Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-22
THE TAX RATE.
Reported at Mills for 1897;
and 2 "a Mills for 1898.
Features ofths First Saturday Session
Of the Winter.
Session Today at $50 P. M.-BiIls Signed
BY Gov. Powers Notes.

y o CLOCK and about an hour later both
branches adjourned. to meet this after
noon at 4.3O o'clock and enter upon the
work of the 18th week. The Saturday
session was Well improved, and quite an
amount of work was accomplished. A
stack OF bills were put along through
their readings. and quite a number Of
measures were taken from the table,
Ine feature of the House session was
the report of the committee on ways
ana means directing the State asses
sors TO place the tax rate at three mills
Tor 1897 and twoand three-fo -fourths mills
TOR 1898. This increase in the tax rate
is made necessary by the condition Of
the State treasury resulting from the
reductlon OF the tax rate, two years
ago After the order had been passed
under suspension of the rules and sent
up to the Senate Mr. Hamilton moved
to recall it. The order was accordingly
brought back, the. vote passing it was
reconsidered and the order laid on the
table. There was much discussion of
MIR. Hamilton's action and it is Thought
1t will result in prolonging the session.
SO that there is practically no hope of a
final adjournment, this week.
The only new measure in the House
was resolve of 500 for the preserva-
ton of the old block house at Fort
Kent, introduced by Major Dickey. A
similar resolve was indefinitely post
poned few days ago. but the major is
determined to try again. The bill
changing the Augusta ward lines was
tabled by Mr.. Williams of Augusta,
pending it's passage to be enacted.
The bill relating to travelling libraries
was passed by vote of 80 to six. Mr..
Palmer of Bangor. who opposed the
bill. raised the point of no quorum and
the point was sustained by the chair
and the bill was laid on the table This
did not suit Major Dickey. and when.
a little later, it was moved that the
House adjourn he raised the point of
order that the House could not ad-
journ without the presence of a quo
rum. He said that once he had staid
there three days while stage coaches
were sent all over Maine to get enough
members together to effect an adjourn
ment. Under the Reed rules a quorum
is net necessary to adjourn and so
Speaker Larrabee ruled that the point
of Major Dickey was not we'll taken,
and adjourned the House to the dis
comfiture of the doughty old warrior.
The anti-cigarette BILL which has been
on the table for three weeks, was taken
up and assigned for further considera-
ton. next Wednesday. In the Senate
the Bangor hospital resolve was as
signed for consideration Monday after
noon, and the commercial feed stuff
bill for Tuesday morning.
Governor Powers was one of the few
who remained at the Capitol Saturday
afternoon, nearly every one else hav
ing gone home. He remained in his CT
flee and had no troublein in finding plenty
to do. During the day he signed Is
acts and seven resolves. One Of the
resolves was that granting $4,000 an
nually for ten years to the Maine
State college. Up to date Governor
Powers has signed 244 acts and IS re-
solves. This is smaller number than
usual at this time in the session, but
there is always a stack of them to be
signed during the closing days. The
Public Laws of 1897 will not number
nearly as many as those of 1895.
The following new corporations filed
certificates at the secretary of States
office. last week:
Daily Illuminated Instrument Com
pany; organized at Saco. for the pur-
pose of manufacturing and dealing in
surgical or dental instruments with or
without electrical Illuminating attach
ments. Capital stock, $25O,O0O. of which
$50 is paid in. President, Joseph o.
'Bradstreet of bingham, Mass; treas
urer, David H. s. Tappan of Brook
line, Mass.
Hunt Printing and Engraving Com
pany, organized at Portland, for the
purpose of carrying on general pub
fishing business. Capital stock. $780,
900, of which nothing is paid in; pres
ident, Albert F. Hunt of Newburyport,
Mass: treasurer, C. T. Hunt Of New
burypOrt, Mass.
The Seaside Water Chute and
Amusement Company; organized at
Portland for the purpose of building
and operating places of amusement:
capital stock 100000. of which $25 is
paid in; president, Chas. M. Reed of
Boston,; treasurer, Lucius A. Bigelow
of Boston.
National Bride Company, organized
at Portland for the purpose of manu-
featuring goods useful for horses and
other animals; capital stock, 100000
of which $50 is paid in; president, Az
thur C. Libby of Portland; treasurer,
George H. Drew of Boston.
South Paris Light, Heat and Power
Company; organized at South Paris, |
for the purpose of generating and dis
tributing electricity; capital stock. $10,-
600, of which nothing is paid in; presi-
dent, N. Dayton Bolster of South
Paris; treasurer, George M. Atwood of
South Paris.
(For regular proceedings, routine mat
terS, remarks, etc, see Ofnc1al StenO-
graphic report in another column.)
Death Qf Mrs. Cynthia n. Foster.
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