Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-12


appropriations ana fInonclal AnalrS
as iuhbcr Stamp Committee be
cause OF the TACT that the Legislature
mad passed an "rdcr that all commit
toes having L" d" with appropriations
of money should submit their re-
solves I" IL" COMMITTEE" on ApproprIa-
tonS and Financial Affairs and that
Committee should stamp these resolves
as examined and recorded. This or
dor withheld from the Appropriations
Committee tho authority to change in
amy manner the amounts of the Nari-
Gus resolves referred by the LociSla-
tuge ia other committees. This was
not an unusual procedure for several
previous Legislatures had passed a
similar order,
lnr a f.\y weeks matters prorrr sscd
in an ORDINARY way and about The
time the resolve for repairing Franklin
" harf and sfcds was coming along TO
tho Governor ior approval. the Gov
ornor called conference Of All Sen
af0 ana Rouse fnHlfht"n OIL commit
toes TO DISCUSS appropriations IN gen
crai ana |" Hlht IL p"SSInie the state
TAX rate. QUIT" dlhcrcncH or opln-
ron WIS eN''rSH'" az 'h't hecl'i's
v ~ '.'. 'oSu', 'n"l 20 upi,il,e po,-
M@N 'u,.t'', y III I'!'et''S M'ie it'll,
Hf,roI, ." r,"a INK, >.,,.'+a r'tl,,,
,l,,i,.,,,,, ,r a., ,,a,,,,;,.., 49,, ,,,,,rl.
rriatinue and ISin,uc;al Affairs o+ tho
,.sychnt,ri,..I ,,,,,,,,nrt issucL . ,ctter
va IN, ,a,i,,,, n.,,,,i,tcc cb,ir,no,
ca,,i,,~ fnr . ,,,ton,o,,+ nf all rcenl,.os
carryinr money that had heon referred
T., tbnir co,nu,itfcos which statcmcnt
,bonTd show in +brnn ,tnn,s Tho
amounts rrn,rtod "ouof,+ NOT to mass i"
..ou+ To miss. .pd ..no,dinc, I'll; 9
;,rorr,,,inr v..e ,oadiI, fn,.boo,,;n,
III ~ A1orcb 30 conato,. I,.,n, calI,d
= confornrro of ~ cnnn,ittna chair-
~, ~ p,ao+ ,,.;,b 4ro n,,rn,,;.,;n,c
ror,n,it,no 81 tha c,ua,o ,,bar,i,ar
An .,,,,,.,a,t,ad me- ,,,,rara,,oo u.i.b
, ,incnrn ,,,-.i,.n fn fnrr,,,r,,o a ooson-
abIo finauciaI nropr,im tbat would nro-
I'LL t,;,.r,. r,n MI, ,,,io,,. ;a.i.,,.i,e
,ud an,a,.,,,onts ~ ,bo ctata ann nnt
,.,''....; ~
''-> '"'e.
ne d'St'od result was optalned at
tha' conference. Each committee
tam reductions in appropriations in
tbei, several denartmcnts and in
.nirit az concassin,, ~ ro.son-
spirit OF concession ana reason
able compromise defined a program
which has been closely followed
since and is tho nrorram rosnon-
ai' anu - 'ne p'osl"'', ltspo.-
S'ole lor 'he cstaollsh"cht o. we
state tax rate for the year 1923 at
seven mills and for the year 1924 at
six and thrrc-ouarters mills which
was nronosed nv tho looisl,turo hut
mhH pi"po ro oS t ho ,'ls,auupr' pus
changed in the last hour of the lcgis-
l2tiNc session by adding quarter of
a mill to the first year, making a to-
tai of IA mills tax for the two Years
Tbic ,vae dono 10 n,,1.o ~ ~, o,y
n.n was h "oae ,, 10 ','ano up loI any
Vel ' c.'oc "iilc.' ms oo,iie IN inc eA
else taxes collected by the state dur
ing those two years.
: The following table is of interest,
as it shows that of the $4,000. 900
state tax collected nv tbc ct,ta arr
80 tto ~ ,,'.o ~ e''o a. oao az. 90
inS ,, ,ne n.A' W. A,a's' 9.'o-e''of''o
Will he returned to the various cities,
towns and plantations This is s..
mills on the State valuation each year.
The table. which follows shows the
~ ems rot,,rnad -
1904 1oo5