Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10
STATE HOUSE.
Question As to Salaries
Of Certain Officials,
United States Construction Cor
|. pordtion Files Certificate.
Largest Organized In Maine Since
Change In Franchise Tax.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.

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STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and coun-
Gil, Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 10 A. M.
The following note which explains
itself, has been addressed to the at
t"rney general by State Auditor
Hatch. The opinion of the attorney
general will be awaited with interest:
STATE OF MAINE.
OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR.
Augusta. Aug. q. 1907
Hon. Hannibal E. Hamlin, Attorney
General of Maine, Ellsworth, Me.
Sir-Upon the following brief state
ment and question submitted, the au-
ditor respectfully requests an opinion
from the attorney general:
1t has been the practice heretofore
to pay the salaries Of superintendent
four assistants, the steward and treas
urer chaplain and matron of the in
sane hospitals from the appropriation
for SALARY of public officers. "
Both the Maine Insane hospital and
the Eastern Maine Insane hospital
have appropriations for their current
expenses.
Section 20 of Chapter of the Re
viscd Statutes provides that "money
appropriated for the various branches
Of expenditure in the public service
shall be applied solely to the object for
which the appropriation is made.
Qucntion: In your opinion can it be
lawfully maintained that such per-
sons are public officers" and thus en-
titled to receive their compensation
from the appropriation for "salary of
public officers" or are they simply
employees. and entitled to their COM
rcnSation only from the specific APP
preparation for the maintenance of
each institution?
Very respectfully,
tSigned CHARLES p. HATCH,
State Auditor.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Governor and Council for the month oi
September will be held in the council
chamber today, commencing at l"
o'clock in the forenoon. In addition I"
the confirmation of the appointments
announced by Governor Cobb last week
other business which will com" before
the meeting is expected to be largely
of a routine nature. 1t is probable that
q hearing will be held on the petition
for the pardon of Oscar Watson of
Riddeford, who is serving four-year
sentence in the state prison at Thohias-
| ton for larceny, but whether the par
don matters in the cases OF Bernart
Conroy and Allie Burr will be taken
M cannot be said. These cases have
| been pcnding for some months. ana ar
the last meeting of the council none of
the parties interested appeared.
| The largest corporation to j" organ
| lied in Maine since the change was
| effected in the franchise tax law by the
last Legislature has just filed its GER
| tificate of organization at the Office Oh
| the secretary of State and has pairi
into the State treasury the sum OF
| g.. 600 for Il fee. The name Of the new
| conner is the United States Construc-
| ton Corporation. and it was organized
ut Portland with capital stock "i
SO. OOG. 900, of which the sum of so,ooo
| has been paid in.
| The purpose of the corporation In q
| general way is that of conducting ths
| business of general contractors IN al
| branches. but the details Of the organ
| iZation cover about l. pages octave III
| 1n-point type and give the incorpo-
rators the right to do about anything
| they pIcasn and to construct anything
| from a milking stool to hattlcShlp
or a feet of battlcships.
| The names of the incOrporatorS fot
organization purposes are FrederlcR
X. Seward of New York. who owns l.
| shares Of stock. and James f.. Mant"r
| Charles D. Fullerton. c. w Bunoil
A /, Punnrll. J. r. Griffin, A. $. Con-
ant John Williams and Charles w
| Hamilton If Portland. each "t whom
own one share. Frederick X. Seward Is
tho president and James +. Mantor Is
tho treasurer. Tho nine shareholders
mentioned above are the directors.
The largest corporation for the cur
! rort vo,r Is the Transcontinontal Rail-
roads. which was organized in January
| with n capital stock of S'o.W"oo"' amt
| tho two next largest were the Yukon
Gold Co. with a capital stock Of 80
| ooO 600. and the New York and Cuba
Mail Steamship Co. with caritai
stnck Of son 900. 900. both of which W"r"
orraniZcd in March. before the new
law went into effect. but as stated
above the United States CONSTRUCTION
| rornoration is the largest which has
bcen organized since that time
Alfred r. Perkins. superintendent of
the lift at the Capitol. who han nc"h
| cnioyinC his annual vacation curing
| which time in company with MS VIE
he visited various sections of the state.
has returned to Augusta and resumed
his duties Monday morning
The following corporations have fled
their certificates Of organization at inc
of,ico of the secretary of state;
Stone & Webster Management Ass"-
citation organized at Portland. for the
purpose Of managing electro hsn',
power. railway. public service daa and
other corporations with 100000 CAPT
tai stock, of which nothing is rad IN
officers President. Phiilp H.
Of BOSTON. Mass: treasurer. Char'es
NJ. Drummond Of Portland. Certificate
II filed Sent I. 1907.