Arizona republican., 1906-06-17

OtIlce or the leiiitoi ihi DO'iN N- Equalization.
 Phoenix. Arizona, June 4, l9O6. 1T. accordance with Paragraph 3S5o, Section 2S, Title LXII, Chapter 3, Re Nlsed Statutes of Arizona of 1901, the Territorial Board of Equalization met this day at it's office in the Capitol Building in Phoenix, Arizona, at lO:O0 o'clock a. m.
 The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, John H. Page, and upon roll caH the following named members were shown 10 be present:
 John II. Page, Auditor and Chair man.
 Thomas F. Wilson. Member First District.
 Charles Bowman, Member Second District.
 Frank II. Parker. Member Third Dis trlct.
 Thomas J. Coalter, Member Fourth District and
 Charles F. Solomon. Member Fifth District.
 Upon motion of MT. Parker, seconded by Mr. Wilson, duly put and unani- mously carried, F. A. Tritle, Jr., was elected Secretary of the Board. IL was moved by MT. Solomon, sec ended by MT. Parker, that the Board
  and Secretary of the Territory and the molten was unanimously carried. inc Chairman then addressed the Board relative to data compiled for its use.
 Upon motion of MT. Wilson, seconded by Mir Coalter, the Board then took recess until two o'clock p. m. The Board reconvened at o'clock D. m and was duly called to order by the Chairman, all members and the Secretary being present.
 The Chairman presented returns for the year 1906 on railroad property from tae following named companies: The Arizona Copper Company, Linn itcd Coronado Railroad).
 he Arizona and New Mexico Rail- way Company.
 Arizona and Colorado Railroad Com pany.
 Arizona Southern Railroad Company. AJchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- way Company (and leased Iines). -Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- way Company.
 Cananea, Yaqui River and Pacific Railroad Company.
 Central Arizona Railway Company. The Congress Consolidated Mines Company, Limited.
 
 Company.
 The Grand Canyon Railway Com pany.
 Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company.
 Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad Company.
 Morenci Southern Railway Company. New Mexico and Arizona Rail Road Company
 saginaw and Manistee Lumber Com pdny.
 Southern Pacific Railroad Company. United Verde and Pacific Railway Company.
 Pullman Company. and an opinion from Attorney General Clark relating to the assessment of the property of The Grand Canyon Rail way Company" and "Western Arizona Railway Company" Successors in in- terest to the Arizona and Utah Railway Company.
 IL vas moved by MT. Bowman and seconded by Mir. Wilson that the peti- tion of Henry F. Ashurst, District At torney of CoconiT county, demanding that the Grand Canyon Railway Com pany be assessed by this Board as rail- way property, served personally upon each member of the Board, be filed in the OiIlce or ms BOarn, and that the said petitioner and said railway com pany be notified by the Secretary of the Board that the said petition will be taken up for consider ation on Wed nesday, June 6, 1906. al 10 o'clock a. m. The motion being put was unani- mously carried, all members voting aye.
 It was then moved by MT. Bowman and seconded by MT. Parker that the Secretary be directed to notify MT Chas. F.. Walker Of the Arizona and Colorado Railroad Company and Mari copa and Phoenix and Salt River Val ley Railroad Company and MT. Paul Burks of the Western Arizona Rail- way Company that the matters relat- ing to the exemption Of their roads from taxation would be taken up by the Board for consideration on We'd nesday, June 6, 1906, at 10 o'clock a. m The motion was put and unanimously carried.
 The Board examined the papers of 8 number of the various railroads claim ing exemption under the several legis- lative Exemption Acts, discussed gen. erally the business before it and al 4:20 o'clock D. m., upon motion of MT Solomon, seconded by MT. Coalter stood adjourned until 10 o'clock a. m. June ,. 1906.
 JOHN H. PAGE, Chairman Attest: F. A. TRITLE, JR.,
 Secretary.