Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
STATE HOUSE,
Governor and Council Will Be-
gin Two Days Session Today.
Reports OF Various State Departments
Will Appear the Present Week.
State Inspector Of Dams and Reservoirs Makes
His Annual Report.

The report of the State Board of As.
SCISSORS, the report of the Board OF
railroad Commissioners and the repor,
OF the Board of Trustees of the Maine
insane Hospitals.
The report of the assessors has
grown to be one or the most yaIuabl.
ISSUED by any State department. 1t is
1 now nearly II years since the. board
/ was created. The Legislature of 1891
passed the law authorizing its estab.
iishment and Otis Hayford of Canton
! Frank Gilman of Bangor and Benta
/ MN r. CIadbourne of Rddeford were
/ elected members by the Legislature
, VT. 'Illman died after service of less
! IMAM year and he was succeeded by
Hall G. Rurleish of Nassalboro. Mr.
/ Burleigh served three years of the un-
| expired term of Mr.. Gilman when, he
! TOO. died. William c. Marshall was
| chosen in his place, and served on the
! board until he was succeeded last Win
! ter by F. Nj. Simpson of Bangor In
! 1892. after a little more than a years
] sefvice on the board, Mr.. Chadbourne
| retired to accept position on the
| board of railroad commissioners. The
| Legislature of 1898 selected George
! Pottle OF Lewiston, as his successor
and he was reelected in 1899.
1 : The tenure of office of the State as
/. SCISSORS is siX~years. Mr.. Hayford and
Mr.. Pottle are each serving their sec
| ond terms, the former having been q
! member. of the board since it's estab-
| lishmcnts Mr.. Pottle became mem
, Der so soon after the board was Great
ed that # may be said that these two
gentlemen have been dominant in the
work of the department from it's very
Inception. The third member of the
present board, Mr.. Simpson, has long
haSls al intimate knowledge of the du-
tiles incunsbent upon a State assessor,
because of his long service as Execu-
tive Councillor and State treasurer.
looming as he did in close contact
with them in the performance of their
work.
In 1891 the first report of the board
tWas issued. The work of the bureau
had not been thoroughly systemalized
lat that time and this report was NOT SO
4fuH and complete as subsequent issues
Ehaye been. But the foundation Was
tthere and upon it the assessors have
&built a most valuable and almost per-
tfect system of imparting to the peo
gple Of Maine reliable and authentic in
formation concering taxation of every
kind, municipal and State.
i The report for 1891 contained 49,
pages of printed matter. The report
for 1900 comprised PSI pages. The is
{ Sue for 1901 will be enlarged from 90 u
90 pages, made necessary by the pass
age of revenue producing laws by the
last Legislature. The first report was
not absolutely perfect; the forthcoming
Report will be a model of excellence.
n In it will be given tabulatiOns of the
Valuation returns as made by the as
O6essors of each city. town and planta-
zion in the State for the year 1901;
which will include the number of polls,
rtate of taxation. resident and non-resi-
dent real and personal estates, money
1t interest. town debt. stock in trade.
aiiroad. gas. bank, water. electric
1 ilght and other company stock and
Bonds, cotton, wooden, pulp. paper, saw
aIlnd other mills, machinery, finished
PRODUCTS, shipping, wharf property
ogs, lumber wood and bark bicycles,
carriages, furniture, school houses ana
MUSICAL instruments. 1t will also con-
q ain a summary of all the live stock
swned in the State, horses, cows. oxen,
iheep and swine. The report VIII give
ehedules showing the amount OF taxes
8sessed against the express, telegraph
nd telephone companies, loan and
prnilding associations, savings banks.
g siIroads, both steam and street, and a
kmplete valuation of all the towns in
he State, including the wild lands
Sc Tho additions to this years report
iii include a list of all corporations
rranized under the general law, with
Ofhount of franchise tax assessed
kainst them: the parlor and sleeping
Str tax. the amount of tax assessed
Cfainst the trust companies and other
xhtters made necessary by the laws
Used last winter.
rhe report will show that the IN
BASED revenue of the State OF Maine
'oSf the current year will be very large
Cf11nuch larger than in former years
The Governor and Council will pesii'
1.-Two days session, today. Ihis l.
tde necessary by the fact that the
Ark Of the year must be closed up ps
morrow night; the reports OF S'a,e
kcers must be received: the DIS 10Y
wear audited and paid, and every
Ing in the nature of business trans
Il he'd Outside of routine work II !;
expected that the session VIII DC
Especial interest.
is not expected that any paroo.
kes will be heard Mrs. Mary T.
Vows. who is serving life sentence
skate prison for murder. is conten,
tikg making application for paruoh
No formal action has yet pee
Ian by her. At the November
IL hearing was had on the peti.io'
Rdward A. Chase. a life convict
,Shaston. who asked for PARDON. W
Ematter has not yet been acteu VI
1t will probably be taken up too's
Tomorrow. and settled
noree G. Yeaton. acting for IN
ION & Maine Railroad Co.. has PEI e.
ed the railroad commissioners ~
n;ssion to raise the overhead high
hridoas along the line OF ITS roa'
wn as the Summer street p,,us
ahupk and the Clark, Hobs an
n bridges in Berwick. SO as 70 III
s the crossings. These bridges al
thigh enough at present pfesul
u,,,;t hrakemen on frelgf