Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
Afternoon Session.

s>oS>N 49,
| be engrossed on motion of Mr.. Hersey
| Of Houlton.)
On motion of Mr. Wing of Auburn,
| the rules were suspended to take from
! the table bill, An Act authorizing the
State land agent to sell certain lots in
| the towns Of st. Agatha and NADIA
| waska in Aroostook county.
On motion of Mr.. Wing the vote was
reconsidered whereby the House in
definitely postponed the resolve, Sen
ate Amendment A was adopted in con-
currence and the resolve was then
passed to be engrossed as amended in
concurrence.
On motion of Mr.. Sleeper of South
Berwick, the rules were suspended to
take from the table resolve in favor OF
the town Of South Berwick.
On motion of Mr.. Sleeper the vote
was reconsdered whereby the resolve
was passed to be engrossed.
MIR. Sleeper offered House Amend
m.nt A, to strike out the words mine
hundred and fifty-nine dollars and
nine cents" in the first and second
lines, and inserting the words "slx
hundred and ffty-one dollars and sew
enty-one cents"
The amendment was adopted and the
resolve was then passed to be enSross-
ed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. True of Portland,
the Jules were suspended and he pre-
scented the following order:
Ordered, That the committee on
ways and means be instructed to as
certain and report to the House the
rate necessary for the assessment of
the state tax for the years 1909 and
1910.
The order received a passage.
Special assignment: Majority and
minority reports of the committee ON
towns to which was referred bill. An
Act to divide the town of York and
establish the town of Yorktown, the
majority reporting Fought not to pass. y
the minority reporting fought to
pass"
Mr.. Chase of York moved that the
House non-concur with the Senate IN
adopting the minority report
NJ. MARSHALL of Portland: Mr..
Speaker. just a word. hope the House
will concur with the Senate in the
adoption Of the minority report. ana
that the motion of the gentleman from
York will not prevail. l know the To-
cal conditions there and l thoroughly
and honestly believe that the welfare
of both communities and the welfare of
the county of York will be promoted
by the division as the Senate has de-
t, rmined.
Mr.. CHASE of York: Mr.. Speaker,
this matter was referred to the COM
mttcc on towns and after d long, pa
tent and exhaustive hearing the COM
m!ttce voted seven to one in favor OF
the report Ought not to pass one
member of the committee, Senator
Theriault, reserved the right to put in
minority report. 1t was laid by for
several days and finally he put in as
a minority report an entirely new bill
covering different territory and on
lines which the town of York knew
nothing about The hearing before the
committee was entirely on the original
DRAFT. No intmaton was made to the
committee or to any person represents
ing tie town of York that there was to
be a new draft. none has ever been
considered by the committee, and the
first intimaton we had of it, the first
in.imaton I myself had of it, was
when the report was made to the Sen
ate. 50 that this matter comes now
before the House in this condition.
They ask for a division of the town of
York and they ask for a division on
the simple statement of the senator
from Aroostook, Mr.. Theriaut-not
only against the report of the commit
tee so far as it might have a tenden-
cv to bear on the original bill, but IN
face of :ne fact that the people of the
town don't know one single thing
about it, We are asked to divide one OF
the largest towns in this state. IL town
of $500 inhabitants and with the valu-
alton of almost thrce-quartcrS of a
million In the Senate heard one Of
the arguments in favor OF TINS Dill ana
il was stated there that owing to dis
putcs among the people ana the TACT
that the summer people could not nave
what they wanted they were leaving
the town, business was at standstlil
and property was depreciating. | don
know how much influence that state
mcnt had on the Senate in taking TINS
vote. I don't know as / care: but tor
tie. Information of the House | want
to read the state assessment, the val
uation and the report of the state as
SCISSORS since the Board of Assessors
was established. in order to show the
House wherein this town is decreasing
in valuation
In 1880 tile valuation was stlb,''S
in 1890 it was s1.22S.716. The tirst re-
mort of the state assessors was maze
in 1892 The valuation then was 81
tlo735: in 1891 it was Sl,622.oo0: III
1896 it was Sl6iS.000; in 1898 IT was
SITE 900: in 1900 it was $l.Sl'.00O; III
1902 it was s2.lO1O0O: in 1904 it was
s. ~. 900: in 1906 it was SLY 900; III
1905 the valuation on which the tax
will be assessed for this year ana next
il was S2145.4OO. And | believe | am
safe in SAYING. and I say it in the
presence of the chairman of the YORK
County commissioners, that at the next
valuation ii will rise S3.000.000. say
this to counteract any statement winch
may have been made by anybody to the
effect that the town is decreasing IN
valuation. 1t has been Il very rapid
growth in valuation. so much so that q
gentleman in the State assessors office
| remarked that it was a remarkable
growth.