Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-17

| Af. S1EARNS: MT. Pres Idect. 90
| rot wish to emharrass the senator.
Mr.. Dorisan moved the adoption Of
! his amendment and that when the
vote be taken it be taken ny the yeas
| and rays. Thc motion Was agreed tn.
| \ sufficient number having arisen,
| tie yeas and nays We're ordered and
| the secretary called the roll. Taose
| voting yea We're: hiossrs. Blanchard,
| Eoynton. Chandler, Dodge, Donigan,
| harrington, Foss of .Androscoggill,
| Fulton, Gowell. Hill. Irving, Mayo,
| Aiiliikcn. Moulton, Mullen Pcndleton.
| sanhorn, Stearns, Thcriault, WinsoN
| %. Thosa voting nay We're: Messrs.
| Leach, Noyes, Osborn, Smith, Staples
-. Abscntees. Messrs. Allan, Ed
| ards, Foss of Cumberland, Hamilton
| Il (Mr. Kellogg was excused from vot
| ing upon his requestD
:" the amendment was adopted, and
| tie resolve was read the second time
| and was passed to re engrossed.
ON motion by Mr.. Leach Of Han
| cock House Document M. :,a6, An Ac.
| t. amend Chapters and = Of Inc Re-
| Nso1 statutes relating 10 the duties;
| oI state and local ass, sSerS was talk
IA from the table.
Mr.. LEACH: Air. President. ] pre-
| sune that almost everyone here pres
| ent knows there are no public ser
| wants we have that are So poorly paid
| and receive 50 many kicks and carSeS
- our selcetHen, who serve also as
| assessors i'll the small towns. They
| have great many things to contend
LbnIh
! q building and then it will cost $4,000
i IL do il. The selectmen or the asses
| sorS are cursed for that. We vote $500
| t. build q piece OF State road. our
| state highway commissioner comes
| on and lays out the road ana il costs
Si260 or $500 according To his plans
| nj specifications, ana again the Sc
| lcctmen are blamed. Here is Il bill, Il
| step toward the single tax, requiring
all property tn be classified, al! i'm
provements separated from The land
| in its natural state, and then the as
SCISSORS are required under oath TO
| sign their nalnes To the following:
We. the assessors of the ------------of
-------------- 10 swear taffirm) that
| tho foregoing statement contains true
aggregates Of the valuation Gf each
class of property assessed in said
| town Of ------, for the year -,
| and that we have followed all the re-
quiremeuts Of the law in Valaing. list
| ing and returning the same. so help
me Goo. Uhis We do under the pains
| and penalty III pcrjury.)"
Nov. ] submit. Mr.. President. that
| a great many of the assessors would
| .ninr,,it raarilir, in 60inp I think If
We can pass any laws to help the as
| SCISSORS. that would lie any benefit to
TIE state Of Maine. we ought To do it.
| | move that this bin be indefinitely
postponed.
| Mr. FULTON of Sagadahoc: Mr..
! President. this bill was introduced by
| Representative Farnham of my coun-
| ty and was reported favorably by the
| committee. | 90 not know whether this
| bill is drafted properly or not, but the
| object as | understand it OF intro
| ducng ,his bill at this time is to
eoualize land values. The idea of Mr.
Farnham was to separate land values
from the value of the buildings. As |
understand il. in many towns the
land ard buildings are not separated.
IL my experience of IL wears as an
, assessor in the town of Rowdoinham
We Rave always made it a custom to
valuo cur buildings separate from the
iand. Many towns, as | understand it.
do not dc that, and the object of this
bill is t. try to ascertain the land val
u. of the state OF Maine separate
from the value Of the buildings. There
is a certain class of property through
tl, s.1,.
privileges, which are actually worth
more thar the lands of the interior.
see nothing especially vicious or
uroag about this bill. l understand the
idea is to REQUIRE the assessors ia sep
aratc the land from the buildings.
Mr.. KELLOGG Of Penobscot: Mr.
President. would like to inquire
through the Chair, of the Senator from
S'lgadahoc. if it is not the law already
that the selectmen or assessors shall
in making their assessment show 4
list Of the land and buildings separate
ly. and that the books we receive from
the book dealers in Portland are not
loaded that way?
MIR. FULTON: Yes. but many towns
in making their report nut the lands
and buildings at so much.
Mr.. KELLOGG: Mr.. President:
think there is law at the present time
which requires assessors to assess
lands and buildings separately. In my
town. have been on the board for 10
years. and that is the way we have
done for the past four years.
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox; Mr. Prcsi-
dent: am not especiaI'v Interested
in this bill. 1t was introduced by Mr..
Otis and I understand that it was re.
ported by the committee unanimously,
and has passed the House with n very
large majority. There are but few
! towns in the State OF Maine that tax
land and buildings separately. in my
Judgment. This bin goes little far
ther than a tax on buildings and land.