The Somerset reporter., 1905-02-02
At=A Augusta.

submission we're presented Including
Remonstrance of Z J nashburn aud
III others of Madison and Arson against
same presented by Mr.. smith of Madi.
son.
Mr.. Bunker of Arson presented Pc
tition of w. b. Clark and 65 others of
New Portland, Lexington and Embden,
In the county of Somerset, respectfully
requesting that Hancock Pond. situated
in the town of Embden and the plan'a a.
ton of Lexington, be closed To ice fish
ing
sawyer of Smitbfleld presented an act
authorizing the Crosby Lumber Com
pany and Crosby Mercantile ompapy.
doing business in Somerset county, to
consolidate as the Crosby Mercantile
Company.
Shaw of Clinton, presented resolve
in favor of appropriating 100000 in 1905
and 500, 600 in the year 1905 for building
a highway bridge across the Kennebec
river at or near Pishon's Ferry between
the towns of Clinton and Fairfield, to
connect the counties of Kennebec and
somerset.
Howes of Palmyra, presented an act
granting additional powers to the Nebas-
ticoOk Power Company of Plttstield.
Irving of Presque Isle, presented an
act amending the law in relation TO the
collection of taxes in organized planta-
tions taxed as wild lands. 1t provides
that the assessors of plantations shall be
empowered to collect the State, county
and plantation taxes, instead of the
county commissioners as at present.
Morse of Waldo presented a resolve
in favor of State pensions. The resolve
provides that the sum of $37, 500 be ap
propriated to provide for state pensions
for invalid soldiers and sailors, their
widows and orphans, and the dependent
children, parents and sisters of deceased
soldiers and sailors eligible thereto I'M
der existing law, for the year 1905 and
the same amount for 1905.
An act relating to the collection of
taxes in unincorporated places by the
counties in which the lands are situated
"a bill left over from the legislature of
1903 absorbed the attention of the COM
mlttee on taxtaion, Thursday afternoon
Ex Senator George g. Weeks of Fair
field presented the bill and explained
that most of the county commissioners
of the State favored its passage claiming
that it would do away with considerable
trouble now incurred and further, that
the counties would get their money
sooner and thus have the use of 1t. I'm
der the present system the taxes in un-
Incorporated places are assessed by the
county commissioners of the county in
which the lands are situated, upon the
valuation furnished by the State assess
ors The warrant is then sent t. the
county treasurer who forwards the same
t. the State treasurer who collects the
taxes Under the proposed bill the ser
vices of the State treasurer are done
away with aud the taxes are collected by
the county treasurer County commits
sioners Charles K. Dunn and Samuel c.
Greenlaw of Aroostook county appeared
before the committee in favor of the
bill and Mr.. Dunn stated that he had
had correspondence with the commits
soners of eight counties IN which there
are wild lands and that they had ex-
pressed themselves in favor of the pro-
poseo legislation.
The committee appointed under tho
provisions of Section II, Chapter 2, of
the Revised Statutes of Maine, to ex-
anime the accounts of the State treas
urer for the year ending Dec. 81, 1904,
submitted his report, Friday. I'VE
have examined said counts and fad
the same to )rreBpond with the amounts
as stated in the printed report of the
treasurer A voucher is on file for each
disbursement The books, records and
accounts of the department are well and
systema ically kept
The amount of cash in the treasury,
January l, 1904, was S037, 878 93 The
receipts from all sources for the year
A D 1901 were 81, 30S 018 81, making a
total of 81 945, 893.75 The expenditures
for the year were 2 700, 653 81, leaving a
balance of cash in the treasury, Decem-
Der 81, 10 4 of $245, 139 81 The last
item is verified by the statements of the
cashiers of the several banks in which
money is deposited, AMI certificate of
the secretary of state % the amount of
cash IN the Office of the treasurer, Jan
/, 1905, before the commence ment OF
business on that day
The committee in the presence of
Hon. Oramandsl smith state treasurer,
destroyed by burning, as required by
law registered bonds of the STATE aggre-
eating $4,000 Seventy thousand dol
lars of this amount matured during the
year 1904 and $40 600 were purchased
under the authority of Chapter 6. of the
Private and special Laws of 1903; also
uonIiogCu W hihE N'O ioiipN NIX
bonds for which new bonds have been
issued: No $40 $4,000; No. 531.
$4,000; No 532, SIS, 900.
"4ll trust deposits, a list Of which
appears in the treaeurer's repOrt, have
been examined and verified by tue COM
mittee."
One of the enj yable social events of
last week was the dinner given, Thurs
day evening, by Hon. Joseph II Marley,
to a party of friends at his home on
Stone street, those present being Cover
nor and Mrs Vim T. Cobb, Ex-Governor
and Mrs John F. Hill, Mr.. and Mrs
Don A. II. Powers of Houlton, Hon and
Mrs. Manchester Haynes and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie G. Cornish
The matter of enforcement of the pro
hibiory law again appeared in the SEN
ate, Friday, this time in the form of a
petition of A. A Lane and numerous
others of Cumberland county, praying
for "a special committee to investigate
the non-enforcement of the law concern.
ing the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. The petitioners repre-
sent that the provision of the Statutes
usually designated the prohibitory law,
are openly and VIGOROUSLY violated by
large number of saloon and hotel
keepers in Cumberland county, with the
full knowledge and consent of the sher-
III, who, the petitioners claim, has adopt
ed a system of violation of said law in
contravention of the express provisions