Arizona republican., 1907-03-02

| as to the manner in which such ad- | ditional assessments may be made. Paragraph 3S61 is amended by mak-
 ing 1t the duty of the assessor to pre-
 pare, in addition to the original as-
 sessment roll,' as now required by law, a roll to be known as the "Spe- | cial Personal Property Assessment | Roll" in which he shall list all per
 sonal property. the tax upon which is | not secured by a lien Upon real es- | tate of sufficient value in his judg- | ment to cover the tax upon said real
 estate. as well as the tax upon said personal property. He is made re- | sponsible on his official bond for all
 taxes appearing on said roll and must make a monthly report to the board
 of supervisors of all taxes collected I upon assessments made therein and ] pay said taxes at the same time into the county treasury. on the second Monday of December of each year the ! assessor must make full settlement with the board of supervisors for all taxes appearing in said roll and he is made liable upon his official bond for all taxes thereon remaining un- collected at that time unless for good cause shown or appearing the board
 of supervisors shall by an order en- tered in its minutes release said as- sessor from liability for aid taxes or any part thereof.
 Paragraph 1862 is amended by mak-
 ing the form of the assessment roll conform to the style already prescrib-
 ed by the public examiner. and in
 use in the several counties.
 Paragraph 3S64 is amended merely
 by changing the date from the third
 Monday in June to the third Monday
 in May. as the time within which the
 assessor shall complete his assessment roll and deliver it to the clerk of the
 board of supervisors.
 Paragraph 3S67 as amended changes the time of the meeting of the county board of equalization from the first day of July of each year to the tenth day of June and fixes the limit of said session at June 3Oth instead of July 2Oth. IL also provides that when It adjourns at its June meeting it shall meet again on the 25th day of July, at which meeting it shall have the same powers it possessed at its June meeting. excepting as provided in paragraph 3S6S.
 Paragraph 3S6S is left the same as at present except that the county board of equalization is forbidden to lower any assessment after the June meeting.
 Paragraph 3S69 is amended by changing the dates to conform to the changes already mentioned.
 Paragraph 3S7O is amended only in fbp rarficrrIars SS69
 Paragraph SS72 is amended by add ing a provision that the county board of equalization shall cause a record of its action in all cases to be entered upon its minutes and shall also note any changes upon the assessment roll in such manner that such changes may be intelligibly ascertained and given effect in making out the dup | liCate assessment roll.
 Paragraph 3s74. which prohibits any assessor, board of supervisors or ter ritorial board of equalization from as- sessing any real estate at a less val l uatiOn than 75c per acre is repealed. | the courts having held such legisla- | ton to be invalid as an attempt on the | part of the legislature to usurp the | functions of the assessor.
 Paragraph 3S77 is amended by re- | quiring the clerk of the board of sup | ervisors to transmit copy of his ab- stract of the equalized assessment | roll to the territorial auditor SD that | the same will reach the auditor in the | usual course of mail on or before the | second Monday in August It also au- thorizes the territorial board to re- | quire "other classifications of prop | erty to be returned" in addition to the | matter which said paragraph at pres ent authorizes it to require.
 Paragraph 3S79 increases the num- | Der of days for which the members | of the territorial board may receive | compensation from twenty in each | year to thirty. Another Amendment | eliminates the provision that eff any | of said members fail to attend any meeting of the board it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint a competent person to act in the place of said absent member.-' and provides in lieu of said provision that "a ma jority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi ness and any act or acts done or per
  legal. valid and binding as though done or performed by the entire board" A further amendment pro- vides that the board shall sit at the office of the territorial auditor on the second Monday in April of each year as provided, and for the purpose men, toned, in paragraph 3s5S. and that it shall also meet on the second Monday in August for the purpose of equaliz- ing the rates of assessment in the various counties. The amendment also gives it the power, for its informa- tion, to summon witnesses and to compel the production of books and papers and to enforce obedience to subpoenas or. orders, giving it for that purpose all the powers conferred up- on boards of supervisors by paragraph 9S0. Said amendment also increases the allowance for its secretary from a sum not exceeding three hundred dol lars to a sum not exceeding five hun dred dollars in any one year, and in the appropriation for inciden- tai expenses and necessary supplies from a sum not exceeding one hun dred dollars to sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
 Paragraph 3SS0 is amended to con-