Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-13

the property and assets Of the Moose
River Log Driving Company. and
providing for the dissolution of said
corporation. (H. p. 15) CH. d. 80.
An Act to amend the charter of
Kennebec Log Driving Company as
amended by Chapter 400 of the Pri-
vate and Special Laws of 1885. and
further amended by Chapter 10 and
Chapter IA of the Private and Spe-
cial Laws of 1917. and by Chapter .
OF the Private and Special Laws of
1921. Oh. P. 16) Oh. d. 16).
Resolve in favor of Highmoor
Farm. in the town of Monmouth.
(H. P. S7) (H. d. 2D.
Resolve in favor of Animal Hus-
bandry. Oh. p. $50 Oh. D. 22)
Resolve, in favor of scientific inves-
! tigation in agriculture in Aroostook
/ County Oh. p. S9) (H. D. 23).
! Resolve appropriating money for
the support and maintenance of the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton Oh. P. 90) Oh. d. 24).
On motion by Mr.. Wadsworth of
1 Kennebec, tabled pending second
reading.
| An Act relating to applications for
| Soldiers Bonus OH. p. 362) Oh. d. go.
Orders Of the Day
/ Mr.. MAHER of Kennebec: Mr..
President, l move to take from the
| table S. P. 100, tabled by me Feb
ruary 5th.
| The motion was agreed to. AMI on
further motion by the same Senator.
! the resolve was referred to the COM
! mittee on Judiciary. as suggested by
the committee on Reference.
! Mr.. SPEIRS of Cumberland: Mr..
| President, we have on the table five
measures now regarding the gasoline
tax and tax on registration and they
are all tax bills. / fild that two of
them have been referred to the COM
mittee on Ways and bridges and three
to the judiciary. These committees
are composed of able men. competent
to act upon these measures; hut |
think that they are taxation measures
and | would ask that bills ii. ID. 50
and II. D. A be taken from the table
and that we non-concur with the
House and refer them
The PRESIDENT: VIII the Senator
| please make one motion at . time.
/ Mr.. SPEIRS: Nh President move
| to take from the table Ii. d. "A.
! The motion was agreed to.
| Mr.. SPEIRS: ! now move that we
/ non-concur with the House and that
| this be referred to the committee on
Taxation.
Mr.. MATIER Of Kennebec: Mr..
! President, may we have the act read
so that we may be informed what 1t
| is?
| (The bill was read by the score
| tary)
Mr.. MAHER: Mr.. President, I I'M
Inv
is on the motion of the Senator from
Cumberland that it he referred to
the committee on Taxation. Am l
right?
Mr.. SPEIRS: My motion is that 1t
| be referred to the committee on tax
alton. That is where it was two
! years ago.
| Mr.. MAHER: Mr.. President,
speaking to the motion, it seems to
me that that is not II question-al-
though I happen to he on the COM
mittee on taxation and cannot be ac-
cused of any prejudice in keeping
any matter away from that commit
| tee properly belonging to it-but !
| cannot see anything at all either in
the bill or in it's purport that has the
slightest bearing on taxation. On
| the contrary, it is a matter upon
which, as / am informed, the entire
! road program of the State is depend
! ent, and | know that certain gentle
men do not meet the suggestion with
approval. If there is anything in
| connection with an increase of the
excise tax on gasoline that requires
| the expert advice of experts on tax
alton / fail to see what it is. The
entire and sole and only reason for
! the imposition Of this excise tax was
| to provide funds for our highways,
and the pure purpose was to take
! from the users of the highways by
| indirect method a toll that would be
applied to the highway problem.
And this is nothing novel. 1t is n
simple increase. And as 1 am in
| formed, and believe credibly in
! formed, the highway program as laid
! out by the committee on highways,
! is dependent primarily upon how
much money they are going to get,
and how much money they are 60
ing to get depends on the size of this
| gasoline tax.
Now the Senator from Cumber-
land, l understand, says the matter
TWO years ago was referred to the
/ committee on taxation.
Mr.. SPEIRS: Taxation and WAYS
and bridges.
| Mr.. MAHER: l am not wholly I'M
familiar with the gasoline ta:- act,
/ nor the committee on taxation, hav-
ing introduced in the House four
years ago the first gas tax that was
! ever proposed in New England or
east of the Mississippi, and | ap-
peared before the distinguished COM
fnn fhny %,x
ceived scarce the courtesy of a pass
ing glance. In fact, it was laughed
out of the Legislature. Last session
it was referred to the committee on
taxation. by way of precedent. and
with that committee wac ioipol tbo