Arizona republican., 1906-08-16
RATE
 OF TAXATION
Twenty Gents Gut Off the
 Territorial Levy
The Work of the Board of Equalization Has Been Practically Completed.

Practically Completed.
 The territorial board of equalization ] practically concluded its work yester- day though the minutes of the meet ings have not yet been prepared for 1 signature and there are some formal details of the session yet to be attended l to. The net result of the meeting is | the reduction of the territorial tax rate ! 10 D cents on each $100 valuation, be- side reduction in the local rates of 1 several of the counties that is. iR most ] of the mining counties, in some cases as much as 25 per cent This has been accomplished by raising the valuations l of patented mines in the counties of l Cochise, Gila MOhave Yuma and Yav- 1 apai altogether about $6,50O,OOO. i No change was made in the returns ! of all other kinds of property, amount ing to about $57OOO,O 900. so that the total valuation for the territory will be more than $63,00O,OOO making an in l crease of more than $6.OOO. 900 over the valuation last year after the board had got through with the returns.
 The following are the returns, raises l and present valuations of the patented mines in the five countless
 COchise county. 400 per cent l Original assessment ....S 793,519.64 ! Amount of raise. 3,174078.56
 Total valuation as raised .$3. .967 5sS.2O l Gila county, 200 per cent
 1 Original assessment .......s 45S.75O.0O l Amount of raise. ........ 917,5OO.OO ! Total valuation as raised S1.S76, ,25O.OO
 Mohave county. 50 per cent
 Original assessment .......$ 129.351.52 Amount of raise. e......... 64,675.I6 ! Total valuation as raised.$ 194,027.28 1 Yavapai county. 3S1a per cent l Original assessment ...... .$1, ,592, ,352.00 Amount of raise. e........-.. 5S0.7S4.00 ] Total valuation as raised $2.128.18 Yuma county. 100 per cent
 Original assessment .-.....$ 3S,100.0O l Amount of raise. 3S,1O0.0O
 
 Total valuation as raised-S T6.200-00 i The assessment value of the property having been established, the board pro ceeded to the reduction of the terri torial tax rate by 20 cents. It could have done even better but for the fact that about 90 cents of the territorial rate of 95 cents is fixed by statute and could noy be interfered with. The new rate of 75 cents is made up as follows; General fund paragraph aS31.
 R. S. ul-......... ............. .1543 Interest worlds fair bonds, act
 103. laws 1S91............ .003 Interest St. Louis exposition
 bonds, act S6 laws of 19O1 OO3 Asylum for insane interest fund.
 act 73, laws of 1903. ...... OO2 Capitol interest fund. act 9. laws of 1897 ...... ................ .o1 Interest fund. paragraph 2O47. organic law and act of con gresS of S9O............... O8 Industrial school fund, chapter 50. laws of 19O5........... O4 Northern Arizona normal school fund. act T. laws of 1908 . O3 Northern Arizona normal school dormitory fund. chapter A. laws of 1905. 05.............. .O15 Prison fund, para graph 3601. R. $. of 0l.................. .12 Ranger fund. paragraph 3229, R =. 1901. ...........-. .05 Redemption fund. act 1O3, laws 1891 .... .... -..... -....... .001 | Tempe normal school fund, paragraph 37O2. R. g. 1901 ... .O5 Tempe normal school fund. act
 SS. laws 1903. ................. .o25 i Tempe normal school fund.
 chapter 43. section 1. laws of
 1905 ...,.... ......... ...... .O15 Tempe normal school building fund, chapter 43. section 1. laws 1905 ...... ......-..... .O55 Territorial school fund para
 graph 2246, R. <. 1901 ..... O3 University fund, paragraph 3652. R. s. 1901. .................. .O6 University interest fund. para graph 366S. R. S 1901 1.... OO5 | University interest fund act 47. laws 1903 ...... ............ .0017 l
 so. 75OO The last act of the board to date was to determine the tax Ievies of the sev- eral counties and cities of the territory for the purpose of meeting the interest due on their respective debts funded under the act of congress by the issuance of per cent per cent and 3 per cent territorial bonds as follows: l
 Per $1OO.OO ! County. Interest. Valuation. ! Apache .........$ 2,173.6S 22 Coconino ........ 7.95O.0 25 Gila -....-.-....- 2.239.0S .OS Graham ......... 7,36S.24 .15 MaricOpa ....... 14,OS1.S2 IA MohaVe ......... 5,26S.16 A Navajo .......... 1900 .00 .15 Pima ............ 21,O6O. 26 43 Pima, due from
 previous years. 3391S91 .6R
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