Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-19

Resolve in favor of the town OF
South Berwick.
Resolve in favor of the town of Mari
on.
| Resolve in favor of the town Of Ed
dington.
Resolve in favor of the town Of Mil
| linocket.
| Resolve in favor of the town of Rome.
| Resolve in favor of the town of Wes-
| ton, Aroostook County.
Resolve in favor of the town of Old
Orchard, for receipt Of State Treasures;
| for State tax, to be given said town on
valuation of one hundred thousand dol
| lars.
An Act to establish standard unit
| Of measure and a standard size of can
for the sale of milk and cream, and to
| regulate the sanitary conditions under
which milk and cream shall be handled.
| ION molten by Mr.. Baxter of Cumber-
land, this bill was tabled pending its
second reading)
| An Act to empower the Governor to
remove County Attorneys. con motion
by Mr.. Staples of Knox, this bill was
tabled pending it's second reading)
An Act to prohibit the taking of
scallops in West Penobscot Bay from
April 1st to October 1st of each year.
! con motion by Mr.. Staples Of Knox.
this bill was tabled pending it's second
reading)
Resolve in favor of Robert Palmer OF
Moro in the County of Aroostook. con
motion by Mr. Smith of York, this re-
solve was tabled pending it's second
reading)
| ~ Aot 10 nf ~
ter of the Revised Statutes, relating
purposes. con motion by Mr.. Milliken
of Aroostook, this bill was tabled pend
ing it's second reading)
An Act to further amend chapter 352
of the Private and Special Laws of 1905,
(On motion by Mr. Millken of Aroos-
second reading)
4 Passed To Be Enacted.
An Act to prohibit the hunting of
ducks and other water fowl in DAM
ariscotta pond in Lincoln county, by
the use of steam, naphtha or gasoline
boats.
An Act to incorporate the Andres
coggin Valley Railroad Company.
An Act to incorporate the Guilford
Water Co.
An Act granting additional privi-
legeS to the Peaks Island Gas Com
pany.
i Finally Passed.
Resolve in favor of Eastern Maine
Insane Hospital to provide for deficen-
cy CThis resolve containing the emer-
gency clause was finally passed, % Sen
ators voting in favor Of its passage)
Orders of the Day.
On motion by Mr.. Osgood Of Andres
coggin the Senate voted to reconside,
the vote whereby it passed to be en-
acted Bill "An Act authorizing Andres
coggin County to issue bonds to enable
it to build additional county Jail anG
for other purposes" and on his fur
thcr motion, it was voted to reconsider
the vote whereby the bill was passed
to be engrossed. On further motion b!
the same Senator, Senate Amendment
"B' was adopted and the bill as
amended was passed to be engrossed.
On motion by Mr. Staples of Knox
Senate Document No. 321, IAN Act re-
lating to the taxation Of steam rail
roads," was taken from the table.
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox: Mr.. Presi-
dent: did intend to discuss that bill in
detail, because l believe that the taxa
ton of steam railroads and other rail-
roads should be upon their actual val
, tie. l read with a great deal of interest
the majority report of the Taxation
Commission, who after months of labor
and the expenditure of a great deal OF
money, have formulated a system OF
taxation according to the mandates OF
the Constitution, which says that all
taxes shall be levied upon real and
personal estate according to actual
value.
] was very much pleased, as some OF
you know, that for years l have been d
great believer In the constitutional
manner of taxing property; and for
that reason l admired the report of the
r Tax Commission. which saw fit to turn
} it down, although it was signed by a
majority of the commission, perhaps
upon good ground, that there was
{ nothing before the Assessors excepting
the Railroad Commissioners Report
which could only be guessed at after
much labor as to the value of the rail
[ road property in the State of Maine
estimated iat about one hundred million
! dollars.
J. do not believe in the method OF
taxation. ! am not prepared to go back
:. upon the mandates of the Constitution
believe it to be unconstitutional 10
tax it i'll any other way. Certainly you
do not get equal taxation; but, to be
generous to the Taxation Committee.
apprehend the condition was that they
could not report that bill to tax rail-
roads according to their actual value,
for the reason that there was nothing
upon which to data it in substance
that is they had not before them the
actual value of the railroad property
of the state. That may be so, all
though I would be willing to take the
report they make to the Railroad Com
missioners. I know that some of my
Democratic friends upon that Commit
tee. although tie platform of the party
was in favor of equal taxation, voted
. down the Tax Commissioners report
for that reason. They say that there
was no data upon which q valuation
could be got at for the purposes of tax
, alton upon their actual value; and that