The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-06-25

parishes
In Orleans, the limit has been plac
ed at z mills, allowing the levyine
of the full amount; 5A mills fol
maintenance; IL mills for build,
ings and repairs.
Municipal tax limit has been lifted
from 5 to 7 mills.
Sabine parish, under special provi-
sion, will be authorized to levy l u
mills for court house bonds, under
the Ponder amendment.
Automobile and gasoline taxes are
carried in a separate schedule.
State Property Tax.
Severance taxes imposed upon nat
ural resources stand alone.
There is no change in the states
general property tax. 1t is limited
to 4 "A mills advalorem, but with a
constitutional proviso that in case
of necessity the legislature, by a
two-thirds vote, may increase that
limit to So mills.
There is no way of figuring the
inheritance tax and the income tax
is up to the legislature.
To be more specific the individual
taxpayer may find his own case in
the following:
If you live in the country, outside
of a town, you will pay the same
state tax as lat present; " mill
more parish tax.
If you live in a municipality in the
parishes, you may pay " mill more
parish, and 2 mills more municipal
taxes.
Automobile Owners Hit
If you own an automobile, its op-
Grafton under the Sanders road
scheme, will be about 24 times
what it is now, or 200 per cent in
crease. It's a new tax burden.
If you operate farm tractor, the
gasoline tax will figure as a new
farm tax in the making of a crop.
Tractors are now extensively used in
the rice growing sections.
Automobile owners estimate that
80 to so gallons of, gasoline per
month is flair estimate of con-
some will use less, many
will use more. Tractors consume
more gas in proportion.
If you live in the city of New Or
you will probably pay two
nils more school taxes at present.
Collection of Road Fund.
IT you sever natural resources from
he soil your tax will depend upon
4ction of future legislatures. If you
'roduce oil or gas it is regarded a
MORAL certainty that the tax will be
increased by the special session OF
ne legislature in September to at
east per cent; possibly more. If
alt, sulphur, timber or gravel is
our speciality, you will probably be
vat the present two per z
ent ratsE :
The new acknowledgements road L
axes will probably not become eff B
ective until January 1, 1922. 1t is q
p to the coming legislature to en- 3
- Tvs 10 make IL opCia,.sc. SalieS ?
Bailey Secretary of States will n
hen prepare quar- .ers and n.Ate 3
force for handling tie new DDS \
ess and feeding the General Roa. y
I'D II will be a big jyb; che s.
lie largest in the state ard it ..ie.A. a
lie collection and the handling O a
't less than $5,OOO,OO0 a year. Mr..
ahey's tentative plan is to system b
lie TINS task by Ins.i.ita.nIns 49,. a
New Orleans, and Shreveport 4
ereby taking the business ana 4
ork Of handling 10000 motor IL 4
nses off the Baton Rouge office. 4
Meanwhile the taxing an hori.ies
Louisiana Tax Commission. bea. Z
by Robert w. Riordan, Chairman (
U. Mcfarland, superintendent q
oiic accounts, recognized autho.
OF long standing, are burning tn, 4
dnight oil, figuring. 1
State Apportionnent. 1
Edmund C. McCallum, Assistar
cretary Of the Board of State AT.
rs, soon to be the Louisiana Tax
mmissioner, who sat with the Car 4
Taxation Committee of the con-
'tion, as its Secretary, is one of -
best posted on the proba BILE -
rking of the new constitutional
provisions. He has worked out q
&pportionment of the proposed q
mills limit for state purposes
ed on the net assessment of ST..
100000 for 1920, as follows
wing which each could get:
mills on $1,61O,OOO 900
$40 soo
mills state schools 600
mills Confederate vets-.1.2O7.5OO
Of one mills state debt 675. 900
OF one mill educational
hs., --------------- 100000
HILLS ieVees---------- $4,000
mills general fund 13O6 ion