Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-21

regular order, which was resolve to en-
force fish and game laws.
Mr.. Barrett Of Canaan offered to amend
by inserting $4,000 for s25, 900 wherever
It may occur in the resolve. Messrs.
Barrett OF Canaan, Gilbert of Greene.
Ieague OF Caribou and Dickey of Fort
Kent spoke in favor of the amendment.
Mr.. Haines of Watelville opposed the
amendment
The question being on the adoption OF
the amendment, the yeas and NAYS were
ordered on motion of Mr. Barrett OF
Canaan.
YEAs-Abbott, Adams, Bailey of Bridgton
Bailey Bailey of Whitefied, Barrett, Bennett, Berry
Chase. Comins, Dickey, Farrow. Friend Eur.
bush, Gilbert of Greene, Holbrook, Jewell
Keegan, King, Law, Lawrence of North Var
mouth, Libby OF Chester; Libby of Durham
ing, Niles, Patten, Peasley OF Jonesport. pink
ham, Reynolds, Rich, Robinson. Ross. saw
yer OF Millbridge, Sawyer of smithfeld, Shea
Smith OF Dayton, Smith of Hodgdon ,Sprague
Stanley, Sweetser, league Tolnaan of Carroll
Tolman of Warren. traitor, White, Written
Winslow.-d.
= NAys1Bagnal l Barton. Beeale, Bixby
Cousens, Crockett, Daigle, Dole, Dudley, Dunn
mer, Fairbanks, Harrington, Floyd. Folsom
Gilbert of Canton, Grindle, Grose, Haines
Hapgood, Hill, Hiscock, Hooper, Houghton,
Howe, Hurd, Hutchinson, Jennings, Jones OF
Rowland, Kingman, Knowlton Lane. LARA
bee, Leavitt, Littlefield, Longley, Mccullough,
Merrill, Merry Miller. Millett, Moulton
of Wiscasset, Richardson, Roberts, Rodick
Rowell, Singer, Smith of Hanover, Smell
Spear of Rockland, Spear of West Gardiner,
Tibbetts, WEIGH, Wells, Weymouth, Wheeler
Wides, Williams, Woodside.-6s
ABsENT-Babcock, Bartlett, Basford, Black
Boothby. Clark of Hollis, Coffin, Daggett
Doten, Doyle, Garner, Geyer, Hamlin, Howes
Jones of China, Kane. Lawrence of Lubec,
Leighton. Miles, Moore of Goudsboro, Plum
mer, Rideout. Rollins, Ryerson, Sanborn
Smith of Marion. Twitchell, Whelden.-2s.
The amendment was accordingly lost.
On motion of Mr.. Haines of Waterville.
the rules were suspended and the resolve
passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. White of Rockland,
an act to amend an act to establish a
police court in the city of Rockland, APP
proved March II, 1861, was taken from
the table.
Mr.. Spear of Rockland offered an
amendment, which was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. White, the rules
were suspended and the bill passed to be
engrossed as amended.
The regular order being bill relating to
rights of widows and widowers in real
etate of deceased husbands and wives, and
the adoption of House amendments A
and b, Mr.. Barrett of Canaan spoke in
opposition to the bill, and Mr. Hamlin of
Ellsworth and Mr.. Fairbanks of Bangor
in favor of the same
The question being on the passage of
the bill in concurrence with the Senate as
amended by House amendments A and b.
The bill received its third reading and
was passed to be engrossed as amended.
The next matter in regular order being
resolve laying a tax on counties of the
State for the years 1895 and 1896,
Mr. Packard of Blanchard offered an
amendment, which was adopted.
Mr. Lombard of Concord also offered an
amendment, which was adopted.
The resolve was then passed to be en-
crossed as amended.
The next regular order was reports A
and B of the committee on taxation on
bill relating to assessing common school
fund.
Mr.. Gilbert of Greene said in behalf of
the majority of the committee on taxation
uC WlSliCu w CApldlll piONloloho VA tLlV'
bill. We are aware that the sentiment of
the wealthy property holders of the State
are opposed to any disturbance of the
tax laws of the State at the present time,
but the majority of this committee feel
that this bill has one of the most just and
equitable provisions that has come be
fore the present Legislature. The two
reports went to the Senate and the minor
ity report, in effect ought not to pass, was
substituted for the majority, and it now
comes before us for concurrence. The
majority of the committee cannot concur
with this action.
The State long ago adopted the policy
of common fund, common tax for the
common schools of the State. That tax
is made up largely by what is known as
the school mill tax. There are other
moneys received for common school pur-
poses, but those are not for us to consider
This school mill tax is tax of one mill
assessed upon all the property of the State
for common school purposes. This to
gcther with the other moneys appropriated
for the same purpose goes to make up the
common school fund, and that common
school fund is apportioned to the State at
largo Der SCHoitI NlIHptiu uioUiltuAoli vi
locality, without distinction of property
and on no other basis than the per scholar
basis. Last year this amounted to So 80
per scholar, which was paid from this
fund, and every town in the State in pro
portion to its number of scholars. Each
scholar was credited to an amount Of
50. so in his schooling from this source.
Everybody comedies this to be right, this
school mill tax apportioned for this com
mon purpose. 1t is right in principle and
it is right in its operations. This method
reconizes Oh the part of the State a com
mon obligation for common cause 1t
recognizes the fact that the common
schools of the State are the wards Of the
State and that the State is under obliga-
tions to every scholar, wherever found,
without regard to property surroundings
in any manner or condition. This school
fund is apportioned not on a valuation,
but per scholar. But this school fund
raised on the property of the State at
large is not sufficient for the support OF
our common schools. 1t does not give to
the municipalities sufficient money to
carry on the requisite amount of educa-
ton which is desired in our common
schools. Consequently method is pro
vided to add to that amount of money,