Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State-of Lou
isiana, two-thirds of the members elect
ed to each house concurring, That the
following amendment to the Constitu
tion of 1898 be submitted to the quali
fied electors of the State for their
adoption or rejection at the congres
sional election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in the
month of November, 1912, as follows:
That every parish or municipality,
through its Police Jury or governing
authority shall have the right to, and
upon the petition of one-fourth of the
qualified electors. residing within its
jurisdiction shall, submit to the qual
ified electors in said parish or munic
ipality, at an election to be called and
held for that purpose, after thirty days'
published notice, the question as to
whether or not there shall be exempted
from taxation an amount not to exceed
$2,000.00 to be deducted from the value
of all buildings exclusively occupied by
bona fide owners for residential pur
poses only; provided that any exemption
may be withdrawn in the same manner
in which it may be granted.
No such exemption, voted by a par
ish, shall operate to grant any tax
payer owning and occupying a home
within a municipality the right to de
duct the exempted amount from the
improvement value of his property in
respect to manicipal taxation.
