The Somerset reporter., 1901-01-31
AT Augusta.


was held at Augusta, Thursday, fifteen
associations being represented, The
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, Hon. Edward g. Reynolds of
Portland; vice president, Lewis W. Has
kell of Auburn; secretary and treasurer,
Alpheus l.. uanscome of Portland
executive committee, George W. Wick.
cry of Augusta; Harry o. Goudy of
Rockand; sidney T. Fuller of Kenne-
bunk; Norman II. Fay of Dexter, and
Frank A Noiin of Sknwhegan. Reso.
lutions were adopted asking the legisa-
ture to change the rate of interest 80 far
as relates to loan and building associa-
tions from six to five per cent and a
committee was appointed to appear
before the committee on banks and
banking and present the views of the
league.
The insurance commissioner was di-
rected to present an itemized account of
moneys expended in investigating fires
in the state in 1899 and 1900.
In the House Mr.. Dillingham; present
ed a resolve in favor of Hartland Acad.
emy.
Mr. Deering, from committee on rail
roads, reported ought to pass on bill, an
act to extend the charter of the Water
VILE Il Wiscasset Railroad Company,
also on bill, an act to extend the charter
of the Franklin, Somerset & Kennebec
Railway Company, also same, on bill, an
act to incorporate the Wiscasset, Water.
vile & Pennington Railway Company.
Printed under joint rule
The committee on banks and banking
had a hearing on the recommendation
made by the examiners that loan and
building associations be allowed by law
to make loans at less than g per cent.
per annum Mr.. Timberlake explained
to his committee his reasons for making
the recommendation.
Mr.. Fuller, from the committee on
banks and banking, on bill an act to
amend chapter 258 of the Public Laws
of 1893, as amended by chapter 1870 of
the Public Laws of 1865, relating to the
taxation of savings banks, reported IA
recommendation that reduction OF
one-fourth of one per cent. in the rate
of taxation be granted, but as the whole
matter of taxation is being considered
Oy the committee on taxation the COM
mittee would recommend that the mat
ter be referred to that committee.
Farnsworth of Pembroke put in a
Grange bill relating to the wild land
tax. 1t provides that the rate of the
State tax shall be seven mills on the
valuation assessed by the State assessors
In the senate, Pummer of Penobscot,
put in bill taxing corporations organ
lied in this State and not doing business
here. This is directed to the same end
as bill which appeared in the House,
Wednesday, but gets at it in an entirely
different manner 1t provides that on
such corporations with capital stock
of less than $4,000 there shall be an
annual tax of $40; on those with a
capital stock of between $1,000 and
100000 tax of $40; on those between
100000 and 100000 tax of $50; on
those between 5000 900 and 81 900, 900 a
tax of $40; on those between 81 ,000, 900
and 1000 900 tax Of $500; and on those
with capital stock of over So, 900, ,00C
an annual tax of $1,000 1t is estimated
that such law would yield the State
annually about $3.50 600.
Friday Mr.. Farnsworth of Pembroke
presented a large number of petitions
in favor of an increase of tax ON corpo-
rations OF the State, including several
from Somerset, viz: l.. N. trocker and
38 others of Detroit; George w. Patten
and 26 others of Pittstleld; l. Crowell
and "a others of Canaan; A. Baker and
II others of Bingham,
Mr. Cook of Vassalboro presented an
act relating to the taxation of certain
deposi s in savings banks and trust com
panies
Al l..
ed bill, an act in relation to domestic
and foreign corporations, and to provide
revenue therefrom,
Friday, Messrs. Dunn, Wetherbee
Putnam, Walker, White, Haskell and
Littlehale, from the committee ON elec
tions, to which was referred the remon
STRANGE of Harvey d. Eaton praying that
he may be admitted to the seat now
held by Cyrus w. Davis as the represen-
tative for the city of Waterville, report.
ed that said Eaton and said Davis each
received plurality of votes for the of
flee of representative to the 10th l.egis
iature of Maine from the city of Water
Vile. Messrs Dunn, Weatherbee, Put
nam, Walker, White, Haskell and
Littlehale from the committee further
reported the following resolve: Resolv
ed, that it is the judgment of the House
that Cyrus w. Davis of Waterville, the
sitting member from the city of Water
vile, was not elected and shall no longer
act as the representative from said city
in the 10th Legislature of Maine. This
report was laid on the table and we'd
nesday, Jan. 80, assigned for its con
sideratiOn.
Among the bills passed to be en-
crossed, Friday, were:
An act to amend an act entitled an
act to provide for printing and distribn.
ton of ballots at the public expense and
to regulate voting in State and city
elections.
An act to amend Section 104 of Chap.
ter i of the Revised Statutes relating to
the duties of the State superintendent
of schools.
PenObscot lumbermen are strongly
opposed to the bill creating the West
Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam o,
introduced, Tuesday and propose To
call mass meetings to formulate public
protests against the measure They
declare that by the charter rights asked
for the new company could absolutely
control the river, and that this would
disastrously affect the lumber industry
Senator Virgin presented a bill in the
Senate, Friday, which aimes to decrease e
the number of mistaken fora DEER
cases of shooting in Maine woods. 1t
provides that any person who, while
hunting, carelessly wounds or kills an
other shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than ten years or a
Hna of than G10An M har y