Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-16
STATE HOUSE.
Distribution ofthe Revenue Sur
plus in 1897.
ma'ne's Fire Loss Shows Increase
Over Last Year.
SAVINGS Banks and Other Business ,n,s,s.,s
Very Prosperous.

=, va nv" tiiH state OF Maine
N''r 1872 received from the Uni.
Wv Wv states government he sum 81
'''o9N.-' was told in the October ~.
i"l. ~ 'ongr"ssman Houtcn of m.
'I"iS' hnt III. manner of its disnociti,,,
"'Aong the towns al The Stata Ia. ~,
'rSh narrated IN !rtail. This bic sun,
- ihohaS came from the governmen,
~1"i az gift. bu; as a loan. and Com
3 cihas, pH vote. at any time, cali
WI ~ teeurn- Fat the probability OF
S'ch actlcn on the part of the nationa,
f'Si3sat tlire is very remote.
y .beiore the State Of Maine decided +,
3.rtcept. the loan. the matter was CON
siusrsd by the gentlemen then nroni.
ea ssssiesIi stale affairs and il was deter
hhned TO accept the same under ,h. re-
Suicl'hS lmposed by Congress And
So on the 9th Of January. 1897. the
legislature passed an act, and on that
cay II was approved by Governor
junlap, authorizing the state treas
uftr TO receive the money. srbiact !.
me regulations imposed nv tho ,,3tio,,
81 law which authorized its deDcsit j.,
me state treasury. Then. by subsc-
ineht acts, the Legislature instructed
the treas urar how To- Use the money
I was 10 b. paid to the State in four
iudrterlN lhStaliments on the first days
~ January. April. July ana Octobar.
h' hfst inStatlment was received on
M>'rch ~. l>@', the second on April l
an" the tnivd On july 1. of that year
in' iou"1h IuStaiment was nevtl
p%ld. = thr IeNnrpet surplus, as il VA
called had lCa,1 ppl,1,sI.tpi,. ,,-;,,nJ .,.,.
@nd the government hadn't the ne,es-
sly ':.sH to comply with the terms OF
t'te arrangement.
III was provided by LEGISLATURE enact
m"nt that the money should he divid. !
among the various towns in the Stat,
according to population Tho ropula
ton was to De determined by a census.
70 De taken hy each town. the expense
al go doing tn Be holnr by the State.
This census had 10 bc completed and
the return filed with the State treasu =
er On or before TIE 2oth Of June ana
cach town had tu Nct" unun the quc.-
zion as to- Wheth-t- they would rece.v,.
the money II not. The towns were
Obliged to accept the nancy as loan.
in The same manner as th" state ac-
vc1,,cd the whole sum from the govern
ment. They had to con-" urdvr obi
cations to return The amount received
within o. DAYS after being called upon
1" 10 20 or @lSa b. compelled to by the
issue Of IN execution.
The act providing the mnthGd OF dis
tribUti0n was arptOVed March -. and
payments from the first installment
YER made to SuCh towns as had COM
pl,ted their census. agreed to accept
The loan ard had filed proper returns
u this eject. only 81 towns had been
paid their part OF the first inst4llmcut
on .Alr'il lst. when the second was re
ceived. These installmcnts each
aIila;.;tcd To >"lH.f12.71. Later tn
towns VINO complied with the require
mems imposed We're paid their portion
of the first installment together with
.teir part Of the seconG.
An act vas subsequently, passed pro-
Nidins that the second 'nStallment be
paid accordinS 20 the number OF Schoi-
afS IN each town ~ "l.'a ei''iN Il
RUE was not lilNolNeu UNI. tie '"ii "
!nStailm"nt was dNice"- ~ ms y eNi-
dent from the fact ttat the lii9t ~
instdliments were TOT me same di'loui.t
While the thifd Stll'ehu hhalefiaiH "ii-
fered.
The following cities and towns nav
been selected from among the whole
number receiving a propoTtion&te part
Of the whole sum # $955. p TO show
what sums of money was received ny
them. other towns we're paid pro rata,
Portland received the largest sum q
any Of the cities OF towns. the total
amount being <3l .21@.9S. i:angor came
next having ~ -son ~ u IL.
aggregate; Lewiston, beng 'hen !,
comparatively new town only secure
the sum of $3i76.m: Naterviiit' N"'-
s>4.a5; Hailoweil. SS'SNSop' 'l.,''',I ,,arui',gi