The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-10-23
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF LOUISIANA.
Adopted mt the Regular Session OF inc
Legislature of 192O-TO BE Noteo
On at the COngressfonai
Election Held Nov.
2, 1920.
ACT no. 81.


Parish School Board. respect'te for
lew and collect annually ID
school purposes therein snacts:
school districts in CERTAIN, ,arotion
limiting the rate of speClal tdAnto
for school maintenance; empo" e. -.
the Orleans Parish School, h 4dln
issue notes bonds, or other ~ 49, inp
of debt for the purpose oil pulCna iiSs
grounds constructing. or rePaii ~ .tas
buildings for school purposes IN ~.
city OF New Orleans, ana lot u. 70
ment of principal and interest tnsi ma
of 10 levy and dedicate TOT . .pp rii
of years portions Of the autnot ~
tax; and repeating the amehuihte ot 9ts
the Constitution proposed py ,blv Of
of 1918 of the General Assembly,
the State of Louisiana ana duoPt.o'
Section l. Be It resolved ny thg ma
erai Assembly of the state Oh ohaTs
lana. two-thirds of all the Lhei ~
.I.rtad 10 each House cOncurrlns' ina
the following amendment 10 tne 10
stitution of the State OF Louls! I :, "a
and the same is hereby proposed am
submitted to the qualified eiec.ors W
the state Of Louisiana for adoption or
rejection. to-Wlt'
Amendment.
l. (a) IrrespectiNely OF ing i'', - -,
tions OF parOchial and munlClphl 20
alton under existing constitutions Pr
visions and in addition TO tne taA ~ ~.
school purposes provided lor DS avs
amendment proposes sa, ob w. Of the State
of Louisiana. the police jury OF eaG III
parish (Parish of Orleans ehcepteul -
hereby required and dlrecIeo ~ aeci
and collect for the year 1871 anu tac Ii
calendar wear thereafter for schooi
purposes therein, tax OF one anu o os
half mills on the dollar OF asseso "a
rieh md nav as collected, the pro
ceeds thereof to the school board OF me
parIsh unless the school board Of tn
parish certify that a shai,et in which
meet the needs of the schoois' IN Mnio ia
event the police jury shall levy anu
collect the tax recommended ny 'ie
school board
.nnIv without distinction, to properly
within each municipality In pal55sn
except municipality exempt un .
existing laws from parochlal tahati it
which is, under lesisla airtainina and
actually conducting, maihtai 81
summarizing public schools OF lts own
omen and free to the youth OF the pa "a
in which the municlpalsity ,i Is and
and which is levying and coIlectlhh IL, ane
extending annually for the cohuuGt.
maintenance, and support or us school.
the proceeds of an annual taA ~, %
least one and one-half mills on me a.
sessed valuation on all property within
such municipality,
q There shall be no schooi ulstrict
embracing the whole or any part Oh
territory lying i IN an1 ha school School sub
district except that a parish as Whole
NAV be created school district Whele
in there exist smaller scno Sist pS or or
smaller school districts may be createu
embracing parts of parish conSI'-
tuting a school district.
3. (a) For school purposes IN the
civ Of New Orleans. and in lieu OF the
TAX provided for by Section - OF the
amendment to the Constitution pro
posed by Act of 1916 of the GENERA
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana, the
orleans Parish School Board, or It's sue
cessor in law. shall levy annually tax
not to exceed seven mills on tne uoiIal
Of valuation of all property wlthln the
Si,v ~ New Orleans as assessed for
the purposes of City taxation, Whlcn
action shall be certified by sald BOARD
10 the Commission Councll t or tne 10y
of New Orleans or other future gov
ernine body of said City. the Commls-
sion Council or other future governing
body of said City being hereby re-
ouired to cause the tax levied by sald
BOARD to be entered according to law
on the tax rolls of said CITY ana col
lected in the manner and uhder inc
and with the interest ana
naIties prescribed by law in case OF
taxes and the money thus col
HI to be paid to said Board daily
Ut is received.
ny The Orleans Parish School Board
NAV incur indebtedness and issue nego-
table promissory notes, bonds, or other
evidences of debt. the principal and
interest thereof payable as said Board
may determine for the purpose OF pur-
chasing grounds, constructing build
ings or repairing buildings for publc
school uses. and where such indebted
ness is incurred or such notes, bonds
or other evidences of debt are issued
there shall be levied and collected for
the years during which any OF sald
obligations may be outstanding a tax
Included within the limi alton of seven
mills sufficient each year to pay the
principal and interest thereof; provided
that the aggregate amount or the taxes
for such purposes shall not exceed one
mill on the dollar in any one year, and
provided further that the Indebtedness,
notes. bonds. or other evidences OF DEBT
shall not bear greater rate OF inter
est than five per cent per annum or
run for a longer period than forty
years.
Co The notes. bonds, or other evil
dences of debt herein authorized shall
be exempt from State, parish, and mu-
nicipal or other local taxation and d
legal investment for tutors OF minors,
curators of interdicts, or others acting
In a fiduciary capacity, and also they
shall be received as security for all
public deposits of the State of Louis
lana or of any of its subdivisions or
boards.
(d) The provisions thereof shall con-
,stitute a contract between the holders
of the notes. bonds. or other evidences
of debt issued hereunder and the
Orleans Parish School Board.
4. Nothing in this amendment shall
be construed as affecting in any way
any provision Of the Constitution in re-
Iation to special taxes; provided that
no special tax to pay operating ex-
penses of public schools. authorized by
Article 232 of the Constitution. shall
exceed eight mills on the dollar of as |
sessed valuation.
s. The amendment of the Constitu-
ton proposed by Act Els OF 1913 of
the General Assembly Of the State of
Louisiana is hereby superseded and re- |
pealed: provided the taxes already |
levied hereunder and the authority |
and power under existing laws to col |
lect the same shall not be affected in |
any way by such repesl.
Saetiou 2 be q, furfher racoIvah |