Word: billing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the Massachusetts Senate, held yesterday afternoon, bill number 290 was passed as follows: "Section 1. The exemption from taxation provided by clause third of section five of chapter twelve of the Revised Laws shall not extend to such real estate belonging to any college or university or scientific institution authorized to grant degrees, as is occupied as a residence by an officer of instruction, administration, or government of such college, university or scientific institution,--provided, that nothing herein contained shall subject to taxation any building otherwise exempt, of which less than one-half in extent and value...
...This bill, which closely affects the interests of all educational institutions in the State, has been vigorously opposed by the presidents of all the large colleges, academies, and universities concerned, on the ground of the violation of the policy followed by the State in encouraging the endowment of institutions, which shall be free from taxation. Although the pecuniary loss would in some cases be small, it is easily seen that the income of colleges which possess a great number of buildings occupied by officers, would be greatly curtailed by the passage of this bill...
...President Henry Hopkins of Williams College, President F. W. Hamilton of Tufts College, and about fifteen other presidents. Many editorials have appeared in the Boston and New York papers concerning this subject, all of which support the stand taken by the institutions. In order to become a law the bill must pass the House of Representatives and be signed by the Governor of the State...
Although the bill to tax college property occupied by professors' houses, which passed the Massachusetts Senate yesterday, can have no serious financial effect upon Harvard University, we should realize the importance of the measure as an entering wedge, which, if it becomes a law, is likely to be extended to affect all college property. In the face of the fact that Harvard has proportionately less to lose than perhaps any other Massachusetts college or university, we are glad that President Eliot has still been one of the strongest opposers of the bill, on the ground that the interests...
...Kelley emphasized the fact that people should be particular as far as possible to investigate the conditions under which the goods that they purchase are made. She showed the difficulty the Consumers' League had experienced in attempting to pass a bill through the federal legislature, that was finally declared unconstitutional, which should prevent goods made under child labor in one state from passing into another. Owing to the great demand for white factory hands in the South and to a lack of inspectors, conditions are such that large numbers of very young children are found employed in factories...