Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-03-16


Of Boston Il was also shewn that The bank
stork OF the several banks in Boston on the
first day Of May 1911, was (including the
branch bank s 5 .300.0 900; and it could not
be doubted but 5000, 600 If this was oW-Ed
IL Boston. II was contended that ifIhere
was any truth in such statement s5 the
foregoing, that great injustice would he
done the oihert towns the Commonwealth
if the committee refused TO inquire into The
subiect-that as the report now stood the
local committee Of Suffolk, and il 50 happen
ed that ali the gentlemen belonged ro Dos.
ton, bad doomed the town for lie important
articles a.
Stock in Trade, Commissions III
Factorage, Public Securities, Money
on hand, Bank Stock, Shares in Toll
Bridges * Turnpibes, and Plate, only
S 1889, 500
That If the committee peFmiffed rue re-
por: 10 pass Al Il stood, be supposed nearly
13 millions Of personal properly would
wholly escape taxsfion, for fen years 10 come
and char The feet would be 10 make al
fhe ofher towns 10 the Common esIth tribu-
rary 10 Boston. These arguments, however,
and many others which were offered had no
efect-other views seemed 70 oyern rhe
maority Of the commiffee. The rore % 1e-
! consider was negatived.
AIT this stage Of the business, Il was 10
difficult matter for q mathematician, by ad
ding together the County aggregates an6
pope ~ ASCERTAIN how the taxes would fall
on me several counties and thence toPrY
into the secret Of the senatorial apportion.
ment it was not unlikely that some secret of
political nature, had By this time been dis
covered and hence we may account for "
vote tOraise the counties OF MiddlcseXAHd
plymouth, and % reduce Norfolk, Nanttftk-
Ell and Barnstable 1t is upon this principle
also that some undertake to account for tho
very extraordinary manner, IN which the
District of Maine WAS raised by the addition
of S716 polls and III dollars estates and
1t ought 90 be remembered that this was
done after the local committees had made
their reports 10 the General committee, and
they bad all been accepted. The 5y,747
Dollars, doomed on the District Of Maine.
is what is called income, which IS raised by
a calculation of 2 per cent on the value of
unimproyed land, and per cent on the vail
ne fall other property-Thus 2 per cent on
1887 $50 dollars worth Of unimproved land,
VIII give OF what is denominated income in-
terest 59,747 doHars--And 5716 polls paw
the same Tax as a, 087 600 dollars worth of
unimproyed land, making the whole amount
Of property added TO tbs District Of Maine,
BY this supplementary project Of booming
equal 10 1914 $50 dollars worth Of wild
land, or 2,558 3l3 dollars Of any other pro-
perty-It has been stated that pretty early
III me spring D report relating d. land not
within the limits Of any town, district or
plantation, had been laid on the Chairman's
Table, for the consideration of tlle members.
This report was taken Up and acted On be-
fore ths supplementary project Of booming
was resOrled tot turned out that very
large portion Of the land contained in tile
report, had been granted by the state To
Colleges, Academies, &c. &C. and By r
resolve Of The General Court, was exemp-
ted from taxation, for 10 years from the date
OF the deed-this circumstance was over
looked by the committee who bad the sub.
ject under consideration, and after striking
out Of the report all the land thus exempted,
what remained was Of 80 little Importance a.
10 render It Indispensable, id tie opinion of
some members OF the committee 10 resort 10
other means.
At length the report Of the valuation COM
nit,ee, was printed, and on Thursday the
10Th day Of January, was taken up and de-
baled, il will not do TO say Considered, in
the house Of representatives. this uCca-
sion Tie Objectionable parts Of il were for
chilly pointed Out-but any ATTEMPT 10 make
alterations in il was rejected BY powerful
majority, and after a very animated debates
the report was accepted as far as II relates
to- the County aggrega'es-and Tuesday
the 2ist OF January was assigned for the
/ further consideration Of that part Of The re-
port Which relates % he superintendent Of
taxes on the several Owls.
On Friday, tie I7th, Il was rumoured in
the Houte before that body was called 70
Z order, that on the preceding evening, there
. had been Caucus of the democratic mem
J bers, on which occafOn diffingu'thed per-
Tonnage addrehed the meeting in very zesl-
Gus and animated ityie-teIling them they
were forever ruined . "a ~, " they did
not the next day a. iOon As the new Speaker
was cholep, move for reconsideration of he
vote psded siHgning Tueldzy the 2It, for
1 the further confederation of The report Of the
( yauafion committee and force Il through
I the Loufe on that day agsinit all oppohriO1
7 and At all events 7. was fcarcelv P1fhbie 10
believe thata mealure Of this n2tnre l0 en-
tirely contrary 20 all former proceeding
could have been then agreed "a by tie ma
joriiy. Bur there Is hide realon now e
doubt of the fa9-for no fooner was NJ
Ripley, the new fPeaker, fairly iea'ed IN ths
chair, than Mr. Martin, member fro7a
Marblehe4d moved for a reeonhde alton Of
the vo;e paFsd yeterday, sfigu'ng Tuefdat
the 2lf q January for the turtle conhder-
aiioR-of The report or the committee VI va
uaEio1 u Is not DOW remembered tia. ne
member from Marolehead, or any Q her mem
Der who advocated The recaufderzuOn uied