Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

One ui The most important billH m troduccd ai the present term of the Legislature, outside of the gambling bill was introduced by Major A. ]. Doran, of this county, in inc Council, Saturday, it being % bill for the taxa ton of mines, mining claims, ores and mineral products, and is modelled on the Colorado law covering the same points
 The tex, of ihc bill follows:
 Section |. TOT the purpose of this act all mines and mining claims of whatever kind or character, situated in the Territory of Arizona, shall be di- vidcd into two classes, as follows:
 CD Productive mines and mining claims.
 @ Non productive mines and min. ing claims.
 A productive mine or mining claim shall be:
 (n) One that during the twelve months preceding inc first day of January of each year, beginning A. D. 1908, has produced ores or mineral products of any kind or character az. grcgating in value as fixed by Section | of this act, s3,750 or more.
 (b) \ number - mines or mining claims located in the same mining dis. ,rict and under one ownership or man agcmcnt, from one, several, or all of which are produced during each year ores or mineral products of any kind or character aggrcgating in value as fxcd by Section of this net, S3,7jo or more.
 All other mines and mining claims shall be classcd as non.productivc. See. .. Every person, corporation partnership or association engaged ir mining upon any mine ar mining claiu of any kind pr character, shall, he tween the first and thirticth days oi April in each year, make out a state mcnt of the above named ores or min eral products from each mine ar group of mines owned or worked by such per son, corporation, partnership, or asso ciati0n, during the twelve months mex preceding the first day of January, il each year, derived from the workin, thereof. Such statement must bc veri fed by the oath or affirmation of sucl person or the manager, superintendent or agent of such corporation, partner ship or association, and must he dc livcred on or before April 20 of cacl year, to the assessor of the county il which such mine, or mining claim 0 claims are situated, and 10 the audito of the Territory. Said statement shal show the following:
 The name and address of th | owner.
 The description and location of th' mine, mines, mining claim or claims covered by said statement, giving tn, name, area in acres, mining distric and county. If there is no mining dis trict established, then the location witi relation to the nearest established dis trict.
 The number of tons of ore or othe mineral products extracted, worked O sold during the period covered by tn, statement.
 The amount and character of sucl ores or mineral products and the yiolt of such ores or mineral products il constituents of commercial value, tha is to say, the number of ounces of gold silver, and the number of pounds o copper, lead, or other commercial, valuable constituents paid for to th' owner of said ores or mineral products during the period covered by the state mcnt.
 See. T. The assessor of such count, shall prepare on ar before July 1 iI chch year, aitcf sald statement is de livercd to him, m assessment roll call ed the " Assessment Roll of tho Gros' Product of Mines and Mining Claims alphabetically arranged, in which shal be listed the gross product of all th' mines and mining claims in his county and in which shall be specified in sep arate columns and under the followin, heads: tWTV
 CD The name and address of tn, owner of the mine or mining claim.
 (2) The description and location O such mine or mining claim, statinl therein the name ,area in acres, min ing district or county. If there is m mining district established, then its To ,a,.nn ,,,tk collation. fn tha uaaVost ou