Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-13
STATE HOUSE.
State Assessors Will Be-
gin Meetings In June.
Poultry Census will Be Fsa-
ture Of the Work.
Real Estate Transfers Recorded
Since First Of April.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR,
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, May 26, at 10 A. N.

1t was announced at the Office of the
Board of State Assessors Tuesday that
the board will commence next month
their summer campaign, meeting in the
different cities ard towns of the State
for the purpose of securing Informal
ton to enable them TO make a Just and
equal assessment of taxable property
in the several towns of the vari-
Gus counties. and to investigate
charges of cancealment of proper
ty Liable to assessment as required by
law. The law requires that the board
shall visit officially every county in the
State DIT least once in two years and
shall there hold sessions at such times
and places as they may deem neces-
sary to secure information for the pur-
poses mentioned above.
The law also requires that each
board of town assessors or some MEM
Der or members Of each of them shall,
attend said meetings. having with
them the last list of hooks giving the
valuation of all taxable property in
their respective towns, and also that
they shall answer under oath, if re-
quired, such questions pertaining to
the valuation of the property in their
towns as the Board of State Assessors
shall put to them.
The assessors will hotl the first meet
ing of the series at Fryeburg on Tues
day, June 9, and the others SD far as
has been arranged, will be held as fol-
is; Friday. June u. at Rumford; Mon
of
June Is, at Pennington. The board
will first take the counties of the State
which don't contain cities, from the
fact that it is desired to have the val
uation returns from every town Of pos
sible before holding meetings in the
several cities.
Another lratter which will be taken
up by the board this year is that of the
poultry census The law requires this
to be done once in five years and this
is the year in which the work is to be
done. The census will also he taken
IF the blind, feeble-minded, idiotic and
insane people Of the State, the law re-
curing that this census be taken an
nually. and also that the returns shall
be tabuiated and submitted to the Gov
ernor and Council on or before Decenl-
Der first Of each year for the exclusive
use and information of the executive
and Legislative branches of the govern
ment of the State.
1t is learned from an examination OF
| the records on file at the office of the
| Board of State Assessors that the
transfers which have been returned tC
the Office of the board by the severa
registers Of deeds in the state. since
April l are as follows:
John F.. Kelley of Bangor. to James
b. Mullen, of Bangor, land in Somer,
set county. viz. t-3 in common and un.
divided OF 7. 5 r. 4: also $50 acres OF
land in T. 5 +. 3.
| Crowell G.. Hall and Harry NJ. Davis
of Dover, to George w. Stacy, of Fox
croft. - part in common and undivid
ed of $50 acres of wild land in the N. F,
corner of T.. 2 r. 4, f, X. r. B. is. 2.
| Hiram Moore. ct. ais. to Lizzie NJ
Page, ct. ais all the right. title and in
terest of grantors in r. 5 r. 2, known
as Dennisown: also a lot of land sit
uated in Little w. on the northerly par
| of Moosehead lake.
Carrot Schenck to Chas f. Gilbert
| LA in common and undivided of r.
r. 1S. W. T.. l.. S.; also the same PRO
| portion of the right to cut and carr;
away the timber and grass on the pub
lie lots in said county.
Lizzie NJ Page, ct ais. to Hirar
Moore. ct. ais. all the right, title ant
interest owned by Edward p. Page, late
of Skowhegan. deceased, at the time
of his death in the following: All that
part of T. No. 4. X. I, N. E. X. p.
known as Jackman. which lies south
of the south line OF land owned by the
Coburn heirs: also lot No. 3 in the
fourth range known as the Dane lot;
also a certain tract of land on the
northerly shore of Moosehead lake in
Somerset county.
Jerome Butterfield. of Kingman. t.
John +. and Charles p. Webber. SIS
part. Franklin r. Webber 17-4S part
and Charles p. Webber 23-4S part. al
in common and undivided interest OF
lot No. % in Krssuth.
Arthur II. Lincoln. of Dennysville. t.
Mary l.. Hutchinson, of Machias, al
the right. title ind interest to lot OF
land in Il. IA on Cathance lake.
The State Board Of Examiners to
Regulate the Practice of Embalming
the members of which are Ralph r.
White of Bangor. H. w. Rich of Port
land and Drs. r. H. Stubs and A. G
Young of this city. were in session in
the Senate chamber Tuesday. the
meeting commencing at 10 O'Clock ir
the forenoon and being held for the
examination of candidates. The
number of candidates which took the
examination was ten.
Hon. S. w. Carr. insurance COM
missioner for the State, was in Port
land Tuesday on business connected
with the department.
The following corporations have He'd
their certificates of organization at the