Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-10
STATE HOUSE.
Italian Sculptor Wants Pay
for Blaine Bust
Taxes Of Corporate Franchises
Soon to Be Assessed.
VINO wants to Be a Cadet 10 Dixon, Ill.,,
Military Institute?

Inc State board CT assessors will
| commence, July first in accordance
| With sections is and 10 of the Revised
| Statutes, the work of assessment Of
! taxes OF corporate franchises. The
text Of the two sections is as follows:
section is. Every corporation incor-
| porated under the laws Of the state,
| except such as are excepted by section
| twenty-six of chapter forty-seven,
snail pay an annual franchise tax of
nVe dollars. provided the authorized
capital of said corporation does not
| exceed fifty thousand dollars, Of ten
dollars, provided said authorized capt.
tai exceeds fifty thousand dollars, and
does not exceed two hundred thousand
dollars, Of twenty-five dollars, provided
said authorized capital exceeds two
hundred thousand dollars, and does
not exceed five hundred thousand dol
lars, of fifty dollars provided said au-
] thorized capital exceeds five hundred
thousand dollars, and does not exceed
| one million dollars. and the further sum
of twenty-five dollars a year for each
one million dollars, or any part there
| OF, in excess of one million dollars.
Section 10. The board Of state asses
sors shall, on or before the first day of
July, annually, assess the tax provided
| by the preceding section upon the au-
| thoriZed capital stock of each of said
corporations and shall certify the same
| to the secretary of state, who shall
| thercupOn notify each of said cOrpOr-
atoms of the amount of said tax as
sessed to it, and such tax shall become
due and payable from said corporation
| into the state treasury, on the first
| day Of September thereafter.
| That these chapters provide for an
| amount of work on the part of the as
SCISSORS is evidenced by the fact that
/ the number of corporations on which
taxes were assessed in 1904, was $3.50.
the total assessment on which was
i SOL, 0G5, added to this amount were
the supplemental assessments for 1903.
1902 and 1901, which were respectively,
1890, $50 and $115, making a grand
total of slO1,6 Regarding the cor
poratiOns of the present year, it is estl-
mated that the number Of the year will
be about the same as that of 1904.
II Governor Cobb has received letter
from Cav Prof G. Trentanove, of
} Florence. Italy. the sculptor VINO
| carved the marble bust of James G..
Blaine. which now occupies pedestal
IN the rotunda of the Capitol. in which
he says that while he makes no preten-
tons for the payment of his work, he
would like to receive fair compens-
alton for it. He further says that the
bust was made under the suggestion
and advice of the late Joseph H. Man.
ley. being placed in the Capitol in 1899,
and that it was the intention of Mr..
Manley to ask for an appropriation of
the legislature for the payment OF the
bust Several years have passed since
the bust was placed in the rotunda
and as the sculptor has received no
payment therefor, the above statement
is made.
No appropriation has ever been made
for the payment of any expense in
Cured on account of the bust, nor is
there in existence any contract on the
lpart of the State which provides for the
furnishing of the bust which is Sener-
aIIy considered poor likeness of Mr..
Blaine. but Gov. Cobb is disposed to dc
the correct thing by the sculptor, ana
to that end a letter was sent to Prof.
Trentanove, Friday, asking him to
present his bill, and also his authority
n for doing the work, that the Governor
might be able 10 present the matter to
the Council, or the legislature.
Governor Cobb has received letter
N from the president Of the Dixon MILL
tary Institute, at Dixon, ILL.,, asking
him to appoint as cadet to the instl-
I tute. any able bodied young man or
good character between the ages of 1t
and % wears, who is a member or an
honorably discharge member of the
National Guard of the State, or VINO
has served honorably and faithfully
one year in any reputable military
I school. The appointee will he entitled
TO tuition for any complete course Of
fered by the institute, and will meet all
Il other expenses. including the uniform
outfit. The annual expenses of the ca
Diet will be about $3.50, exclusive of uni
Il forms stationery, etc. The uniform
is ample to clothe the cadet for a perl
cd of three of four years, and no civil
ian clothes are to be worn. The ap-
pointment of cadets may be made by
competitive examination. or by other
procedure, according as directed by the
amounting authority. The year opens
Sept. S. An appointment will be maze
by the Governor. if any eligible candl-
date desires it.