RS 204 - Rights and liabilities of constituent municipalities; taxation
The new municipality shall, when a consolidation becomes effective, be vested with all the rights and properties of the municipalities of which it was formed, and shall be responsible and liable for all contracts, debts and obligations of such municipalities. But the taxable property in one constituent municipality shall not be taxed to provide for payment of the bonds or other funded debt of another. The governing body of the consolidated municipality shall levy on the taxable property in each constituent municipality any special taxes for the term and at the rate previously authorized therein to provide for the payment, exchange or refund of any outstanding bonds or other funded debt of such municipality.