The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-14
POLITICAL.
REPUTATION.
PLATFORM OF THE HIVES.

l.. liquidation Of tho whole of the so-called deb
of the State of Louisiana and refusing to vote 10
any tax to pay the principal or the interest Of tn
same,
2. The passage of act by the Legislature o
Louisiana at the earliest moment possible prohibit
ing the assessment OF taxes under any name o
gulse whatsoever to pay interest or principal Of tn
so-caled debts OF any city town. village or parisl
in the State
B. The passage of an act BY Congress- compile
mental to the section of the Federal Constitution
declaring that no State shall emit bills of credit
making it penal oense to assess attempt TO- col
ect tax to pay the interest the principal of any
bill OF credit issued by to the of State
q pubic corporation created by State.
a. Abolition OF every State tax upon industry
enactment of any such taxes, by city town village
! or parish authority; and the entire exemption By
statute. of all vessels, whether sea-gong riyel
craft, from wharfage. levee, any tax whatsoever
in every port and at every landing in Louisiana
D. Reduction of State taxation, for every purpose
t" rat vhiei sha not exceed one dollar and hal
Per heat Cd Il pop aticn o. the STATE SAY 7uott2
according IL ne us male III 10.
| g Limitation Of municipal or paroehial taxes fol
all purposes to rate which shall exceed seven
dol airs per head of municipal parOchal population
say f2OOOOO) in New Orleans according to the same
| census.
!. hat all taxes. State a'd municipal, remaining
due on the LIST Janusry, 1875 shall be cancelled ex
cept SO much thereof be necessary to paw the
appropriations due to charitable institutions to Off
GERS secretaries clerks and working people engaged
i'll the publ vice, and for supplies furnished for
public uso provided however, that rigid scrutiny
shall be made into all claims whether pay rolls or
accounts against any department reasonably obnox-
ios to the suspicion Of fraud that cash prices only
not the extravagaDt prices charged by reason of de.
preciated credit shall be a lowed; and provided
shall be collected in New Oreans-say one-titth of
the amount, which will probably remain due at the
time specified.
8. That the salary fees of every public officer
whose remuneration is properly subject of legsla-
tive consideration, shall. be reduced to an amount
corresponding with the abilities required to perform
n, 1~l IA.
consideration being had also to the universal inpov
erishment of the people.
Resolved That every nominee of the HIVES shall
give his written assent to the Platform and shall
pledge himself to support it.
City Administrators.
MayOr-JOHN j. LANE.
SCULLY
Administrator Finance. L. DAVIES.
Administrator Assessments--JOHN f. POPP
Administrator Police-ZEPH FOLEY.
Administrator Commerce - DENIS PRIEUR
WHITE.
Administrator Water Works
Civil Sheritf-A. H DELMAS
Criminal Sheritf-D. A. DENISON.
Coroner First, Fourth Sixth and Seventh Districts
DR.. THOMAS E. BROADDUS.
Coroner Second and Third Districts-DELPHN
BIENVENU.
Senator'S First Dstrict-B. r. FORMAN, W. W.
CARRE.
Senator Second District ANTHONY SAMBOLA.
Senator Third District-JOHN PAISLEY.
Representatives.
First District-T. a BARTLETTE JAMES
TIMONY
Second District. A. FLORAT, JAS. POWERS.
Third Dstrict-E. WOOD PERRY. A DU-
Fourth District-NICHOLAS SINNOTT, CARL
FISHER.
Fifth District-FRANK MARQUEE. JOHN H.
CAST ELLANOS.
Sixth District
Seventh District-JOSEPH BRUNEAU, NJ. A. |
Eighth District AUG. STUART.
Ninth District -
Tenth Distrct-H. II. WARD, CHARLES H.
REED CHAS. HEATH.
Eleventh Dstrict-E. e. KELLY
Fifteenth Ward (Algers) -
Justices of the Pence.
l. J. C. COLEMAN.
9. VIM. II. HOLMES.
3. JOHN L. LARESCHE.
4. JOHN CAIN.
G. JOHN p HIGGINS.
Z. X. II. HACKNEY.
COnstables.
I. JAMES COLLENS
2. PETER kEARNEY.
3. MICHEL j. PONDS.
4. JOS CONTRERAS.
G. VIM FOLEY
:. VIM. KINBERGER OF Inn