The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-10-09
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TIE
CONSTITUTION OF LOUISIANA.
Adopted at the Regular Session of the
Legislature of 1920--TO Be Voted
On at the Congressional
Election Held Nov.
2, 1920.
Ant NO S1

House Bill NO. Sy-By MT. SyANcpt*
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana
requiring the police jury OF eacn
parish of the State and the orleans
Parish School Board, respectively, to
levy and collect annually tax Tor
school purposes therein; regulating
school districts in certain respects;
limiting the rate of special taxation
for school maintenance; empowering
the Orleans Parish School Board to
issue notes, bonds, or other evidences
of debt for the purpose OF purchasing
grounds, constructing, or repairing
buildings for school purposes in the
CITY Of New Orleans. and for the pay
ment of principal and interest there
of to levy and dedicate for a period
of years portions of the authorized
tax; and repeating the amendment TO
the Constitution proposed by Act zig
of 1918 of the General Assembly OF
the State of Louisiana and adopted.
Section 1. Be 1T resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State OF Louis
lana, two thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
the following amendment to the Con-
stftution of the State. of Louisiana be
and the same is hereby proposed an9
submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State of Louisiana for adoption or
rejection, to-wit:
Amendment.
/. (a) Irrespectively of the lim1ta-
alton under existing constitutional pro-
visions and in addition to the tax for
school purposes provided for by the
amendment proposed by Act 19i OF 1913
of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, the police jury Of each
parish parish of Orleans excepted) Is
hereby required and directed to levy
and collect for the year 1871 and each
calendar year thereafter for school
purposes therein, tax of enc and one.
half mills on the dollar of assessed
valuation of all property within SAID
parish and pay. as collected, the pro-
ceeds thereof to the school board OF the
parish. unless the school board of the
parish certify that a smaller tax VIII
meet the needs of the schools, In whicn
event the police jury shall levy ana
collect the tax recommended by the
school board.
(b) The provisions hereof shall
apply, without distinction, to property
Within each municipality In a parish
existing laws from parochial taxation.
which u.s. under legislative authority,
actually conducting, maintaining, ana
supporting public schools of its own,
In which the municipality is situated
and which is levying and collecting and
expanding annually for the conduct.
maintenance, and support of its schools
least one and one-half mills on the as
sessed valuation on all property within
such municipality.
2. There shall be no school district
territory lying in another school dis
trict, nor shall there be a school sub
district except that parish as whoie
may be created a school district where
or parts of smaller school districts or
smaller school districts may be created
embracing parts of a parish consti-
tuting a school district.
II IN II a
City of New Orleans, and in lieu Of the
tax provided for by Section II OF the
amendment to the Constitution pro-
posed by Act 4 of 1916 of the General
Orleans Parish School Board. or its sue
cessor in law. shall levy annually tax
not to exceed seven mills on the dollar
of valuation of all property within the
d the purposes Un sM Of City taxation. which
action shall be certified by said Board
to the Commission Council of the City
of New Orleans. or other future gov
sion Council or other future governing
body of said City being hereby re.
quired to cause the tax levied Dy SAID
Board to be entered according to law
on the tax rolls of said City and coll
lected in the manner and under the
and with the interest and
penalties prescribed by law in case Of
City taxes. and the money thus col
lected to be paid to said Board daily
as II is received.
fb) The Orleans Parish School Board
may incur indebtedness and Issue nego-
table promissoyy 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 public
school uses, and where such inoeptea-
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 said
obligations may be outstanding a tax,
included within the limitation of seven
mills, sufficient each year to pay the
principal and interest thereof; provided
that the aggregate amount of 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 a greater rate OF inter-
est than FIVE per cent per annum or
run for a longer period than forty
years.
(c) The notes, bonds, or other evil
dences of debt herein authorized shall
be exempt from State, parish, and mu-
legal investment for tutors of minors.
curators of interdicts, or others acting
In fiduciary capacity, and also they
shall be received as security for all
public deposits of the State of Louis
lana or of any of it's sub divisions or
boards.
Id The provisions thereof shall con-
stitute q 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-
lation 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. Thei amendment of the Constitu-
tion proposed by Act 218 of 1918 of
the General Assembly of the State of
louisiana Is hereby superseded and re-
peated; 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 repeal
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc, That this proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the duly qualified
electors of the State. in accordance
with law, to be voted upon at the Gen.
eral Congressional Election to be held
on November 2. 1920, the official ball
lots to have printed thereon the words:
"For the proposed amendment requir-
Ing police juries and the Orleans Parish
School Board to levy annually tax for
cot nd tha ID