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


perfected and the New York bondholders
| stole our road a long ways inside of 10 or
| l. years. 1t only took little while to
| find out what it was worth and then
| it was sold at that price. | don't pre-
| tend to say that if the assessors 90 at
| the matter of getting the value OF the
steam and electric roads of this State
| that they are going to get it exact They
| don't get any property exact: it will be
simply their best Judgment: it will be the
| basis for future work. There is no reason
| in the world why they cannot do it. and
| there are thousands of reasons why .ey
| ought to do it: and | can't conceive of
| any objection. Simply because | believe
| in the other method of taxation would
not cause me to refuse to acquire infor-
| nation; and | think at the present time
that the raise in taxation which is being
put onto the railroads this year, al
though it has been said in a joking way
| that we on the part of the committee on
| taxation did not do ythns-amons,
other little things which we have done
! we have raised the railroad tax about
Sl10,000-we didn't make so much noise
about it as some Of the other committees
did about their work, but it was done-I
| think at the present time the railroads
are paying d pretty good tax ana ! think
! the valuation would show that fact. l
| think it would be of value TO the railroads
AS well as to the rest of us poor fellows
| who don't own any railroads to get these
| facts where we would know what we
were talking about when we talk about
railroad taxation.
| Mr.. DAVIES of Yarmouth: | would
like to ask the gentleman from Water
| vile a question. How are we going to
find out or establish what is an equitable
| tax upon a corporation until you know
what its property is worth?
| MI PATTANGALL: Without entering
| into any very abstract discussion of tax
alton, there are various methods of taxa
| ton. If | was imposing a property tax
| would not impose it unless l knew what
| the property was worth. If | was impos-
| ing an income tax | should only need to
| know what the income was: and under
our present railroad system we have what
| is in effect an income tax. l think we
could impose it more intelligently if we
knew the value of the property
The question being on the motion to
| Indefinitely postpone the order, MI
| Boyer asked for division.
A division was had and one voted
in the affirmative and II in the mega
| tive.
So the motion was lost.
| On motion of Mr. Pattangall the or
| der then received Il passage in con-
! currence.
On motion of Mr.. Havey of Sullivan
Senate Doc. No. 1896. An Act to pro-
hibit the hunting of sea birds and 9TH
| err water fowl in inland waters of the
State with steam, naphtha or gasoline
| launches, was taken from the table.
| The bill received its second reading
and was assigned for tomorrow morn
| ing.
| on motion of Mr. Harmon Of Ston-
| ingtOn the vote was reconSlderrl
| whereby the House accepted the r.
port of the committee on shore fish,
! cries reporting ought not to pass on
| a bill asking for a close time on drag
SEEMING on Bcnjamin's river in Han
| cock county. and on further motion
by Mr. Harmon the bill was recon-
mitted to the committee on shore fish
| cries.
on motion of Mr. Lambert Of Orono
| An Act to revise and consolidate the
| laws relating to the collection, eXami-
nation. inspection and analysis OF az
rcultural seeds concentrated cOmmer-
cial feeding Stuffs, commercial ferti-
| lizer and foods and drugs. was taken
from the table and on further motion
| bv Mr.. Lambert the bill was passed
! to be enacted.
on motion of Mr. Dunn of Brewer
An Act to incorporate the Brewer Wa
| ter CO., was taken from the table
on motion of Mr.. Dunn Senate
Amendments A, Il and G were adopt Il
| in concurrence.
Mr.. Dunn offered House Amendment
| A bv striking out on Section II the
word June" in Line IA and inserting
| the word august"
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Dunn offered House Amendment
| r. by adding thereto Section -, ana
on his motion IN" reading OF the
amendment was dispensed with
The amendment was adopted
Tho bill then received its third read
| mo and was passed to be CngroSS"d
as amended.
ON motion of Mr.. Dunn the votes
,yoro reconstructed whereby An Act TO
INCORPORATE the Brewer Water Dl"tr'Et
Was passed to be enacted and PASSED.
to be cnGrosscd.
MIR. Dunn offered House Amendment
A by substituting the word Angus,
for the word June" in Line OF Sec
ton >.
The amendment was adopted aHd
the bill was then passed to be en-
crossed as amended.
on motion of Mr. Rounds 81 Portland
House Document No. G12 An Act relating
to portable or movable saw mills IN clt-
ie.; or incorporated towns, was taken from
the table
Mr. Rounds moved that House Amend
ment "A" he adopted
Mi ROBBINS Of Fort Kent: Mr.. Speak
or. I would like to have the amendment
read:
The SPEAKER: House Amendment
| "A" reads as follows: Strike out Sec
ton and insert the following: Section
>. said mill owners shall make applica-
ton to the forest commissioner for print
ed blanks which shall be furnished free
| OF charge. upon which they shall report