The Portland daily press., 1893-01-25

OFCly sewer OF OUneT Sp6cldl dSSSSoAlOh
which Is invalid by reason of any errors
omission or Irregular y in the assess
ment which has been recovered back
may be re-assessed by the assessors or
other officers who may have jurisdiction
over the subject for the time being, to
just the amount and upon the estate to
which and to the person to whom such
tax or assessment ought first to have
been assessed. The act applies to assess
ments already made, but in all cases the
re-assessmeut must be made within six
years from the date of the original as
seSSment.
Still another matter relating to tax
alton is an order presented in the House
directing the tax committee to inquire
into the expediency of authorizing cities
and towns to exempt from municipal
taxation money hired from their own
citizens.
This afternoon the taxation committee
gave hearing on the bill to impose an
annual tax OF one-tenth of one per cent
on the capital stock at the par value of
corporations organized under Maine laws,
and not otherwise taxed in Maine.
Messrs. Byron D.. Verrill, Clarence Hale
and Mr.. Knowlton of Portland, and Attor
ney General Powers appeared. They
were not in favor of the proposed tax,
urging that it would tend to drive from
the state corporations which now come
here to organize under Maine laws, but
which do business elsewhere. These
corporations are a source of con-
siderable revenue to the state in
the fees they pay and, Indirectly,
in the business which they bring to
Maine lawyers. The gentlemen who adj
dressed the committee did not oppose
the bill to increase the fees paid to the
state for the organization of such cor
porations. Among other things, it was
stated that this business was worth S25,-
900 year to the members of the bar in
Portland. The committee has not yet
reported these bills and will take the
representations made to them this after
noon into consideration.
The Druggists Bill.
President Ara Warren of Bangor and
Secretary Treasurer Hezeltine of Port
land of the Maine Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation were in the city today conferrlng
with the friends of the druggists bill.
The judiciary committee will give hear
ing on the bill Thursday afternoon and
it bids fair to be an interesting one. The
bill numbers among its friends some of
the most pronounced advocates of prohi-
bition in the state. 1t was stated here
today that its enemies were preparing
and circulating remonstrances against it.
Horatius at the Bridge.
Rome sits enthroned on her several
ills and her ways are cow paths. At
least Mr.. Henry Golden of Belgrade, who
is anxious that part of Rome should be
annexed to his town. says that some of
the Roman roads are little better than
cow paths. Like the Rome of old, the
D odern Rome of Kennebec county has
il ) Tiber and this is the stream which
turns Mr.. Henry Golder's mill where Mr..
Colder manufactures spools, and the di-
viding line between Rome and Belgrade
passes through Mr.. Colder water power
and dam and across the highway bridge
just below. Before the committee on
towns this afternoon Mr.. L. C. Cornish
acted as Horatius and defended the Ro-
man end of that bridge, while Messrs.
Heath and Carleton led the forces which
are trying to take from Rome its share
of the Tiber and the bridge and part of
it's territory.
Mr.. Henry Colder told the committee
LlidU SllOul0 OlO oludll PlCSO VI hOulS
desire by the petitioners be annexed to
Belgrade it would be followed by the
development of the water power and
probably by the erection of wooden
mill these things now being impossible,
owing to the high rate of taxation which
prevails in the namesake of the Eternal
City. 43 mills on a dollar. Mr.. Colder
owns several acres of land on the Rome
side of the stream where he stores
his stock. His mill is in
Belgrade. He also said that the Romans
living in the district in question got their
mail at Belgrade post Office, went to
church there and their children attended
the union district school.
Thomas s. Colder, A. Fl. Colder, Frank
Pray and Willie Austin, who live in
Rome, near Belgrade mills, told the COM
mittee that they wanted to be annexed
because taxes were high in Rome and
also because they thought their part of
Rome belonged to Belgrade on account of
the post Office. church and school. They
thought the town of Rome had not done
all it might in reducing the war debt
Mr.. Cornish, on cross-examination,
met this assault from over the Tiber by
questions designed to- show, that ssthe
poor old town of Rome" had done it's best
900 to something over $1,000 in ten years;
that so far as the church. school and
post Office were concerned it made no
real difference on which side of the line
the petitioners lived; and that the real
reason for the movement was desire to
get into town where taxes were lower.
Chapter two of this history of the at
tack on the Eternal City of the Kennebec
will be told the committee next Monday
evening, when the Roman citizens who
want to keep all their roads and their
share of the Tiber which turns the mill
wheels, will do the talking.
What Is Pure Milk?
The milk inspectors of Portland and
other cities would like to know. They
say that under the present law there is
no established standard and in fact that
in case of adulteration of milk they
would have great difficulty in under
taking proceedings against guilty persons