Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-27

Grl.ll Will COuNlACC luC mOoG oSSPtiN"A'
carried along as assets of the town. There
are 81 paupers in the town. Three OF her
neighboring towns, Mayfeld, Lexington
and Kingsbury, have gone back and be-
come plantations Previous to this they
also We're going down just as Brighton is
today Brighton cannot hold her head up
among her sister towns She is poor.
There is nc question about it, With her
excessive tXaXes, with her burden OF
roads which she is obliged to keep up, with
no access whatever to any market with
no water power of any kind, except a
very small power just sufficient to run a
grist mill and small shingle mill, with
nothing to help her or to carry her
through, and with her tax rate at Al
mills, she cannot get along; and they
come here with petition, signed by al
most every inhabitant in the town, and
ask that their acts of incorporation be re-
pealcd.
The bill was then read first time and
assigned.
Senate document No. "a, bill an act
relating to sales of land for payment
of taxes, specially assigned for today, was
taken from the table.
Mr. Hovey of Somerset asked ques-
ton in regard to the provision on page 3,
that no irregularity, informality or omis-
sion in regard to notice by the collector
shall invalidate the deed; and Mr.. Savage
of Androscoggin said that the statute itself
furnished the best notice, and that the
notice by the collector was retained merely
as matter of convenience and might
eventually be dispensed with altogether.
Mr. Walls of Knox said that he regarded
this bill very favorably. He found that
the trouble in this matter of tax deeds had
always been with the notices when they
were turned over to the treasurer The
provisions in regard to notice have been
hard to comply with. He thought that
this bill made the matter clear and simple,
and he approved of the bill.
Senate amendments A, B and G, of
fered by Mr.. Savage of Androscoggin,
were then adopted, and the bill read second
time and passed to be engrossed as
amended.
On motion of Mr. Prescott of York
Senate documents Nos. 20 and 80, bill an
act to fix the compensation and expenses
pital in the performance of the duties re-
quired of him by chap. 295 of the Public
Laws of 1898, in visiting the State prison,
aud the Governors veto message thereon,
were taken from the table.
The Senate rcconsidcred the vote where
by this bill was passed to be enacted, and
the President stated that the question now
was ON the passage of the bill to be en-
acted against the Governors veto, and
that the vote was required to be taken bv
yeas and nays.
Mr. Walls of Knox: In this matter l
believe that the Governor has practically
concluded to veto his own acts. l under
stand that he allowed bill for these ex-
penses for the year 1898, and stated in his
message that he had also done so for the
year 1894. although that afterwards proved
to be mistake. shall stand by my vote
on the matter and shall vote for the pas
sage of the bill.
Mr.. Shaw of Aroostook: 1 do not ques-
ton the necessity of this veto message
am very glad that His Excellency had the
courage to oppose against my will what
had not the courage to stand up and op-
pose against what thought at the time
was his will; but on this point i have
since been set right Now / feel a good
deal like the boy who was kicked in the
face by the mule, / may not look as well
but l know more.
Mr. Ferguson of Sagaddhoc: l was a
member of the committee that reported
this bill The principal reason given for
the passage of this bill was that the
Governor and Council had done almost
precisely the thing that we proposed to
do. On that understanding | voted for
the bill
Mr. Waterhouse Of Cumberland: AS a
bill. ! believe that l know as we'll as
anybody what tho requirements are in
this matter, and l shall stand on my own
belief, and shall vote to pass the bill
Mr.. Savage of Androscoggin: I intro
duced this bill. but shall sustain the
Governors veto by my vote. At the
time the bill was introduced | under
stood-and it was through my own fault
and was the fault of nobody else but my
self it did not understand it Alright
that this bill would accomplish what had
actually been done for the last two years
by the Governor and Council. Without
inquiring into particulars or details.
perhaps jumped to the conclusion that in
allowing the expenses of the superinten-
dent, the bills had been itemized to show
mileage and a per diem, and drafted the
bill in that way Subsequently. | found
that the expenses for 1894 had not been
paid, and the expenses for 1893 had been
allowed as expenses only. and not as
mileage and per diem. The principle
which the Governor seeks to sustain BY