Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-12
STATE HOUSE.
Coming Report Of Com
missioner Of Highways.
State Assessors Report About
Ready for the Printer
Chief Justice Emery will Qualify at
Capitol Friday Morning.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, Dec. 10, at 10 A. M.

The work of preparing the second
annual report of Paul d. Sargent,
highway commissioner for the State OF
Maine, for the year 1906, is well under
way and is fast approaching compile
ton, and it is probable that the copy
will all be in the hands of the printer
by the close of the present week. The
report will make book of about 125
pages, and like the first report which
was issued from the office of the COM
missioner. will contain large amount
of interesting and valuable matter on
the subject of road building and upon
other subjects connected with the
work of the department. 1t Will also
be Illustrated with several fine half
tone .ngravinsS. In general way
the report will contain Il record OF the
work of the office for the year, the
different meetings which have been
| held, including the several county road
meetings, also recommendations for
| new legislation which is needed, and a
detailed report of the State road work
performed during the year 1905.
Other matter which will be contained
in the volume will be Il number of re-
| Ipi - VI i''iN III " VI iA''''
been carried out in several of the
towns in the State during the past
season. The report will be issued
with the coming of the new year and
the date of it's distribution will be
awaited with interest
The members of the Board of State
Assessors have about finished the
i Il, fNr in, ha tfp nf hn
States valuation and the copy for the
| forthcoming report will be ready for
the printer within a few days. Com
pared with the report of the board
for the year 1904, which contained
relatively the same matter ana num-
bercd ;.bout 400 pages, the report for
| the year which is now drawing to Il
close will be Il large one and will make
Il voIums of about COO pages. The
report this year will also contain the
valuation of the wild lands of the
State. which is only made up by the
assessors once in two years in ac-
cordancc with the law. and is always
Included in the report preceding the
! Legislative session.
| ON the occasion of the publication of
the report of the board for the year
| 1905 a claim was made on the part of
some Of the papers Of the State that
the report as made was not iii compli-
ance With the law, inaSmuch as it did
not contain the valuation Of the wild
lands. but as stated above this portion
of the States valuation is only i'll
cludcd i'll the reports which preccdc
legislative sessions. The matter can
| be easily understood by reference to
Sec. II Of Chap. s Of the Revised
Statutes of 1903, which reads as fol-
llOwS: a 4
Sec. Il. The board of State as
SCISSORS shall annually before the first
day Of December, make Il report to the
governor ana council Of their pro-
ccedinSs and shall include therein a
| tabular statement of all statistics
derived from returns from local as
SCISSORS. with schedules of all corpora
tionS on which state taxes We're as
scSS"d during the year. and for years
in which they shall cq,IaliZc the valua :
ti"n of til" State. their report shall in
clud" tabular statements Of the State
valuati ion by towns"