Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-08-20
Amounting 10 the whole to $50, 800 30

I Representative pay Is |,4E 10
Amounting 10 the whole to $50, 800 30
This is paid by The pefie OF hiaine
supporting government and we have TAX
the four last the expenses were greater IN those
| years than any other
But il is conended by the advocates of separation that the
Banks Name should be added 10 the above which
would make the whole amount 80 Tins however is
correct for after the bank no operaon the tax
polls and would have been poportonaby reduced
had Treasury been embarrassed by skinners deacaton
and the very heavy witch have since been incurred IN
defending the State during the war; hese are therefore
ordinary And the annual lax before stated had
always found amply sufficient with the other revenues OF
the deay the ordinary expenses OF government IL Is
fair presume that the Banks would III great measure
superseded the necessity of taxes had not oeen Tor
| the unfortunate occurrences above stated
But confidently asserted by tue advocates OF separation
that Maine pays than hundred thousand Dollars dnd-
In towards supporting the GOV eminent Massachusetts, and il
will naturally be asked how possible there Cat be so great
difference in the calculations plain SUBJECT And IL -
certainly very important obtain correct information On TINS
point.
pamphlet has been written and circulated into every part
Maine under the imposing title OF An appeal TO the people
of Maine the question of separation ihis book "nten
with much pasoty and under the greatest GpeGfa oil
candou the dangerous and papabe mepeenta
Whatever have been the motives oil
the author instead of furnishing light and information on THIS
subject shed darkness deusion and there
great display os calculations accompanied by the most poVe
declarations that they founded public documents ne
point of the many and mrepesnta
which this pamphlet abounds. In performing Tbs u
shall refer the Troasuer Report printed BY orier Of
General June last and such other authentic docu
ments may be relied upon.
Ia stating and expenses of Massachusetts the
thor this Pamphlet says the assessed for the fnsmbeF
legislature the year 1872 90 40 and the
year 1915 amounted 5@S!O leaving to be inferred thai
The expenses the Legislature had nearly doubled the short
but should be remembered that 1914
nothing assessed for the pay of members Of the Legislature
aud 1885, the made for both lie Mex
observes that the sum annually raised by the tax cap
a after deductn the donation of ID OCO to the Colleges
about ID $50 00o Now the Urea IN mas report
says The Banks only 3000and you deduct the
donation the Colleges il leaves only d. $1,000 making an
error OF THiRTY.THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
lie then the arising from the sales of eastern
lands and paid the Treasury from June ~ 1901 to ute 1918
TO be d. 25S 05 49, exclusive OF expenses OF surveys &C mahs
annual of ID II 5O4 70, and observes that The
receipts this Of rather Increasing than
dmnisng"No having before any document by which We
can test the correctness stated will only
observe that this OF ami for long tine has
been decreasing the paid inso The treasury must have pro-
ceeded long agos the sales of those lands
many years and sales of any Importance
recently been made And the Treasurer placing no re-
that OF revenue says OF the 1O3 due
to the COMMONWEALTH principally Tor lands not more tuah
ID 10000 ever be Collected"
After stating the Dividends Boston and Union Banks
Of the interest and reimbursement Of
u S. stock to aaoua fo year 1913 1871 $751; &C. the
the accrung TO the state in subsequent years
vary Materially BY this he would give us to under
stand amount of annually derived
suuce-Now what is the fac. The treasurer states
the Dividends the Bank D60 900 and as the ned
pay the Interest thing account oil tue
Reimbursement the principal of the debt they owe the state
no revenue this ouceEiee thenis an error OF
ONE HUNDRED ANDTwENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY ONE DOLLAR EIGHTY SIX CENTS
But if should be resumed which probably be
the case when funds Of the United states shall enable them 10
it, they will only DA86ot %, "nd TINS sum va"
be constantly diminishing, asneay hall oil II viii be applied 10
the of the principal OF that debtbut you
take this the be paid annually, and ada IL 10 the
SO 600 Bank dividends will make only DO35o % instead
of d. 1874 3 &c. by the author of the Pamphlet And
this together with the proceeds OF the sales oil lands Is ny
appropriated sinking fund for the payment OF the Debt
which the State owes.
The next error shall notice the amount stated PAD
by suors in Maine part the Salaries oil the Judges oil tue
Supreme j. Court which this author estimated oy Ven
tlenen opposed to Separation AT d. 500 annually bu' /"
found by IN Court dockets that TINS sum does MOI
exceed D 800 year. -.
Bur the errors we have noticed though great IN amount ana
such as to destroy all confidence III his ief 600" Oh Tue
advocates separation mere rnes compare" WI" "o ~
fow-Afte having thus misated tue revenues VI he
probably of supporting nus subsequent
culatons of expenditures the writer says appears eAu
nation of the books of the Treasury t-a me acfua e
te State exclusive ofte disbursements sag "a
for four amounts To Iva oo' 90 10
average a,npal expense for the same time Doaoi
But h. admits that the intere't,of iEt nept
which the state owes is to be deauctea Hoh - 80
, Iis0 sun, which he states 10 be So, ACT 90
Leaving balance OF S4Io 800 ~
as the Average annual expense supporting me gofef"me