Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-04
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az on this class of property If
:. Man advocated by the Maine
..,sors Convention Wednesday In
- ball of Representatives at the
~, uouse is acted on favorably
.ss coming Legislature. The plan
:, oroposes a uniform valuation on
.a,,, for assessment purposes.
~,s Maine Assessors Convention
..,borized the president, Clement S.
S.,sop of Greene, TO appoint two
.,rbsrs of a committee of which
Fprbish Of Brunswick is to be
.,,rman TO draw up a bill conform
!, IN general TO the New Hampshire
.n,omobile tax law, the bill to be
,,,sented at the coming session of
4. Maine Legislature. This action
vac the outcome of the address
,rsn Yesterday by Mr.. Kurdish who
,ynYained in detail the provisions of
me New Hampshire law.
Hon. Henry F. Long, tax commits
| sinner of Massachusetts,, was the
mipcipal speaker at the convention
Yesterday, taking up the subject.
4 The Assessor and the General Prop
.rty Tax" Paul D. Sargent, chief
engineer of the State Highway de-
mrment, spoke on the Maine High
Tay problem, and John f. Goodwin.
srfing chief engineer of the Public
Utilities Commission, discussed Val
nation Of Public Utility Property as
Basis of Taxation"
C. s, Stetson Reelected President
Clement S. Stetson of Greene,
chairman Of the Board of State AS
SCISSORS who has been president Of
The Maine Assessors Association since
its organization nine years ago, was
reelected to that office yesterday.
Other officers reelected We're: Vice
President, S. B. Kurdish of Bruns-
wick; secretary, George w. Norton
Of Passport. These three officials
will serve ex-officio on the executive
board the other members of which
are Frank Emery of Saco, Frank
Brown of Bethel. and James c. Null
Hgan Of Bath.
There was an unusually large at
tendance at yesterdays session OF
the convention, every seat in the
hall Of representative being &C.
cupied. Through the general dis
cussion Of taxation problems and the
messages contained in the papers
presented the days meetings proved
very profitable to the delegates. The
Wh annual convention will close
with session commencing at 8
O'clock this Thursday morning.
Explains N. q. Auto Tax Law
mat great many more autos are
registered in the State than are taxed
vas pointed out by S. B. Furnish of
me board Of assessors at Brunswick
IN discussing the New Hampshire au-
omobile tax law, or license law, as he
Preferred to call it.
Inc unsatisfactory results attain
1 by various boards of assessors in
arriving at a tax value for motor
,9nces have given rise to desire
ma some relief from the present
'uiu'ions,' he declared.
ins desire is worthy one for
u 'he calendar year of 1925, 140,499
.aUl" vehicles were registered In the
se'e' out the local assessors in their
.e'u'hs TO the Board of State Assess
IS report but 102,O72 as taxed, a diff
, ,saslce Of SS,i27. This number in
Nv. Inc nonresident registrations,
-. lne ngures are not materially
Hanged by their Inclusion.
FROM figures furnished by the
=, oYa'a OF state Assessors We find that
t us average value per motor vehicle
mn,, Me year 1925 was $2S2.S2. If we
svoa.y thls figure by the number of
n. MS cars We have S10,S4S,71O as
dr., san tnat possibly escaped taxation
g.., sing mat year; or another way of
mor. NOS 1t is to say that 81 per cent.
~ motor vehicles were registered
10; ' t, STATE of Maine during the year
asss s lnah We're reported as taxed by
,b s,. and therefore did not bear
~, . "a snare of the tax burden.
u ni, he average rate of taxation was
hst a me towns and cities have
AIM, "er 100000 for the year 1925
ca, AN. ana while 1t is true that the
lg9s 's at mas dropped for the year
acrs.s siete mas been nine per cent.
sssr, sSe IN registrations which must
70 s,n eIuailze the loss, so 1t Is safe
lost !. ,nat another 100000 may be
~ p IN the year 1926"
law 'tWstrihg to the New Hampshire
uon, ~, mr. Kurdish quoted from Sec
Sptr NJ mo motor vehicle owned or
shall h a oy resident of this State
Sons ns ieglstered under the provi-
Or here Ua liiS chapter until the owner
Ottalned controlling the same has
ifbm tha permit for registration
SIDES '' Sr city or town wherein he re-
o NM ihls section shall not apply
soel ~ vehicles which constitute
q a boaa uade of a manufacturer or
1Bat eoaa fide dealer"
adOptss This section could be
ssry ~ IN Maine it would be neces-
y motnpr aSs a law removing the item
Persona| vehicles from the list of
Courss G !; Property for taxation. OF
Sate , al making the returns to the
nouN ASSESSORS tba ,-,J,.;
Guided n remains. that it may be in
couatTr IN computing the State and
'Wbano "Aes' said Mr.. Kurdish.
Vehicles lhe item of taxing motor
aands % nas been taken from the
Natprali,, tlle assessors, some official
asan ny mas to be substituted. so
'6he law v quote from the New Hamp-
z each ~: Section IA: The treasurer
ae Citv 's a9 or such other person as
I'D tie storefnment may designate,
slall co,Io Town clerk of each town
Flows. 80 o fees for such permits as
,tsted i'm W each motor vehicle Of
!, mills ~ sistration a sum equal to
vt pnco IN each dollar of the makers
eodel 70 Tor the current year of the
as year mills for the first succeed
s%!cceedin, niile mills for the second
IND succs year, five mills for the
" egcesSs;eolng year, three mills but
10 succsaag $40 in all for the fourth
~ particcnpIi.cation of these figures to
Z .l7 On ar case would mean a tax
he ave. car listed at $1,000. Now
cage tax rate for Maine is