Police Juries and municipal corpo
rations in the several parishes of this
State may levy other taxes for the
construction and maintenance of pub
lic roads and bridges within the terri
torial limits of said parishes, and may
incur debt, and issue negotiable bonds
therefor in the manner and to extend
authorized under provisions of Article
232 and 281 of the Constitution and the
Statutes adopted to carry them into ef
fect. Other taxes may be levied by the
Police Juries for road and bridge pur
poses not to exceed five mills for five
years on the property of the Parish,
or any ward thereof, whether the rate of
taxation and the purpose thereof shall
have been submitted to the property tax
payers of the said ward or parish en
titled to vote under the election laws of
the State, and a majority thereof in
number and value of those voting at
said election shall have voted in favor
thereof. That this article shall be
self operative.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That this proposed amendment shall be
submitted to qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection at the
congressional election to be held in No
vember, 1912, and, if adopted, the same
shall take effect immeddiitely there
after.
