New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-06
PROCLAMATION.
STAT. or tor2s,AHA, }
Executive Department.
n.nannS March Il IEr2.


whereas Reliable information has reached me
that certain evil disposed OF misguided persons
propose TO combine or have combined into ssSoci'
atoms, for the purpose of resisting the pay OK
taxes due the State, with the avowed otJec' OF
bringing the State government into d!srepUte. anu
with the further avowed evil purpose OF Overthrow
ing the said State government by preventing g
from receiving, through the collection oi Lakes
the means for its support; and
Whereas 1t is Of the first import arce 20 restore
the credit of the State and city. III paired by
the revolutionary conduct of certain preteEdsrs TO
off ciai station in this State. by the Gefa-catOrs
and derehctions OF duty Of tax collectors 'rdet
the late State administration, by tie acts &: ,he
Tax Resisting Association of New Orleans ,an Or
ganlzation which mas been in existence :or more
than eighteen months Vastl, and .! o.NeI e-'ses
and
Whereas. Expsrience shows tha: "a, re. s.its
associations result in the Weather classes sScap"
ing payment of their taxes while poorer Zen arc
not only compelled 20 pay their taxes. bu: adG!'
:onal penalties and costs, and in aGd.;lon 'n@ieto
a much heavier rate of taxation than %0-4d DO
requisite if those better able to pay pToHpt! Get
their just obligations 50 the State: and
Whereas. The delinquent tax lists OF the st&'e.
as shown by the Auditors books, amount 20 the
enormous sum Of s2,33l 32l 6Othe proportion OF
the city Of New Orleans alone being Sl4.2 rs So
said taxes having accrued and fallen due ;.rdef
the late ADM nstration and the greater Vor:Sn Of
them being due from those best able 10 pay; ana
Whereas 1t is but just and right that the t-ideA
OF supporting the State government shoH-G Ia. 40
equitably possible under the law. upon az
classes of the population, and that no ore CESS
should be allowed te evade the payment OF t"1es.
either by comb nations and associations CEG"r The
gIise of passive resistance by any Other ..eSa!
means OF pTetenses; and
Whereas. 1t is made my imperative Gu:y 20 zee
that the taxes are duly and promptly collected.
and that all persons who eonspirt il .ny way
70 injure the State credit, whether by passi7e or
active resistance. shall be prevented from sCch IA.
lawful acts;
Now therefore, !, William P. Kellogg, Governor
of the State of Louisiana, being desirOus OF avoid
ing if possible, the prosecution Of any ctzsr, and
being anxious restore the public credit, and TO
inauguIate an administration of retrerchment and
reform in the financial affairs OF the State and
city. and being determined, as far as IS n my
power to suppress all unlawful combinations. as
sociations and conspiracies for the Illegal purposes
hereirbefore mentioned, do hereby direct The tax
collectors in every part of the State 70 proceed
forthwith with the collection OF the t&zes
due the State, and to al legal
measures to insure obedience TO this order;
and TO the end that the credit OF the STATE
may be restored, the much needed inter-
nal Improvements be prosecuted, and the barGen
OF supporting the government be more eQu-tab]y
distributed than heretofore, and the present heavy
taxation be reduced, do hereby warn al citizens
to desist from taking part in any combination as
ISOLATION or conspiracy having for is object tho
resistance, passive otherwise, Of the collection
of the taxes due the State, and request tbemtto
comply with the la and with their duty, by the
prompt payment of their taxes and 90 hereby di-
rect the Attorney General and the district ard
parish attorneys throughout the State TO prose
without delay, civilly crmnally and TO The tsllest
extent of the law. all defaulting tax Collectors
who are reported as such, after the publication OF
this proclamation
Given under my hand and the sea, Of re State
hereunto attached, this thirteenth day OF March,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred ard sew.
snty-three, and of the independence 0: tie UI.tot
States the ninety.seventh.
WILLIAM 2. KELLOGG.
BY The Governor:
p G. DESLONDS,