Section 1. Be it resolves by the
General Assembly of the. State of Lou
isiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house concurring, That
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana be
and the same is hereby submitted to
the qualified electors of the State at
the congressional election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in the month of November of
the year 1912, to-wit:
Every parish and self-taxing muni
cipality shall have the right to exempt
new industral enterprises and also the
improved value added to unimproved
lands, including all structuz es thereon,
by immigrants into the State who oc
cupy said lands as homesteads, from lo
cal taxes for a period not to exceed ten
(10) years by the vote of two-thirds in
number of all its taxpayers, who are
qualified electors, including resident
women taxpayers, holding at least two
thirds of the property subject to local
taxation within the taxing locality at a
special election called for that purpose,
at which special election members of
partnerships, associations and heirs of
estates, otherwise qualified, shall be
entitled to vote their respective pro rata
of the assessed valuation of said part
nerships, associations or estates. Each
enterprise so exempted must be situat
ed within the limits of the ex pting
authority and be established air the
exemption is granted. a
Section 2. Be it further rd olved,
etc., That there shall be printed on
the ballot to be used at said eleetion
the words: "For the constitutional
amendment authorizing parishes and
self-taxing municipalities to exempt new
industrial enterprises and also improv
ed value, inclusive of structures, added
to unimproved lands by immigrants
into the State who occupy said lands
as homesteads, from local taxes for a
period not to exceed ten (10) years," and
"Against the constitutional amendment
authorizing parishes and self-taxing
municipalities to exempt new industrial
enterprises, and also improved value,
including structures, added to unim
proved lands by Immigrants into the
State who occupy said lands as home
steads, from local taxes for a period
not to exceed ten (10) years," and each
elector shall indicate on his ballot as
provided by the general election laws of
the State whether he votes for or
against the said amendment.
