St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-25
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.. Sylvas.
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-
,spectiyely, to levy and collect an
nually a tax for school purposes
thuTe;n; 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 Orleaus,
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.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly OF the State of
Louisiana, tWo-thirds Of all the mem
bers elected to eaach House con-
curing, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution Of tue
State Of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and submitted to
the qualified electors of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or reJec-
ton, tO-Wit:
Amendment.
l. (a) IrrespeCtively Of the 1ml-
tations Of parochial and municipal
taxation under existing const tutloa-
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 ot
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 Ior
the yaar 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
in, a tax of one and one-half mills
on the dollar of assessed valuation
OF att property within said parliA
and pay, as collected. the proceeds
thereof to the school board OF the
parish, unless the school board or
the parish certify that smaller tax
will meet the needs Of the schools,
In VIII oh 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 cipallty exempt
under existing laws from parochla.
taxation, which is, under legislative
authority, actually conducting, maln-
tanning and support ,ng public schools
Oh its own, open and free to the
Youth Of the parish in which taa
municipality Is situated and whica
ls eyying and collecting and expen1-
ing annually for the conduct, mainse-
nance and support Of its schools the
proceeds Of an annual tax of at ~leas.
one and one-half mills on the assess
90 valuation on all property within
such municipality.
z. There shall be no school di3-
trlet embrac ng the whole or any
part of territory lying in another
school dirtriCt, nor shall there be a
school sub-distrtct except that a par
lsn as a whole may be created lt
school district wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smaller
school districts may be created en-
oraclng parts Of a parish constitut-
ing school district.
." (a) For school purposes In
tae City Of New Orleans, and in LEA
.. the tax provided for by Section
! OF the amendment to the Consti-
.a'.on proposed by Act 4 of 1916 Ut
1he General Assembly of the State q
louisiana, the Orleans Parish School
BOARD, or its successor in law, shall
.e'y annually tax not to excel