Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-11
STATE HOUSE.
The Annual Franchise
Tax on Corporations
Indications Point 10 Decrease
From That Of 1907.
r..ils Citizens Want Some Fishing
Regulations Adopted.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
N.xt Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, July 80, at 10 A. M.

f state Assessors are now DuSy with
,he work of making the annual assess
mont Of the franchise tax upon corpor-
otions. having received the list from
,ho office Of the secretary Of State,
and while of course the figures of the
total assessment cannot be given at
this time it is felt that the tax will
chow falling off as compared with
that of the year 1907, the reason there
for being that many corporations are
Withdrawing from Maine and the num-
her cf new ones organized during the
year will not be sufficient to offset the
loss.
In 1907 the amount of the tax on cor
ncratons which passed through the
office Cf the secretary of state was as
follows: on new corporations, $131,-
1872 80; on the increase of the capital
stock If old corporations, $16,820; tax
on corporations, sl45,255. making to-
tai of $297 ,S5750. In addition to the
above amount $4,000 was received in
fees for changes, etc, which would give
a total Of $305, ,857.50.
The amount of the tax of 1907 on cor
p,rations which do not pass through
the office of the secretary of State but
go direct to the office of the State
treasurer was as follows:
Railroad companies, s6O5, O557
Parlor and sleeping cars, 1,363o4
Telegraph companies, 2.S22S
Telephone companies, 39442.2Q
Express companies, 15OS6.59
Insurance companies, 112,153.O1
Total, $I0,O1".I6
By adding the totals of the two above
classes of corporations it VIII be seen
that the total tax for the year 1910
amounted to $i,O82. 931.26 which was
an exceptionally large amount and IS
not expected to be realized again. as
since the enactment of the present law
there has been a marked decrease in
the number of larger corporations or
ganizcd in the state, while others OF
the same class have been withdrawn
and taken elsewhere.
Announcement was made at the Of
fee Of :hc Commissioners of Inland
Fisheries and Game yesterday that q
public hearing will be held by the COM
missoncrs at I o'clock A. NJ. Thursday,
July 16. at the hotel in Eustis on the
petition of NJ II. Wyman and 20 9TH
ers residents of the town of Eusts,
Franklin county, praying that spe-
ciaI law be placed on fishing in the
waters of the North branch Of the
Dead river from the junction of the
South branch to the Chain of Ponds;
also Oh Alder stream and Tim brooks
limiting the length of trout to eight
inches and the number to be killed in
one day by any one person to 10; also
to prohibit all fishing. except casting
with artificial flies.
Notice vas received at the land office
Friday forenoon that the forest fire In
Crockcrtown in the eastern part OF
Franklin county. had broken out again
and was causing considerable annoy
ance 1t will be remembered that fire
was started in this tract of wild land
June IA. and burned over about 5000
acres before it was subdued. 1t is
feared now that the fire will get into
the valuable timber and a big crew of
men from the Great Northern Paper
Co. together with the state fire war
dens. are working hard in hopes OF
preventing such n crisis.
Roports from the state summer
schools which have thus far been re-
ccived at the office of Payson Smith,
State superintendent of the public
schools Of Maine, are very encourage
Ing. Three of these schools are now in
session, at Gorham. Castine and Farm
ingtOn, and while no report of the
school at Gorham has yet been re-
ceNed. Pennington reports an attend
ance of f13. which is very large. and
Castine reports an attendance of 50.
Those who are taking the courses of
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