Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-09

amount Of activity among the agents
OF the banking department ami the fees
which were turned into the department
we're not enough II the present rates o
cover the expenditure. Commissioners
Palmer advocated IN increase II rates
A discussion concerning ne veriiicatiOn
OF savings banks deposits ana The BEST
wa" Of DONG the work then followed.
State Assessors
State Assessor - : ;tetsnn yas call,
ed upon for an explanation Of His ast;-
mates FOR the next NO lara. The .:rs,
item discussed Was travelling Eptnses.
and this rai,ed Cor an increase Of S30Ao
There was. II his opinion. 4 need Cor
experienced men n the Wort, Of look
ing over the w:t lands ana water DOW
ers OF the Sta5e. [: needed a main train
Ell n tie WORK to look over the proper-
r. estimate is value and by means Of
plans ana diagrams put the assessors
n 4 position SO hey could back up any
pan Of Increased taxation or valua-
ton they might ask for The estimate
for Sta;ionarI'. etc. was made bv The
state printer lllti was the east amount
The stepartnert could get along with.
He explained the need for the in
crease OF me salaries On The members
Of the board and on the ground Of IN
creased work and the increased living
expenses. There was also an increase
in the sa!arw nj the chief clerk Of thu
department SEQ as he was an expert
n timber cruising ana other work ami
the price was much smaller than he
could obtain Is :, private citizen.
III the past two Years 1t n cost Of
$500 there had been uncovered FOR tax
alton between s0tn.t and 100000 Of
land not heretofore taxed. with "A m
crease IN axes of about $50. 90. and
there IL more 10 DE obtained in the
same way.
Experienced men had gone into the
'inorganized towoships of the State ami
had found about Sl.Joo.JO IN taxable
available with an increase III Stat
taxes of $500 based on 4 Tax rate Of six
mills. The law asking the wild land
owners TO cooperate with he boar'i Of
assessors ar pay one-iaf the cost of
invest CATION h:i tailed to pass the in
the previous Legislature ana he de-
crease n the Appropriation for the pasr
two years vas due % that omission.
Therefore 4 larger appropriation was
asked this year It Seeine,i 20 be 4 good
business proposition. SAID DIR. Stetson.
Chairman Stctson told the council and
committee that one Of MS first steps
vas 10 bring about 4 convention of the
assessors OF Maine This Was IN line
with the practice IN other states and ne
eait f,a Al,ar
no meeting OF assessors wh.c:, had ever
been held in Maine accom- piished so
n,c, good rs that Al that time there
was no fund for such / purpose and we
had TO work il out without certain
things which would have been bene
ac!al. l. Was FOR this reason that he
had included N his estimate Tor the
budget the sum of scoO COR the ex-
penses If such conventions later
Az he was concluding MIR. Stetson
was asked by Councillor Norton how
much work could be done in wild land
sxplOrl ton for the sum OF 5000. and
replied that he thought they could 10
about - Townships.
THAT would be an average cost of
about $500 per township" sad .he Cow
ernor.
Yes. SIR
That is Il reasonable cost, vas The
Governors comment.
Department Of Labor
Commissioner OF Labor Rosco a. Ed
,iy said that there was necessity for
an increase II certain of the approprid-
tons for work in his department De
cause of the increased work there. Par
ticulariv was II desirable that there De
employed a trained man fer inspection
purposes N factories. THIS he felt sur.
would tend 10 bring about !. decrease u
accidents IN industrial, establishments
of the State. To snow The need OF this
he cited that IN 1916 there we're 1866
such accidents reported. IN 19I. there
were li..Sl. and III IBIS the tota! was