Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

$50.
surance or the bond required by law
~ any insurance company. Proyi.
SION Tor this was made In the COM
puisory auto insurance bill in the
last Legislature.
Workmen's Compensation Act
Amendment
AN amendment to the Workmen's
Act may be presented
LOT the consideration of the Legisla-
lure this proposing a State fund in
place OF protection by Insurance.
companies. This Is known as the
ONO system and 1t is now being
considered by committee. of the
MASSACHUSETTS Legislature. The State
| Iunu from which losses would be
pald without the Intervention of in
sufance companies, would be made
up OF the insurance premiums paid
| oy the manufacturers or employers
on the basis of their payrolls. The
industrial Accident Commission
| would be in charge of the making
of awards in accident cases, as at
! the present time.
Suggestion has also been made
| that a State fund be created to take
! the place of insurance company pro-
lection in cases of automobile acct
| dents.
insurance Agency Qualification
me bill introduced in the S1st
Legislature regarding the qualifica-
| ton for insurance agents, may be
revived at the coming session. Pro-
vision is there made for creating an
| examining board for insurance agents
similar to the boards that now ex-
| anime candidates desiring to prac-
tlce medicine, dentistry or law.
Bills Relating to Labor
! Some or the matters of interest
| to the State department of labor and
industry that will doubtless come be-
| fore the 1927 session include a law to
! govern the construction, installation
| and use. of steam boilers and other
! high pressure vessels. A similar bill
was introduced in the 1925 session,
! but failed to receive passage. There
| is also talk of establishing a code to
| cover construction and installation
of elevators and fire escapes.
Another matter of interest to the
department is the broadening of the
/ Free Public Employment Agency
work which was started in Portland
! in August through the cooperation
| of the Federal Department of La
Dor, the Maine Department and the
| State of Maine Associates. This en-
! ployment work is already being done
| by 81 of the As states in conjunction
with the Federal Department and
| has proven to be of great assistance,
especially in states where seasonal
| occupations occur.
! Several amendments to the Work
! mems Compensation Act will be sub
/ mitted by the Industrial Accident
| Commission which will be for the
/ nurnnSa NJ ri ca,ta in sacfinr c
! and will not have to DO with the
! benefits paid under the act.
! Director of School Libraries
/ That the time has come for the
State to take-some action that will
relate the children of the State to
! the best books in literature, science
| and business, is the opinion express
! ed by State Librarian Henry Z. Dun
mack in his annual report just issued.
! in which he advises adding to the
| library staff a director of school
| libraries.
This director must be trained
| librarian. who will visit the libraries
! and teach the librarians in the small
! libraries how to serve their COM
munity through helping the school
| teachers and training the pupils to
| use the library" Mr.. Dunnack de-
clares. IF we are to adequately
! train our young people for life we
| must start farther back than with
| the boys and girls of the high
! school,"
| Taxation Measures
1t is anticipated that Representa-
! tive Arthur w. Patterson of Castine
/ will introduce a bill providing for
/ the taxation of intangible property
! through either an income tax or a
low fat rate.
Taxation of intangibles is prob
lem that has been long discussed
! and at the last session of the Legis-
/ lature a bill was entered that aimed
to brace up the local assessors In
assessing the taxes on intangibles at
! the local rate, as provided for by
! the present law. The committee on
! taxation reported unfavorably on the
| measure.
There will be pressure for the IN
| PRODUCTION of a bill for the adoption
! of the New Hampshire automobile
tax law which provides a method OF
handling auto taxation so that there
can be no evasion of the local tax
by reason of a person selling his car
in the fall and purchasing new
car the next summer. BY the pro-
visions of this New Hampshire law,
any person to get his car registered
for operation on the highways must
show that he has paid the local tax
assessed against that car.
Whether or not the steam rail-
| roads will seek tax reduction at the
coming session, has not been learned.
In the Sind Legislature a bill was
introduced providing that the tax
against steam railroads be assessed
on the net-gross earning rather than
on the gross earning as at present:
The committee considering the Dill
reported Ought not to pass"
Matters Relating to Schools
A number of bills will be intro
duced relating to education, but 1t
is learned that for the most part they
will be merely corrective or to extend
the working of the present laws. Or.
Augustus o. Thomas, state commas
sioner of education, asserts that no
fundamental changes are to be pro-
posed, but that they are atteh ptins
TO get the present laws in good shape
and consolidate the ground gained;
Uniform Accounts for C11es anu
Towns
r,hare is evidence that there may
he presented q bill to make the pres
ont law in relation to uniform &C
counts for cities and towns apple
ahIe to all cities and towns whether
or not they call upon the State audi
tor for an audit. At the present time
q citv or town cannot be compelled
to adopt the uniform system of &C
counts but this will be installed for
anv citv or town by the State audi
tor upon application. Up, to GATE
a bout 80 cities and towns nave mao
this uniform system installed since
the law was passed in 1923, and there
is some feeling that the system