St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-10-30
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.. 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 tue
Orleans Parish School Board, re-
spectively, to levy and collect an
uualIy 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 issda
notes, bonds, or other evidences
:, of debt for the purpose of pus !,
chasing grounds, constructing, or
repairing buildings for school pur-
poses 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 TO
the Constitution proposed by Act
218 of 1918 of the General AS
sembly of the State Of Louisiana
and adopted.
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly OF the State OF
two-thirds Of all the mem
hers elected to eaach House con-
CURING, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution OF the
State of Louisiana be and the same
10 hereby proposed and submitted ID
Nhe qualified electors Of the State
OF Louisiana for adoption or rejec-
ton, to-wit:
Amendment.
l. (a) Irrespectively Of the liml-
tations of parochial and municipal
taxaticn under existing const tuition
al provisions and in addition to the
tax for school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act 1s1
OF 1918 of the General Assembly OF
the State of Louisiana, the police
Jury OF each parish parish OF Or
leans excepted) is hereby required
and directed to levy and collect Tor
the year 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
In, tax of one and one-haf mills
on the dollar of assessed valuatloo
Of all property within said parl:a
and pay, as collected, the proceeds
thereof to the school board OF ths
parish, unless the school board OF
the parish certify that smaller tax
win meet the needs of the schools.
In VIII CHI event the police jury shall
levy and collect the tax recommend.
cd by the school board.
\ TO- The provisions thereof shall
apply, without distinction, to prop.
Srty within each municipality In
parish except a nun cipallty exempt
Qnder existing laws from parochta.
taxation, which Is, under Legislative
authority, actually conducting, main
aiming and support ,ng public schools
OF its own, open and free to tue
youth of the parish in which tda
municipality Is situated and wn1ca
. levying and collecting and expen1-
ing annually for the conduct, mantle
nance and support of its schools the
proceeds OF an annual tax OF at leass
one and one-half mills on the assess
Ga valuation on all property within
such municipality.
S .. There snail be no school dit
trict EN- braeng the whole or anT
BART OF territory lying in another
school district, nor shall there be J
scAeol sub-distr,ct except that q par
jpn as whole may be created ~
chGol distric' wherein there exist
smaller school districts or smaller
aenool districts may be created en-
efacing parts Of a parish constitute
Mg school district.
8. (a) For school purposes in
we City Of New Orleans, and in Hsa
" the tax provided for by Secti IN
AZ OF the amendment to the Constt-
sotlon proposed by Act of 1916 "f
ne General Assembly of the State 81
so0ls.ana, the Orleans Parish School
Soard. or its successor in law, shall
sssy annually a tax not to excel