Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-04

AcoiuSHt, HONe tnat Inc Dill De taDleO.
Mr.. GRANT of Cumberland: Mr.. Pres
ident. may l ask the senator to assign
a day?
Mr.. HASTINGS: Mr.. President, / cali
for the yeas and nays on that question.
The PRESIDENT: The question before
the Senate is on the motion of the sena-
tor from Aroostook, Senator Petersen,
that this bill be tabled. which takes
precedence of the motion of the senator
from Androscoggin that it be indefinitely
postponed.
A rising vote was had and 3 senators
voting in the affirmative and IA in the
negative the motion of the senator from
Aroostook was lost
Senator Hastings withdrew his motion
asking for the yeas and nays, and the
bill was then indefinitely postponed.
On motion by Mr.. higgins of Penob-
scot. S. d. 693, An Act to amend Section
% of Chapter III of the Revised Statutes
providing for clerk hire in the Office CT
the county attorney OF Penobscot was
taken from the table.
The pending question being on the mo-
ton by Senator Grant to indefinitely post
pone the bill.
Mr.. HIGGINS of Penobscot: l move
that we concur with the House in pass
ing this bill to be engrossed.
Mr.. DEERING of York: Mr.. Presi-
dent, l would like to ask the senator
from Penohscot, if this. is not one of
those salaries and fees bills that was
reported adversely by the committee on
salaries and fees?
! Mr.. HIGGINS: Mr.. President, l will
say that it is not.
! Mr.. GRANT of Cumberland: Mr..
! President, | will say that | thought it
was when tabled it, but have found
out differently.
/ The PRESIDENT: The Chair was in
error in stating the pending question
on this bill. The pending question is
on the adoption of House Amendment
A. House Amendment A strikes out the
word sixth" in the fourth line and in
serts the word fifth
/ House Amendment 4 was adopted
and the bill as amended was passed to
! be engroSSed.
On motion by Mr.. Walker of Somer-
set. H. D. 704. An Act repeating Para :
! Sldpii v, A1t1'icii ", 'iioPeNA - - '''
Revised Statutes relating to the eX-
emption of certain livestock from tax
alton, was taken from the table.
! Mr. WALKER: now move that this
bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. BARTLETT of Kennebec: Mr..
President, | hope the motion of the Sen
| ator from Somerset. Will not prevail.
This was a bill that come before the
and it repealed the tax on sheep and
! swine, and on live stock under 80
months of age | understand that in
/ certain towns there is considerable OF
! this property and I do not think it
| works anywhere to the general advan-
tage. l think it should pass as it has
already gone through the House. al
| lowing this class of property to be
I taxed.
Mr.. WALKER; Mr. President, the
! object of the passage of this bill two
years ago was to encourage the farm
ers to raise neat stock and sheep.
! think it has been an encouragement to
/ that end. and for that reason / believe
! it should be continued during the COM
ing two years.
Mr. BUTLER Of Franklin: Mr. Pres
ident the intention Of this law ! think
| was correct, but as it worked out in
practice ] can see where it is of very
! little advantage. You take the sheep
around the State, they are in small
f1ocks and will not be appraised by the
assessors for more than about SO each
! If man is losing money on them now,
/ six or seven cents won't make but very
! little change.
We have stock in some sections of the
! State where it is in quite large quaint
| ties that this law eXempts. In my own
! town we have one party own cattle
| that would be exempt think he must
have had last spring one-fourth of all
| the stock there was in town.
! AS one of the assessors taking the
! valuation it did not appeal to the farm
ers l met as being of any particular
advantage. With most of them the
| stocks would be so small that they did
not seem anxious about it, There are
! places where it eXempts quite large
! amount. in one spot and 1t would be my
! judgment that without the law it would
be better and more satisfactory to the
! farmers in the State.
! 1 would hope that the motion of the
| Senator from Somerset will not pre-
| vail.
! Mr.. FULTON of Aroostool: Mr.
| President l think that | can say from
| experience or observation in my own
county that the exemption of sheep and
! stock Of certain ages as mentioned in
the bill passed two years ago has had
! the effect to increase that stock in nv
| own town.
l know that quite n number of years
| ago. when quite small boy in that
county. there used to be great herds of
young cattle and of sheep. Within the
past few years. and since the people of
the county went into the culture of 20
| tatoes almost wholly. they have neg
lected the raising of stock. and especi-
ally sheep. but / have noticed this rast
TWO or three years that the number of
sheep have increased markedly and
they also have gone more into stock
raising. I fancy the exemption of that
class of stool, in the bill passed two
years has had an effect in increasing
sheep and young cattle i'm the county.
l am not posted, especially, but that
has been my observation. and I have
talked with number of farmers who
look 11npn tho ,rattor do