New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-30
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF tor.EASA, }
Executive Department,
%ev Orlaans March Is. 1878.


Sev Orleans, March 49, 1872
| wbe,ea. Reliable information has reached me
! that certain evil disposed or misguided persons
propose TO combine have combined, into assocl
atoms for the purpose Of resisting the payment OF
taxes due the state, with the avowed object OF
bringing the State government into disrepute, ana
With the further avowed evil purpose OF overthrow"
| lug the said State government, by preventing IL
from receiving, through the eo.lec-lo!. OF taxes
| the means for its support and
Whereas II is OF the first importSnc" 20 restore
the ere lit of The State and city, now impaired oy
the revolutionary conduct OF csrtcin pretendeTs TO
official station il this State, by the defsca'lolis
! and derelic,.ons Of duty of tax collectors under
| the late State administration. by the acts o. 'no
Tax Resisting Association OF New Orleans IAN or
ganlzation which has been IN existence for more
than eighteen months past, and BY other causes
aAd
WHEREAS F-perier,. show. that ta> resisting
associations result IA the Weather classes ""0"P
ing pay1nen. O: their faxes while poorer men are
rot only compelled TO pay their taxes, ou- sldl-
tiDnal penalties and costs and in addition thereto
a much heavier rate of taxation than would De
requisite if those better able 10 pay promptly met
their Just obligations TO the State; and
Whereas, The delinquent tai lists OF ne S1aIef
| as shown by the Auditors books. amount TO the
~
the city OF New Orleans alone beng Sls72r rs %
said taxes having accrued and fallen due under
the late ADM nistraton and the greater portion OF
them being due from those best able 70 pay and
Whereas 1t is but Just and right that the burden
o. supporting the State government should faA as
ecuitably as poss BILE, under the law, upon All
classes of the population, and that no ono CLASS
should be allowed ts evRde the payment OF taxes
either by comb nations and associations under the
guise of passive resistance or by any other heg@l
means or pretenses and
Whereas Ii is made my imperative duty 70 see
that the taxes are duly and promptly coue'ted'
and that all persons who consplre n any way
10 njure the State credit, whether by passive OF
active resistance shall he prevented from sneh IN
lawful acts;
Now, therefore, :. William y. Kellogg Governor
Q; the state OF Louisiana, being DESTROYS o. avoid
ing if possible the prosecution Of any citizen and
being anxious the public credit, and TO
.nsuguratc an administration OF retrenchment and
reform N She financial affairs OF che State aud
city, and beng determined. far as ~ n my
powes 70 suppress al: unlawful combinations. es'
sociations aud sOnspraCes fox the Illegal purposes
hereinbefors mentioned. do hereby direct tho tax
collectors IL every part % the state TO proceed
| forthwith will. the collection Of She taxes
| due Che state. and 20 use az legal
measures 20 insure obedience TO ~ order.
and 90 .ne enc cha: TIE credit % she state
may DO restored. the much Heec"d .nter'
ma. improvements be prosecuted. ana the burden
OF supporting the government De more eCultabiy
distributed THAI. heretofore and the present heavy
taxation be Ped iced, 60 hereby yarn az citizens
to desst from sak ng par: u any combination as'
so"iatiO;. conspiracy having for .ts Oh ec' the
resistance. rass otherwise. OF the collection
the faxes due 30 State an,: 80. them.t
comply with the IA and with thei. 'iutyo t.y the
prompt payment 0! :heiT taxes; and do hereby iii.
zee: tLe Attorney General and she dl.,r!c: and
parish attorneys throughout the State 10 prosecute
without delay .!viily. .rinlina and &C the fullest
exten. Of the law. -! setaui:!n% -, col. ctors
who reported - s.S altcy VI. 30. or 6.
This Proclamation.
Given .nieg ms !a.t .Ic enc sea g :rs safe
h.leupt9 attached, this thirteenth day ofMarCh.
il the y of our Lord eighteen hundred and sew
enty t.ree, and o: the independence. a''h' United
states .te ninety. seventh.
WILLIAM y. HH..'.nsC.
81 me Governor.
=. s.. DESLDHDR.
Secretary o. STATE. TN. N