The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-16
I. POLITICAL.
REGULATION.
PLATFORM OF THE HIVES.

! 1. Reputation of the whole of the socalled deb
of the State of Louisiana, and refusing to vote fo
any tax to pay the principal or the interest of tn
same,
Louisiana. at the earliest moment possible, prohibit
1 ing the assessment of taxes, under any name o,
guse whatsoever to pay interest principal of tht
called debts OF any city, town, village or parish
| g. The passage of an act by Congress, compile
mental to the section of the Federal Constitution
making it penal Offense to attempt to col
tax to pay the interest the principal of any
bill Of credit issued by or to the neme of ate,
public corporation created by State .
A. Abolition of every State tax upon industry,
| known license tax prohibition, by Legislative
enactment OF any such taxes by city, town village
or parish authority and the entire exemption "
| statute Of all vessels whether sea going river
craft, from wharfage, levee any tax whatsoever
in every port and At every landing in Louisiana.
S. Reduction Of State taxation for every purpose
to rate which shall not exceed one dollar and hall
per head of the population Of the State (say 100 eOo
according to the census made in 1870.
Limitation Of municipal parochial taxes for
all purposes, to rate which shall not exceed seven
dollars per head of municipal parochial population
say t20O,OOO in New Orleans, according to the same
| census
!. That all taxes. State a. d municipal, remaining
due OH the LIST January 1875 shall be cancelled ex
cept much thereof may be necessary to paw the
appropriations due to charitable institutions to Off
GERS secretaries, clerks and working people engaged
in the pubic service and for supplies furnished for
pubic pTOSluet uOWcNeFs Luat rlglN scrutiny
shall be made into all claims, whether pay-rolls
accounts against any department reasonably obnox-
ous TO the suspicion of fraud that cash prices only
not the extravaganza prices charged by reason of de-
preciated credit, shall be q lowed; and provided
that in any event, not million of such taxes
shall be collected in New Orleans-say one-tifth of
the amount, which will probably remain due at the
time specified.
5. That the salary fees of every public officer
whose remuneration is properly subject Of egisa.
tive consideration, shall be reduced to an amount
corresponding with the abilities required to perform
his duties and the responsibilities of his place due
consideration being had also to the universal impOv
Resolved That every nominee of the HIVES shall
give his written assent to the Platform, and shall
pledge himself to support it.
City Administrators.
MayOrJOHN j. LANE
Administrator of Improvements - DANIEL
SCULLY.
Administrator Accounts
administrator Finance
Administrator Accommodations F. POPP.
Administrator Police-ZEPH FOLEY.
Administrator Commerce - DENIS PRIEUR
WHITE.
Administrator Water Works -
Civil Sheriff.. II. DELMAS.
Criminal Sheritf-D. A. DENISON.
Coroner First, Fourth Sixth and Seventh Districts
DR. THOMAS f. BROADDUS
Coroner Second and Third Districts-DELPHIN
BIENVENU.
Senators First District-B. r. FORMAN, WV.
CARRE.
senator Second District-ANTHoNY sAAlBoLA.
4.
Representatives.
First District-T. A. BARTLETTE, JAMES
TIMONY
Second DISTRICT. A. FLORAT, JAS. POWERS.
Third District e. WOOD PERRY. A DU-
MESTRE.
Fourth District sINNOTT, CARL
FISHER.
Fifth District-FRANK MARQUEZE JOHN H.
CAST ELLANOS.
Sixth District -
Seventh District-JOSEPH BRUNEAU, NJ A.
Eighth District AUG STUART.
Ninth District
Tenth District-H. Ii. WARD CHARLES Fl
REED. CHAS. HEATH.
Eleventh Dstrict-E. G. KELLY.
Fifteenth Ward (Algers) -
Justices of the Peace.
l. J. c. COLEMAN.
2. VIM. H. HOLMES.
3. JOHN L. LARESCHE.
4. JOHN CAIN.
G. JOHN P. HIGGINS
T. r. II. HACKNEY.
COnstables.
1. JAMES COLLENS.
2. PETER KEARNEY.
3. MICHEL J. PONDS.
4. JOS CONTRERAS.
6. VIM FOLEY.
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