New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-12

rent wear be the fiscal year. Ijoin IN IBIS
recommendation.
The Auditor calls attention. to the large
and increasing amount OF unpaid taxes ex-
ceedine four millions Of dollars. i JON In
urging you to adopt sOlae practical me- nod
to inforce collection at the expense OF mo
aeinG uents.
In conclusion, upon the subject OF the
frances. recommend, IN conformity with
rhe suppestion of the Auditor, that you con-
slider he nropriety of levying an &c IiCabIo
-ax mon successi0ns not falling to forced
heirs. ] also recommend that you consider
:, law to REQUIRE insurance. companies 0cjhS
business in the State to deposit bonds 20
secure prompt payment of policies. ting
has been successfully tested in other
STAGES. l further recommend you
to cons;der plan for registration and can
collation. OF bonds held by those who derive
q permanent investment in such securities.
By this means the tax due from this species
of property could be more readily and cheap
" collected. Such measures wOuiC teEd 10
greatly reduce the general taxation, and
would relieve the property OF lncuo1s witch
prevents its movement
beg leave to call your attention 20 IN
important subject, which has neve" eseh
alluded 20 by any previous executlve>o OF ne
STATE.
LIFE INSURANCE.
In me present impoverished condition OF
our people. life insurance is suggested as
the great practical remedy. Previous 20
the desolat;On of the late civil war an ac-
ouaintance with the subject of life insurance
was cutie Limited in the South. Then II
was IL rare occurrence to find a man w,bo had
uot. bv his labor and enterprise, gathered
around him enough of material wealth Tor tho
support and education of his family IL the
even. Of his premature death. The reverse
is row he case. The exception is Largely
10 favor OF those who, it suddenly Taken
away, would leave their families IN des.i-
,ute or Strengthened circumstances. Tho
subject Of life insurance becomes one OF
vital importance to the man whose coral
duty il 10 TO provide tor the future comfort
and independence of his household.
There are now about twenty-fou lie u
surance companies doing business n liz
State. which have issued policies amounting
to many millions Of dollars. This sum 10
designed for the protection of the widow
and orphan. /, therefore, recommend vba:
vo,. pass such law for the government Of
these institutions as will give greater pro
lection and confidence to this gres.. and
growing interest.
LAND SCRIP.
Tie scrip issued to the State by he na
t;or;ll government for the endowmen: OF q
college in the interest of agriculture and The
mission appointed by your honorable body
10 receive and dispose of the same. Az It
will probably be sold during the cy.rrrrt
wear, and its proceeds determined. It - m
portant that the Legislature should take me
Necessary steps, at an early day. 10 locate
ard establish college, which shall fulfill
the irc4nI for which the beneficert grant
was made.
it may be that after careful exAmiEa.jOR
OF, the institutions of learning now under
the fostering care Of the State, it WI be
found that the course OF study in some OF
them may be SO modified or enlarged ry q
judicioyls use OF this grant, as to wisely ;ul-
ill -he obligations assumed by the State N
is acceptance.
invoke vour careful attention 20 re
sut[c.c.
STATE HOUSE.
Ire subject of the erection or purchase of
:. suitable building for State capitol VIII
doubtless claim your attention. The con-
di,iou OF or finances imperatively demands
that II this. as in all other matters. we shall
practice the most rigid economy. The cost
OF suitable grounds i'll New Orleans WI re
a very heavy item, and there are. Resides.
many other reasons why the seat OF govern
mert should be removed from this city. In
!. large city the facility for forming comJi-
I atoms 20 influence legislation is so great
thai II most of the States of the Union they
have found it necessary to remove -he.r
State oapitols from their principal towns,
Our predecessors followed this EXAMPLE,
and est. olished the State capital ~ Baton
Rouge. a point accessible from all parts OF
the State. and destined to become s-1u
more so when the railroads now chartered
are completed-an event that We believe
VII occur before the time for your next
regular session. At this point was CON-
pleted. il 1917, 4 State House. which 1os
Architectural! beauty, convenience o. az
and solidity of structure. con.
pared 1avorably with any building -or q
similar purpose on the continent.
Unfortunately, during the late wa, ks
building was seriously damaged by fire, BUT
an informed, upon what ! regard as good
authority. that the injury was not so ser. oGs
Or so difficult to repair as is generally be
iieved. and that it can be restored 20 its
original condition of strength and beauty
iSr less than one fifth of the original cos..
therefore recommend that authority De
gwen LIE 10 employ one or more conpeten.
persons 70 examine the building. and repor.
It's condition. and the cost of repairing j..
IMMIGRATION.
ire European war, in addition 70 Is { =
ast7ous effect Of depressing the price o. cot
ion, ras caused the suspension Of the Han
burg steamship line to New Orleans, and
interrupted, for time, the Bremen line.
ne recent arrival, however, of nearly eigh.
hundred emigrants on single steamer gives
promise not only of an increased emigration
from Germany, and possibly from France.
after the termination of the war, bat. also.
tha. New Orleans will hereafter share more
largely N the benefits Of the emigrant --ade
! tie establishment of the Liverpool and
NJ Mississippi Steamship Line, whose ships are
bait especially for the transportation OF emf.
grants from Great Britain, and the Scandi-
navlan countries, will also increase the DOPE
!arlty OF the New Orleans route OF immiCra-
t!on, even to the Northwestern States. J. is
20 he hoped, however, that the planters and
landowners of Louisiana will be able to n.
duee larger number of the iumig-an!s
tanced IN New Orleans to settle within the
borders OF the State.
During the last wear, the Commissio one %
OF Emigration have published largely d
the Northern States and in Great Brian.
an0 Il - their intention to send CON cs ten.
agent 20 Europe as soon as the war shall
have terminated.
t1Irang the autumn there has been q ..rce
,nfuX OF laboring population from .pe
Northwestern States.
lake BoRGSE CANAL!
Since The last session of the Iee.sla..ye
work on the Mississippi and Mexican Gulf or
LAKE Borgne Canal has been prosecuted
with great vigor. Nine machines are nov
employ IN eXcayating The canal vii be
opened for business up to the river bsr,k in
The course Of thirty DAYS. The lock vii ne
'o!hpleted and the canal connected wi-h inc
l.'er 'teeut the first of July Of the Dreser.