St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-10-02
PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTIT(J-
ton OF LOUISIANA
Adopted at the Regular Session of
the Legislature of 1920.
To be Voted on at the Congressiona;
Election Held November 2, 1920.
ACT NO. 81.
House Bill No. 80 By Mr.. Sylva
JOINT RESOLUTION

: House Bill No. SO By Mr.. Sylv4s.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Contribution Of the State Of Lou
isiana requiring the police jury or
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
i'll certain respects; limiting the
rate OF special taxation for school
maintenance, empowering the o.
leans Parish School Board to issla
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 i,
and repeating the amendment to
the Constitution proposed by Act
2l8 Of 1918 of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana
and adopted.
Sect on 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 the
State Of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and submitted II
the qualified electors of the State
Of Louisiana for adoption or rejec-
ton, to-Wit:
Amendment
/. (a) Irrespectiyely of the liml-
tations Of paroChial and municipal
taxation Under existing const tuition
al provisions and i'll addition to the
tax fCI school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act l9l
OF 1918 of the Genera 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 ya2r 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
in, tax OF one and one-haf mills
on the dollar of assessed valuation
Of all property within said parish
and pay, as collected, the proceeds
thereof TO the school board OF thu
parish, unless the school board OF
the parish certify that smaller TAX
will meet the needs Of the schools.
In VIII Oh event the police jury shall
law man d.
ed by the school board.
fbl The provisions thereon shat
apply, without distinction, to prop
erty with each municipality In q
parish except a nun cipallty eXemQ;
under existing laws from parochta.
taxation, which Is, under Legislative
authority. actually conducting, maln-
tanning and support .ng public schools
Of its own, open and free to laH
youth OF the parish in which t12
munich atty is situated and Whlc0
Is levy.ng and CO lect ,ng and e1pen l.
ing annually for the conduct, maints-
nance and support Of its schools the
proceeds Of an annual tax OF at leas:
one and one-haIf mills on the assess
ed valuation on all property within
such municipality.
2. There shall be no school di',
trict embrac ng the whole or anf
part of territory lying in another
school Gttrict, nor shall there be 8
school SUB district except that par
ish as whole may be created j;
school district wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smalta,
schoo, districts may be created EN-
bracing parts OF a parish constitut
Ing / school district.
8. (al For school purposes II
the City Of New Orleans, and in list
OF the taX provided for by Sect or
II OF the amendment to the Gonsti
tnt2n proposed by Act Of 1916 Z"
the General Assembly of the State ,
LOUISIANA, the Orleans Parish Schoc
Board, or its successor in law, sha.
ieVy annually a tax not to excee