Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-25

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4 be able, from the information received fron
the owners of the large lots TO estimate fol
themselves the valuation OF the small lots
/ Mr. Allan saisi that the explanation wa
I perfectly satisfactory.
| Mr.. Thatcher of pepohscot said that ,h,
/ bill seemed 10 him 10 BE- all right excelI il
/ two particulars, the first of which ~ss '''a
an p~ Der might BE- out OF the Sta, ~,
might not receive his notice, and har,isll,
might arise out of this state of things. Th,
second objection lay in the clause providin.
that an on DER would be required TO expos,
| his whole business to the State land agent
and he should offer an amendment 10 strik,
the latter claus, oct lie thought the House
amendment u proper one.
Mr beering pointed ont that the iator
| nation required by the clause referred Il
by the senator from Penohscet would ena
ble the assessors TO reduce the tax on III,
land.
Mr.. Allan stated that that WAS also the
explanation he put upon the section in
quf fsiion.
Mr. Herrick pointed out that the section
referred 10 WAS iaclaied in the old Law.
Mr. Clark OF Somerset also pointed gu,
that this information comes from the Stat,
land agent instead of from the owners
Mr.. Thatcher said that if he was mistaken
he would withdraw his amendment.
On the question of the adoption Of House
amendment A the Senate non-eoncurred
with the House and rejected the amendmcn;
by vote of II to ).
Mr.. Clark of Somerset presented Senate
amendment A, referred to by Mr.. Ierrlck
of oxford, which was adopted, and the hill
passed TO be engrosscd AS amended
TN motion of Mr. Winslow of Somerset
House order for printing the report of the
committee on military affairs on the adult
ant-generals accounts was taken from tho
table, and on motion of Mr.. Mayo of Pen
ohscot the order was indefinitely post
poned.
Special assignment, House document No.
2il, an act relating TO the sale of land for
taxes was taken from the table.
Mr.. Clark of Somerset offered Senate
amendment A, providing that this act shall
not apply TO taxes already assessed.
Mr.. Peaks of Piscataquis said that he
thought that the proposed bill was as good
for taxes already assessed as for taxes to
be assessed. He hoped the amendment
would not be adopted, but that the bill
would pass as reported by the judiciary
committee or that it do not pass at ali, lie
was perfectly willing to accept an amend
ment that the bill should not apply to suits
already commenced
Mr.. Thatcher of Penobscot said that he
understood that the bill was to aiiec, some
particular matter, and he thought the Icgis-
luture ought not to pass such bill, but il
seemed 10 him that the amendment was
eminently fair, and he pointed out that if
the proposed law was to be applied To taxes
already assessed it might cause an immense
amount of litigation.
Mr. Peaks said that the bill was gen
eral bill and said he thought that the
amendment was for the very purpose of re-
licving certain lands from the provisions of
this bill. lie sad that n careful reading of
the bill would show that all it was designed
to do was TO compel owners of land to pay
their taxes
Mr. Thatcher said that he believed tina,
this bill was designed to affect some partic-
ular ease, and he did not think the Lcgisla-
ture should pass any such bill.
Mr.. Holman of Franklin said that he
had had some experience in the collection
of taxes on wild lands, and that the old
law was somewhat obscure, and it was hard
to collect the taxes from the owners They,
in nine cases out of ten, coult and did get
out of paying their fair taxes for roads.
He said he did not want to persecute the
wild land owners, those in his county were
liberal and used the county we'll, but SO far
AS tins general law is concerned, III his
Judgment, it was right and was what is
demanded by the counties OF this State
where there are wild lands.
On the question being put Senate amend
ment A was adopted by a vote of ~ TO /
Mr.. Thatcher Of renobscot presented
Senate amendment b, providing that the
court shall cause the owners to be notified
Of the pendency of an action, which was
adopted, and the bill passed to be engrossed
as amended.
Special assignment, House document No.
203, and Senate document No. lS2, an act
to amend laws relating 10 intoxicating Ii
qLors, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Shaw of Aroostook offered Senate
amendment A to House amendment a +,
which was adopted, and House amendment
A adopted in concurrence as amended, and
the bill read second time and passed to be
engrossed
Specisl assignment, House document No
J6 and Senate document No. 1S1, an act
relating to Asiatic cholera, was taken from
the table.
Mr. Grinlle of Hancock | want to say
in the beginning that have ever been an
enthusiastic supporter of the board of health
and do not want to be understood as say
ing anything in anyway depreciating these
gentlemen. have the fullest confidence
in their professional skill but have always
been very doubtful whether an occasion
would ever arise where the board of health
could render any great service TO the State.
1t seems to me that one of these opportu-
mites has come, and they can render eff
cient service to the State by preventing the
spread of contagious diseases.
This bill was referred to the judiciary
committee, and think they made very de-
cided Improvements on the original bill
They amended it so that the expenses of
agents appointed to prevent the spread of a
contagious disease through the State should
be borne by the State, and not by the com
munity where the work was done But the
judiciary committee failed in the point
where they lacked professional knowledge
and they reported bill which included only
Asiatic cholera.
Mr.. Grindle then went on to point out
that several other contagious diseases ought
to be included in this bill. some of them,
iyphus fever for instance, being really a
much more dangerous disease than Asatlc
cholera. Typbus fever was more difficult
to guard against, as there was no means
whereby the physicians and attendants could
guard against contagion. He wanted typhus
fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever and small
pox included in the provision of this bill,
and closed by saying that he knew of no
reason whv this should be any harm, and
would like to know why these diseases
should hc left out
Mr. Mayo of Pcpobscoi said that the
committee were unanimous that only Ash
attic cholera should be included in the pro-
visions of this bill, and he thought there
would never have been any proposal of this
sort had il not been for the scare regarding
Asiatic cholera. lie thought that the right
of the travelling public should be respected
as well as those of the people who might BE-
affected By the minor diseases included in
the amendment. He pointed out that If the
State had to bear all the expenses Of this
matter it nigh. have to bear a very unusual
burden, for any local board could call upon
the State board at any time to come in and
the expense might be large
Mr.. Grindle said that the senator from
Penobscot misunderstood the bill. The bill
simply granted to the State board the right
to make certain rules regarding contagious
diseases in ease Of likelihood Of an epi-
demic. He pointed out that typbus fever,
a much more serious disease than cholera,
was already in the country, while there was
not single case of cholera uow in the
country He hoped that the Senate wonld
consider well before voting what they were
voting on.
After some further remark. from Messrs
Mayo and Grindle,
Mr.. Peaks of piscataquis said that this