Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-20

and one to which 1 can conceive Of
no objection. AS a matter of fact II VIZ.
60 into detail in regard 10 this mat
ter we would find that this bridge is
OF absolutely no benefit to the town of
East Mdchias. 1t connects the town of
Nachias,,ort with the Washington
| County Railroad and of course is n
great benefit to that town. But the
! legislature has settled that question.
| Thu Legislature has built the bridge
across there and left it for the two
| towns to support, and now, al under
| Heavens the people of East MachlaS
ask is that they shall audit the bills
which the Legislature has said they
must pay before they pay them. ]
| hone the amendment will prevail
| The question being on the adoption
| of the amendment,
| Mr. Bogue called for a division.
This motion was agreed to.
! A division being had. three voted in
the affirmative and Al in the negative.
| 50 the amendment was rejected.
| The bill then received its third read
ing and was passed to be cngrossed.
! Special assignment: All Act to amend
CHAPTER 1GG of the Public Laws of 1907
| entitled 'An Act for the better collec-
ton of taxes
Mr. BURSE of Pittsfield: Mr. Speak
or. when I tabled that. the only differ
en2a [ could see between that act and
| the one passed two Years ago was a
, slight change in the phraseoogy of the
bill MY first thought was to move an
! Indefinite rostponemcnt of this one.
but since that time T have learned
shat the tax commission is in favor of
/, this bill and as that seems to be about
the only thing that they are going to
! get out of their recommendations I am
! in favor of its passage. I therefore
move that the bill pass TO its third
| ro aiding.
/ The bill then received its third read
| ing and was passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Rounds of Portland
t tie vote was reconsidered whereby this
bill was passed to be engrossed.
Mr ROUNDS: Mr.. Speaker, this bill.
While very short, is very far reaching.
In our city we would have to have a
book larger than the Acts and Resolves
! and having more pages to contain the
uncollected taxes in Portland. Most of
!
! have left the city / think there are
some hundreds of thousands of dollars
in that way that are in the sinking fund
| of the city of Portland. Therefore l
would like to have this bill lie on the
/ table until ! can prepare an amendment
| so that the city of Portland would not
| have to have "A building as large as the
city hall to hold the books containing
| these matters.
/ Mr. DAVIES Of Yarmouth Mr.. Speaker,
| l merely wanted to inquire of the gentle
nan from Portland (Mr Rounds) if he
had examined Chapter 156 of the Laws of
| 1907 which practically covers the same
subject matter? 1 have no objection to
| the bill lying on the table but | thought
I perhaps some time might be saved.
Mr.. ROUNDS: No, l will say that !
was not here in 1907, and not being a
lawyer I have not got all the law books
| in the State of Maine.
Mr. PATTANGALL of Waterville: Mr..
! Speaker, ! have no objection to the bill
lying on the table. 1t was drawn by SEN
ator Wheeler to straighten out the Ian
| guage of the act of 1907 which was little
vague. BY some mistake of the tax COM
mittee of 1907 sentence was ungramat-
ically put so that while one gets the sense
Of the reading Senator Wheeler drew a
new act rendering the old one in better
language If Portland would have to have
Il large room to comply with this new act
they must have the same kind of room
to comply with the old; it does not change
the situation a particle.
The question being, shall the bill lie on
the table?
The motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Wing of Kingfield.
House Doc. No. CAT, An Act to incorporate
the suburban water district of Farming
ton, Maine, was taken from the table.
Mr. Wing Offered House Amendment A
by striking out the enacting clause and
inserting in place thereof the following
BE it enacted by the people of the State
OF Maine as follows" and amend by
striking out Section of the bill.
The amendment was adopted, the bill
Their received it's second reading and was
assigned for tomorrow morning.
On motion of Mr.. Hall of Caribou House
Doc. No. 54S, An Act to amend Chapter
"a of the Private and Special Laws of
1907, was taken from the table.
Mr. Hall offered House Amendment A
by striking out in the title all the words
and figures after the word amend" and
adding in place<thereof the words 1.-THE
charter of the Peaks Island Water ana
Light Company"