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


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II. c. WARMOTH,
SPECIAL ORDER or THE DAY
Inc consideration of the appo-tionmen
4 OIL having been made the frs. speoia
&crder OF the day. it was taken up and read
MT Gnrtskamp, of jefferson, moved t,
<amerd the first section by striking out al
alter the word "Orleans,' in the twenty
Second line, to the word ''the," in the TWEEN
Sy-thrd line, and insert IN lieu thereof thu
words, known as the Sixth Municipal Dis
sl-ct' comprising the Twelfth, Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Wards
Nj Worrall, of jefferson, moved that thf
bhl lie referred to special committee O
three, which was laid on the table upon mo
tiou Of Mr.. Devices, of DE Soto, By rising
vote Of Al yeas to IS nays.
MI Devices, of De Soto. then moved tc
lay the amendment Of Mr.. Gar:skamp upon
the table which was carried By risinc
vote of ID yeas to % nays.
OF The first section, Messrs. Gartskamp and
Gardner. of Jefferson, demanded the yeas
and nays. which resulted as follows:
Yeas: Abel, Adolphe, Bickham, Bowea
Bloussard, Brown, Bryan, Buchanan, Coch
aan, Devices, Durio, Faulkner, Fontelieu
p. Harper. kenner, La Saliniere, Matthew'S
Mcfarland; horphy, Morris, Otto, Pond,
Ringgold, Tatman, Wheyland YOrke-26.
Rak Rnrk
Barrow, Belot, Bentley, Blunt, Brewster.
Burch. Butler, Carter, Chachere. Crawford.
Darinsburg, Davis, Demas. Ellis, Floyd
Gaddis, Gardner, Garstkamp, W. Harper,
johnson. Jordan. lkcarson, Killen. Kin
seila, Laurent, Llambias, II. Lott. J. Lott,
Lynch, Mahoncy, Marvin, McCarty,
Meadows, Moncure, Moore, Murray, Nelson,
Sartain. Schumacher, SOuer, Stamps, Ste
vens, Tureaud, Ullman, Verrett, Wands.
Washington, of Assumption, Washington.
Of ConcOrdia, Waters. +. Williams. H. VIII
,isns, Wilson, Worrall, Youns-6i.
Lost.
Nr Worrall, of Jefferson, moved the
reference of the bill to special committee
Of five.
Mr.. IerAe, of Carroll, moved to lay the
motion to refer upon the table.
Lost.
Mr Thompson, of St. Tammany, moved
to amend by instructing the special COM
mittee of five to report detailed return of
the number of inhabitants of the respective
parishes and districts throughout the State,
which. being accepted by Mr.. Worral. the
motion as amended, to refer, was adopted.
The next special order of the day being
the consideration of the veto messages Of
the Governor, they were taken up, and the
first in order being that Of the Mississippi
Valley Levec Company, the following veto
was read:
STATE o, L0-I.Asal
Executive Department. :
New Orleans January g. l5:l.)
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives,
l find many and grave objections TO the
act entitled ian act relztivc to the Missis-
sippi Valley Levee Company. and provid-
ing for the construction, repair and main
tenance of certain leyces by said company.
and for compensation therefor by tolls on
lands protected by said levees, and the
crops OF said lands" which have induced
me to withhold my approval. The same is
therefore returned to your honorable body.
tho control of one OF the most important
public works in the State into the hands OF
a private company. Independent Of. and in no
wise subject to, the control of the govern
nent.
l object to the bill. in the second place.
because it takes, without any consideration.
the levees already constructed. and valued
at no less than seventeen millions of dol
Lars and gives them to this company, with
oil G<n<n iut. ~,
the enterprise. Should this plan be
adopted. can not see why the State is not
entitled to become a stakeholder to the
amount of money which her people have
already expended upon the work.
Again, there are nearly thirteen millions
Of acres c. land in this State subject to
overflow from the Mississippi, Red, Qua
chita, Atchafalaya and Black rivers. 1t is
proposed to tax this land, now held or soon
to be held. by private individuals, five cents
per acre, which would yield revenue of
six hundred and fifty thousand dollars per
annum. This sum, OF itself, will be, when
the levees are once completed, sufficient to
keep the whole line in repair. On the
lands or real estate situated within the linn
its of all towns and cities in the Overnowed
gions, including the city Of New Orleans
and the surrounding country, an annual tax
OF one-tenth Of one per cent is to be levied.
The taxable property being about one hun
dred and fifty million dollars, the revenue
from this source would amount to one hun
drcd and fifty thousand dollars.
But. in addition to all this, the bill pro-
poses to tax the products Of the land so !
subject to overflow. That. on every pound |
of lint Gotten, there shall be assessed and |
collected toll Of One-fOurth of one cent. |
o. one dollar on every four hundred pound |
bale, reaching i'll the aggregate between |
sixty and sevcnty-fve thousand dollars per |
annum. On every pound of sugar. one |
eighth of one cent. or one dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per hOgshead, making nearly |
,ne hundred thousand dollars per annum.
On every gallon of molasses. onc-haf cent; |
thus aggreg eating a total of over a million
Of dollars per annum on the products OF IA
year, whose Weld is equal to the present. |
md this large revenue must be continually
Increasing with population and productions.
believe that the company, under the pro-
visions of this act, would, in less than five
years. receive q revenue of four or i've mil
ions per annum.
A very important objection to this bill is,
hat it is in direct conflict with our cOnsti-
ution, inasmuch as it wholly ignores the
provision requiring that taxation shall he
.qual and uniform throughout the State
Under this bill all the lands subject to over
low are taxed five cents per acre, whether
worth two, five or hundred dollars. Cot
on. sugar and molasses, without regard to
,uality. are all taxed in the same unequal
md unjust manner. The Supreme Court,
II session at Monroe, during the last sum-
ner. decided that a tax of one dollar per
,ale on every bale of cotton was unequal
md not uniform, and therefore uncOnStitu-
ional. The offensive manner in which this
I'LL proposes to collect the revenues de-