Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-18

law went into elect, S1lo,l1S.f9 among
about ITO cities. towns and planta-
| lions.
To state briefly the present admins
| tration will receive from the people in
| direct taxes over $500, 100000 less than
the previous one and will return to the
people by the erection of new build
ines for schools and other State insti-
tutions, and the maintenance thereof
increases for charities special appro-
pr1atons for highways and bridges
exclusive of any bond money! pen
slons for retired teachers, through the
agricultural department for the better
protection of cattle, marketing Of farm
produce, packing and shipping apples,
ETC.. the expense of Civil War soldiers
attending the fiftieth anniversary of
the Battle of Gettysburg, claims of
towns paid and other miscellaneous
accounts including the automobile ap-
portionment to cities, and towns, all
totaling about 1,400,0 900 over that of
1911 and 1912.
In addition to the present govern
ment paid deficiency bills of the last
I administration for which no provisions
for payment had been made and which,
including the correction of an error of
SIS, 1886 in the Penobscot Indian Trust
Fund. will amount to about s200,000.00
l give the following table of extra
appropriations for the years 1911, 1912,
1918 and 1914 as a comparison and re-
capitulation.
New Construction, Repair OF Bldgs. and
Permanent Improvements ................
Claims Allowed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Miscellaneous .....,,,...'.........'.....
The above table is quite an object
lesson to show how the respective gov
ernments of 1911, 1912, 1918 and 1914 ap
propriated extra money for the needs
of the State for public improvements
in buildings. highways, bridges and
miscellaneous improvements. The
Legislature of 1911 appropriated for
these purposes for 1911 and 1912. $780,
4S57S against 1902, 977.60 appropriated
for 1913 and 1914 by the legislature of
1918 a difference of 1866, 491S2.
The legislature of 1918 also increased
the regular appropriations of depart
ments where it was necessary. These
included the Adjutant Generals De-
partment for the National Guard, Fish
and Game Department, State Supt. of
Public Schools Department. Agricul-
tural Department, various State insti-
buttons and different hospitals and
charitable institutions; these increases
amounted to over S400000.00.
Another point l wish to call atten
ton to, is the fact that the total State
o-,I MI
tations in this State for the year 1918,
exclusive of the wild land tax, was
s2,15S, 273.23. and those same cities,
towns and plantations received from
the State for the year 1918 principally
from the schools funds and railroad
tax, 50, 165, 1924 which was more than
they paid in. When these same cities,
towns and plantations settle with the
State for their 1914 tax the difference
instead of being about 1000 to the
good, will be over 5000, 900 TO the good,
| or about 10 per cent of their total tax
for 1913 This is brought about on ac-
count of the State tax for 1914 being
1-2 mill less than that Of 1913.
Notwithstanding the fact that our
| receipts for State taxes for the year
! 1913 and 1914 win be over half a mil
lion dollars less than in 1911 and 1912.
and our appropriation on account of
public necessity increased nearly ST.,
/ 500, 900. 90 over that of 1911 and 1912 and
! have paid nearly 100000 of back bills
| Of previous administration, exclusive
Of any money from Highway bonds, we
had a cash balance in the Treasury,
| August 1, 1914, Gas can be seen in the
report below, of s771, 62971. the largest
cash balance on any August 1st. for
over 25 years.
The cash statement for the month
Total State Receipts of Total re-
Tax for taxes for ceipts for