Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-10
NEARLY S4,O0O,OOO
IN TAXES PAID

NltEln the past few days, the money
has been slipping into the hands Of the
State treasurer in amounts and with .
speed to make people sit up and Won
der where it all comes from. Tn TO
saturday, approximately $4,000, 900 has
been received by the State treasurer
in taxes alone. This big sum does NOT
include the amounts received from an
tomobile fees or from the forestry tax.
OF course the taxes of various kinds
are dropping into the State vaults 3t
odd times during the course of the
Whole year. but it is when December
comes around that the really big
amounts are received.
The various cities and towns b,yo
"eeh coming across in good style
WIN thelr tax bllls. Up to the present
ume' the amount received from this
source is sl.2oo,OOo. Those are the gross
hSures and do not, of course, represent
the money actually received by the
state from the various towns. That
represents the State tax or about 200
towns and cities that have been heard
from. These places. however, are re-
FUNDED large sums of money: in some
cases 1t amounts to more than tine
state tax the town is supposed to paw.
Inc amount actually refunded to those
towns and cities because of the tax on
railroad stock. the two school funds
and the dog taxes is about $500. 0O0 so
mat for all the State tax of Those o0o
towns and cities is over 81 900 ono the
net revenue to the State from those
places is really about only 100000
Many OF the towns have not vet paid
their taxes, but every effort is to no
made TO have them turn in the funds
specified before Dec. 26. AS one means
OF accomplishing this, State Treasurer
Joseph w. Simpson Of York Saturday
sent the following letter to the town
treasurers who have not vet made their
returns:
Your State tax. due Dec. l, 1917. 70
mains unpaid. Will you kindly give
this your immediate attention?
prompt remittance will be greatly an
preciated"
Mr.. simpson will follow this I'D with
another letter to any who do not nav.
ana II then some town treasurers are
backward, the towns will be posted in
the annual report Of the State treas
urer as being delinquent.
ne total amount assessed against
the towns of the State is s2.SOS. 591. 10.
The tax on wild lands is 1911. 707 IS and
On public lots s10.1s617. a total from
these three sources Of s3,130.4Se.O7
OF the nearly $4,000, 600 already re-
ceived in taxes, the following amounts
have been taken in at the office Of the
State treasurer:
From towns, $1,000: wild lands. sos.
600; railroads, s1091 1881; parlor. nal
ace and sleeping cars. s3,095. &c; savings
banks, s4o2040,4S; trust companies.
telegraph companies. $40.
'4242: telephone companies. s137 .4SJsc6:
loan and building associations. s76s. 0S:
express compa MES. $50. 1925: insurance
companies. sS3,165.55: corporations
s27s,oo0 inheritance taxes. s1S6.0o0.
In addition to these sums, s4s6. S73.5l
has been received from automobile
fees. but this sum is devoted TO
specific purpose and is not included in
the ordinary tax receipts. OF the cor
poraticr taxes, $4,000 represents old
taxes due before the present year
1t has been the aim of Governor Mill
lihen to have all revenue due received
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