New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-16
PROCLAMATION.
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Executive Department :
Rev Orleans March -, 1875.
whereas Reliable information has .esched ne
that certain evil disposed OF misguided persons
propose 10 combine, OF have combined, into assec!.
ations, for the purpose of resisting the payment Of
taxes due the State. With The svOved object OF
bringing the State government into disrepute snd
with the further avo~ed evil purpose OF overthrow
ing the ssd State government. by preventing u
from receiving, through the collection OF t. Ieas
the means for its suppors; and
Whereas, II is OF the frs, importance 20 restore
the credit Of the State and city, nov impaired BY
the revolutionary conduct of certain pretenderst 70
official station in this state, by the defslcations
and derelictions of duty Of tai collectors under
the late State administration, by the acts of tbs
Tax Resisting Association of Eew Orleans IAN or.
gsnzatiOn which ma, been in existence for more
than eighteen months pastl. and By other cause
and
Whereas, Experience shows that ,~a resisting
associations result i'll The veathier classes escap
ing payment OF their taxes while poorer men are
not only compelled TO pay their taxes, bu. adds
t0nsl penalties and costs, and i'll addition thereto
= much heavier rate of taxation than Sodd 10
requisite il those better able TO pay promptly met
their just obligations to the state; and
Whereas, The delinquent tax lists OF The state
as sho IN by the Auditors books. amount to the
enormous sum of s2,33l ,33 60-the proportion IT
the city of New Orleans alone being . 472,,25 g.
said taxes having accrued and fallen due under
the late ADM nstration and the greater portion 81
them being due from those best able to pay and
Whereas, 1t 10 but just and right that the burden
OF supporting The State government Should tall ss
squtably az possible. under the law upon o:
classe, OF the population, ana that elass
should he allowed to svate tho payment of taxes
either by comb nations and associations under the
guIse of passive resistance. b. any othoG .eS2
means or pretenses; and
Whereas, 1t 10 made nv imperative duty 20 s-e
that the taxes duly and promptly collected,
and that all persons who cOnspre in any ~.s
10 injure the Stat. credit, whether by passiy.
active resistance, shall he prevented from suca W
lawful acts;
Now, therefore, I. William p Kellogg Governor
OF the State of Louisiana being desirous OF avoid
ing, II possible, the prosecution OF any citizen ara
being anxious TO restore the public credit, and to-
inaugural" an administration Of retrsnchm.nt and
reform in the financial affars Of the State and
city, and being determined far as is in NV
power, 10 suppress al! unlawful combinations, Ss
scciations and eonspiTaciss for the Illegal puIposes
hereinbefore mentioned do hereby direct the "a
collectors in every part of the State 20 proceed
forthwith with III. collection OF the tsxea
due the state, and TO USE all ..:sa
measures to insure obedience 10 tins Orl.s;
and to the end that th. credit OF The STATE
may be restored tho much needed 4ntsr
Nal Improvements ,e prosecuted. and the burdsn
OF supporting the government be- more equ!.abls
distributed than heretofore, and til. present heass
taxation b. reduced, do hereby warn al citizens
TO deslst from taking part in any combination
sociation OF conspiracy having for its eb,c. the
resistance. psssi We OF otherwise OF IN. collection
OF the taxes due the State, and seausst them 10
comply With the 10 ~ and with their duty By tho
prompt payment of their taxes. and DO h.reb. al.
rect the Attorney General and the district and
parish attorneys throughout Che State TO prosecute
without delay, civiy, erminally and to the fallose
extent OF the lss. all dersultng tan collectors
who are rep Orted such after the publication ~
this proclamation.
Given under NV hand and the seal u shs state
hereuNto attached, this thirteenth day OF March.
III the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sev
enty-three and OF the independence. esthe United
States the ninety seventh.
WILLIAM r. KELLOGG,
By :he Governor:
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Secretary OF state mhi,e9