Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-15


Ter and surc1, the enforcement Of the laws
| against tic Manufacture and sale of in
toxjcating liquors in the State He APP
| p. AIRED before the committee and occupied
| the greater part Of the afternoon in tn.
| explanation of the bill and later went
| into executive session with them on it.
The bill Incorporates II part OF The Stur
| Gis act. but also repeats or renders use
| less other portions.
In executive session the committee vot-
cd to report Ought not to pass on the
| bill to authorize the seizure Of teams
| found engaged in the Illegal transporta.
| ton Of liquor. though belonging to par
| ties not actively engaged in tho bust
| mss. when there is reason to believe that
| the owners of the outfits are cncnizant
Of the uses to which they are being put.
This is the Rumford Falls bill proposed
| by George p. Bisbec of that town
| Gov. W. r. Cobb and Attorney General
| II. /. Hamlin gave hearing in tie council
| chamber Thursday on a petition for the
| cvtradilion Of Charles T. McCurda of
| Wiscassot. wanted in Massachusetts for
alleged irregularities in connection with
the settlement Of tho estate of William
1 y
| Maynard. Barris and his son were kill
| ed in the wreck on the Boston & Maine
Railroad at Bakers Bridge in the town
Of Lincoln on Nov. 2G. 1905 and the estate
subsequently recovered from the railroad
the sum of $1,000. Mr.. McCurda was
one OF the attorneys in the case and it
is claimed that his fee was S,S5;s'.:33. just
| Ono-third of the total amount recovered
The hearing occupied the entire DAY.
While the grounds stated in the indict
mcnt on which the request for extradi-
ton is based are purely legal, being that
he procured q release of a bond COM
pany which furnished a bond in .hc case
and that the release was obtained on
Misrepresentation. Mr.. McCurda claims
that the real underlying reason is the
size Of the fec which he obtained.
| The case for the state of Massa chusctts
was presented by Assistant District A.
tornev NJ. ]. Dwyer. He was accompan-
led by Inspector SilaS F. Waite Of tn.
; EostOn police department. Arthur s
Littlcficld of Roekland presented Nc
Curda's case in the main. though Nv
NcCurda spoke at some length in his
own behalf
POth sides filed briefs with Governor
Cobb ard Attorney General Hamln and
their decision will be announced later
| The bill TO tax wild lands at the same
| rate as the average in municipalities
came up before the committee on Judi
ciarv Thursday afternoon and the prin-
cipal discourse in its favor was by Lib
crty r. bennett Of Portland He wished
the committee to report favorably on a
resolution submitting to the voters Of tn
Stat" an amendment 10 Section 4 Of Ar
tlble . Of the Constitution. 50 that it shall
read rs follows: 'All taxes on real and
personal estate. assessed by authority OF
this State shall be apporticned and as
snssnd equally. according to the just val
ue thereof: and lands in unincorp0ratcd
, townships of the State shall he assessed
Nv tho Beard Of State Assessors at the
| same rate as the average rate of munich
. | pal taxation throughout the state: and
the wild lands, 50 called, in the pIarlta-
tons shall he assessed at said rate. only
!. diminished by dnducting the rate of tax
alton assessed by said plantation upon
the property of the plantation. Also
from said average rate of municipal tax
alton shall be deducted the rate If the
county taE assessed upon the several
counties containing wild lands. so that
the wild lands in all the counties con-
, tanning them shall be assessed and pay
, tax to the State a. a rate which shall.
, be equal to the average rate Of munich
pal taxation throughout the State"
He declared this to he the greatest
: proposition before the people today and
believed that it would bring in a revenue
of s1.50O.0O0 annually.
Hon. J. T. Bass Of Bangor. chairman
Of the legislative committee of thu
Maine Landowners and Iumberment's
Association. who conducted the hearin1
in behalf of the opposition to the meas
Y IRE called upon P. Fl. Gilin. Esq. o.
: Ranger. He said that the wild lands 81
I the State are bearing their equal burden
e of taxation under the common law ans
q statutes and have done 50 for nearly
G century. The wild lands pay the sam'
: State and county tax rs other property
! ana this ie not all Trn land owners AZ.
comp clled 10 build roads and ways acros