO. 81.

House Bill No. 80 By Mr.. Sylves.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing 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 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 issIa
notes, bonds, or other evidences
Of debt for the purpose of pur
chasing grounds, constructing, Or
reDa ring buildings for school pur-
poses in the City of New Or4eaus,
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 to
the Constitution proposed by Act
Els of 1918 Of the General AS
sembly' OF the State of Louisiana
and adopted.
Sect on 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly OF the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the men,
bers e4ected to eaach House co1-
curing, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution OF taa
State of Louisiana be and the same
ID hereby proposed and submitted to
the qualified electors of the State
Of Louisiana for adoption or rejec-
ton, to-wit:
Amendment.
!. (a) Irrespectively Of the liml-
tations of parochial and municipal
eaxaticn under existing const tuition
a provisions and in addition to the
tax for school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act 19l
Of 1918 OF the General Assembly OF
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 for
the yaar 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
u, . tax OF one and one-half mills
On the dollar OF assessed valuation
o. oil property within said parish
and pay. as collected, the proceeds
shereof to the school board of thu
parish, unless the school, board OF
tns parish certify that smaller tax
VIII meet the needs of the schools,
y R0Sh event the police jury shall
levy and collect the tax recommend
% by the school board.
tb) The provisions thereof shall
apply. without distinction, to prop
efty within each municipality in q
parlsT except a nun cipa,lty exemp:
ahder existing laws from parochta!
AVIATION, which is, under legislative
saIAority, actually conducting, main-
@lniag and support ng public schools
v IT'S own, open and free to the
yvQtn OF the parish in which t1a
municipality is situated and whica
isvyihg and CO lect ng and expen l.
ns annually for the conduct, mainta-
nance and support Of its schools the
vsoceeds of an annual tax Of at least
vae ana one-half mills on the assess
sa-uation on all property within
such municipality.
g. There shall be no school di,-
WV embracing the whole or any
ys1l OF territory lying in another
ssaooi dt7trict, nor shall there be "a
~ nooi sub-distr;ct except that a par
~ rs a whole may be created ~
scaooi district wherein there exist
sarer school districts or smal.ar
LOO districts may be created en-.
- sscing parts Of a parish constitut-
~ school district.
az taI For school purposes In
AZ CITY of New Orleans, and in LEA
iasne tax provided for by secti On
e,,.l ot the amendment to the Consti-
M ssssCn proposed by Act 4 OF 1915 nf
- GENERAL Assembly of the State II
pss.sfa, the Orleans Parish School
i 80, or Its successor in law, shall
~ annually a tax not to excel