Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-21

that Cumberland and York county are.
lie further stated that he was inform
Ell that the provision was originally in
the Dill, but was omitted by mistake.
and that he thought the amendment
should be adopted for these and other
reasons.
Mr.. Virgin Of Cumberland, spoke
against the adoption Of the amend
ment, saying that the bin had been
carefully considered by the committee
and that tho Changers who have ti,i,
matter very much at heart had exam
| ined 1t ana that it met with 4heir
unanimous approval. lie stated that
the provision in question was incorpor-
@tcd IN the original draft, and had
been considered by the committee and
subcommittee and was omitted pur-
posely, because the committees did
not believe il was q proper clause to
go into the bill that there was nothing
to prevent nonresident incorporators
from coming here either in person or
| by proxy TO organize. that there was
| ~ Ssibie question about it, bat that he
had no doubt it he'd been done. and
| that the records of the State would
show that fact in many instances. Mr.
| Virgin further said: The senator from
| Somerset is mistaken when he says il
is coniired to the lawyers of Cumoer-
land county and York county. If I am
! correctly Informed. and ] have il from
| the lips of the gentleman himself, one
Of the attorneys in Augusta has or
gained some of the largest corpora
tons that have been organized under
| the general law in the State of Maine
Various counties in the STATE
| have organized corporations in the
same way. | claim it is not necessary
| or advisable that this should be in
| the bill
Mr. Plummer Of Penobscot. stated
| that he thought the rate of taxation
provided for in the bill was too Ilw--
that ii could have been made greater
without materially lessening the
| amount of business. and the revenue
Of the State considerably increased.
| But the committee considered the mat
| ter very fully. and it's features met
their approval. He stated that he
thought the proposed amendment
would make it easier for nonresident
| incornorators to organize here and
that he could see no possible harm
|
| Mr.. Weeks of Somerset. spoke fur
| ther in support Of the amendment
| Mr.. Fernald of Androscoggin. stated
| that. as a farmer end not as a lawyer
he supposed that this bill was to get
some revenue for the State. but that
the discussion would indicate that the
revenue was to go to attorneys. AS q
| member of the committee he stated
| he h1 III
el ana considered by the committee.
Mr.. McFadden OF Lincoln. also Il
member of the committee. said that he
| could not see wherein tine bill discrim-
| mated against country lawyers. that
it seemed TO him parties coming here
to organize would he most likely u go
to some attorney VINO had been rec
| commended to him whether il should bc
| in Portland or some other city. He
stated that the hearings on the subject
had been long continued ana exhaus-
| tive: that the attorneys. while inter-
cstcd in the welfare of the State. were
more Interested in their own revenue
and wanted the tax cut down
to the very lowest limit: and the
| committee had been careful to leave
all interests free: and that he hoped
the amendment would not prevail.
The question being put upon the
| adoption of the amendment Mr.
| Weeks called for division. which was
| had. and the President announced that
nine had voted in favor of its adoption
ana IA had voted against its adoption,
and that the motion to amend was
| lost.
! Mr.. Fernald Of AndroScoggin, then
moved that the rules be suspended and
that the bill take its second reading
| at the present time. To this Mr.. Weeks
| of Somerset objected. and Mr.. Fernald
thereupon withdrew his motion. and
the bin having been read was assigned
for it's second reading.
An &C: to abate the taxes on town
/ ship No. t. range 5. west of the Kenne-
bee river in Somerset county. came
from the House passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
On motion OF Mr.. Fernald of An
droscoggin, ii took it's second reading
under suspension of the rules and was
passed to be engrossed.
Continued on rage 81