Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-24

his taxes towards a High school main
tenance? Do not we want our High
schools in our own town? Is that
fair proposition? The senator says that
these people are willing to pay all the
tax they can and that they want to
pay the tax, and then in the very next
word he says that this village corpor-
alton taxes them one tax and the town
another. What consistency is there IN
that? He speaks about the bridge. Why
isn't the bridge paid for? Here are
gentlemen sitting right along here who
have paid money to the town treasurer
of York, and there have been hearings
before the bridge committee and there
is litigation down there, five or six
cases on this bridge matter. Why not
let this town of York be as it is until
this briGg e matter is settled. What do
we know as to what they are doing
| to get into when you divide this town,
| or how these 1itigations are going to
be settled. Senators, I hope you Will
stand by the majority report of this
committee.
Mr.. HAMILTON: Mr. President, In
| reference to the bridge matter, 1 want
to say as l stated, there are many
| lawsuits upon that bridge and it is
| costing somebody good deal of money
| and the towns will have to pay 1T IN
the end, in my judgment. The new
| town proposes to pay the $4,000 and
| they do not ask them to pay cent to-
| wards it.
| Now about the schoolhouse. The
schoolhouse sits very near the line of
/ fXn no 0f
town did not move that schoolhouse.
It still remains there and they have
their rights, by this bill, to that school
house. the same as the new town has.
The new town will pay the larger part
Of the taxes for that schoohouse and
| for it's support. So that is eminently
fair and there is nothing that they can
| complain about There is not a thing
in this new bill that they can COM
plain about, because they have every
| thing they want and everything they
| ask for We leave them a large part
of our seashore that is undeveloped,
some OF the most beautiful places
| there are in the State Of Maine, where
| the electric road runs right through
as it does through the part which is
| to be set Off
| Now understand me, these two cor
porations were organized there for
| self-defence and these two organiza-
] tons pay out their money and in ad-
dition they have to pay out 10 per
cent. for the general tax; and that
money they think should be used down
| where the village corporation is. The
village corporation has done all the
sprinkling and made all the improve
| ments and the town has made none
| They have made appropriations and
| they have gone someWhereS else; and
that is the trouble.
| l repeat again that these men that
come there and bring their money Ia
build their homes, care nothing about
how much tax they pay if they can
have their homes beautified and made
pleasant.
Mr.. GOWELL of York: Mr.. Presi-
dent: I do not propose to discuss the
merits of this question at this time
but I wish to deny one statement made
by Senator Kellogg. l believe he said
that the senators from York county
We're down here working on this meas
ure; and 1 wish to say. as far as I am
personally concerned, that I have not
ure. 1t is true I was opposed to the
division of Berwick, because of the
| conditions that existed in that town;
but I will say that l have not tried
to influence any senator in regard tc
| this matter. / have simply answered
questions, if any were asked of me
about the case, as I understood the
facts to be. l think it may be in JUS
30 TO al
statement.
The question being put upon the mo-
ton by Mr.. Theriault Of Aroostook
that the minority report be substitute
ed for the majority report, the yeas
and nays were called for and ordered
and the vote being had resulted as
| follows: Those voting yea We're
| Messrs. Baxter, Boynton, Eaton, En-
cry, Gowell. Hamilton, Hastings, Irv-
ing, Knowlton, Looney, Lowe, Macon
Der, Milliken, Minott, Mullen, Osgood
Reynolds. Shaw, Smith, Staples,
Theriault Warren, Wheeler, Wyman
| (24). Those voting nay were Messrs.
Donigan, Hill, Howes, Kellogg,
| Walker 90.
SO the motion prevailed. The same
| senator thereupon moved that the bill
take it's several readings and passed
| to be engrossed.
| The bill was read once, and, pending
it's second reading. on motion by Mr..
Hamilton of York. was amended by
the adoption of Senate Amendment A.
| Thereupon the bill took it's second
reading and was passed to be en-
crossed. as amended.
On motion by Mr.. Hastings Of OK
ford, Senate Document No. 1865, AN
Act in amendment of Section 1 of
| Chapter 1876 of the Revised Statutes
relating to sentence in criminal cases.
| was taken from the table.
The same senator further moved
| that the bill take its second reading
and passed to be engrOssed.
Mr. STAPLES of Knox: Mr.. Presi-
dent: AS l understand this bill, it
takes the discretion from the court in
this class of criminal cases. l do not
rise here to oppose this bill because it
| gives Jail sentences to those who sell
intoxicating liquors. That is a matter
which do not care to discuss, because
| I do not stand here to defend them
| poinct raj sentences. but if seems