Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-22

See House report
The presii,nt appointed the follo~ins COM
inittce on temperance Ncssr~- Lamson of
SatadaI,oc. Fcrnald Of Franklin, Lam-on of
Waldo.
On motion Of Mr.. FERSALp,
Adjourned.
House.
"WEDNESDAY. Jan. 2lst.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. BETTER .. Vassal
borp'.
Paper. from thu Senate disposed Of in CON
urrrnce.
Bv request Of Mr. ANDREWS of Norway
thnt gentleman vas excused from serving on
thc Committee on Printing and Binding. and
Nr Simnnton OF Rockland was appointed to
an the vacancy.
fhe Speaker announced the following:
Jofxr STANDING COMMITTEE.
Finance -Mcs,r. HAYES of Cumberland
Hill Of Hancock aud Cornish Of k.nnebec.
m the part of the senate. AMI Messrs. Young
t i:run,wick. Mason "f Limerick. Cutler of
li1ng"r. Brook, IT Belfast Richards of Gar
liner. Talbot of Etu Marhi,s AMI Gushee
II kpplrtun. on the part of the House.
GA motion of Mr. SMART of Drering,
ORDER.
ni-h the Messenger with one copy of the Acts
mi Resolves OF ls1J for each member of the
present House.
On moi m of Mr. SrRorr of Portland. the
House AZ ] o'clock took n recess until II
The members at II O'Clock were called TO
order by the Speaker.
Ffrcriov or STATE TRr,srRrR.
\ message was received from the SENATE
through 1t, Secretary proposing a joint con
v,ulinn Of both branches of u legislature
R the Hall of the House At Representatives
forthwith for the purpose of elcCting a rrca.-
urcr at State for the current fiscal wear.
The Clerk was charged with and conveyed
= message to the Senate CnuCurriny in the
proposition tor a convention.
Ihrrcupnn the Senate came in and CON
vrntjon was formed
IL CONVENTION
On motion of Mr. BERRY of Kennebcc.
thai gentleman with Messrs True of Cum
hcrland. on the part of the Senate. and
Nessrs. Baker OF orrington. Trafton Of
Georgetown. Rogers of Strtson, Hartman 1T
krn lhvid and WATSON Yf Brnuksyilc ON the
part ct the House were appoint, 4 commit
-, t. receive. sort and count votes for Slt.
lrtasnrPr.
l.
the committee reported
Whole number ~ votes 9s
Necessary for \ choice IS.
Samuel \ Holbronk. had o..
And Hon, Samuel \ EIolhrook was de
clsrrd duly elected State Treasurer for tho,
current fiscal wear
nn motion of Mr.. Surru of Lincoln. the
Secretary was directed To inform the Cover
nor that the Hon Samuel A. IIolbrnuk. had
been elected Treasurer of State for the cur
rent fiscal year.
The convention then dissolved and the
Senate retired.
Is Horsr.
STATE NNr,rIox
Nr. Powers. of Iioulton. presented the
following;
Resolved. That the Secretary Of State i.
hereby directed TO send to the assessors ut
the several cities. towns and plantations in
the State. copy of the order in relation to
the valuation of property in the State passed
on the 10Th of January. lSso and to notify
said assessors that the subject Of such vaIua-
tinn is now before the Legislature.
Mr.. Hale. of Ellsworth: Ii seems to me
this is a verywisc provision. and especially 50
IN the condition that We are in. There is no
subject. perhaps. of material kind in which
the people ot the State are more vitality in
tcrrstcJ than this valuation. And this i. th,.
legislature that has got to consider it and TO
IN the basis at that valuation throughout the
State. And especially now il it proper that
We so what may NOT have been custnmarily
dnnv-scnd out word tn the authorities ~,
towns. clti,s and plantations that the subject
J. before the legislature and all the more so
because certain regions and sections Of the
state are at present unreprc>cnted in this body
The people of those seciinns ought not to suf
f,r because of that. find here for instance a.
1t occurs tn INV mind in hooking over the roll
that some very impnrrsn, towns in the state
with peculiar kinds OF property that must be
considered III making up this valuation. are
not represented herr. Take the large town IF
Ihnmtston which i entitled to memb,.-ship
IN tins body. and which has an interest in thi.
valuation. There i nnh,Slv here to reprcs.nt
them, and We must notify the assessors "a.
that town. and the town must be a, the ex
pense. and Will be undoubtedly. IS noh,Jv
Represents her here, Of seeing that her inter
es's arr cared tnr IN this question TAX, the
large, thriitv and popular town of Camden.
She ought n.it Ia ne ltft out in the cold. And
when basis Il tiyegi for the valuation that !.
10 settle taxation Ter the next ten wears. Cam
len ought Ia have somebody here To rpnr,.-
sent ier- take my own county There is
the town Of Deer Isle. II has al~avs been
tcit Know by many other towns that the
property of that town was not sutH ien,lv
brought out. and that Deer Isle was not paw
IN her share at the tax tina, is as
sc>>cd uP0n Hancock county. That
i a quc>tiou that will come un when We se,tle
the basis ot this valuation. Deet Isl, * M,
represented herc. There is nobody to lonl
after her Interests: and yet the vsluaiion can
not stop Ii must 80 on: and Deer Isle
oagat 10 hav- notice so that. as her rrp-e.en-
sine stays away AMI leaves her interest IN.
cared for. som e'pi, NAV come up here at the
expense of thar town and lonk AFTER the mat
te-
Ike the regiaa where know there has
n n = "a ( aagiairi heretofore. the whole
o. n nj era Aroasiu0k. noh,,dy here ri re-
Tag H. Ani people in other parts of tn
State have felt that with the many beneficial