Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-07
NEW ARIZONA
 MINE TAX BILL
Full Text of Bill Introduced by Doran of Yavapai in the Territorial coun- cil-Mines in Productive and Non Productive Glasses.

The Dlll lntrouuceu III thc bVlii'"Ai"' council by A. J. Doran of Yavapai last week is almost a copy of the mine tax ation law in Colorado.
 The following is the text of the bill; Section l. For the purpose of this act all mines and mining claims ot whatever kind or character situated in the territory of Arizona shall be di- vided into two classes, as follows:
 |. Productive mines and mining claims
 9. Reproductive mines and mining claims.
 A productive mine or mining claim shall be:
 (a) One that during the twelve months preceding the first day of Janu- arv of each year, beginning A. D. 1908, has produced ores or mineral products of any kind or character aggregating in value as fixed by section of this act thirty-seven hundred and fifty dollars Or more.
 (b) A number of mines or mining claims located in the same mining dis triet and under one ownership or man agement. from one. several, or all of which are produced during each year ores or mineral products of any kind or character aggregating in value as fixed by section I of this act, thirty seven hundred and fifty dollars or more.
 All other mines and mining claims shall be classed as non-producers.
 Section ?. Every person, corporation partnership or association engaged 1T mining upon any mine or mining clain of any kind or character, shall, betweer the first and thirtieth days of April 1T each year. make out a statement of thu above named ores or mineral products from each mine or group of mines own cd or worked by such person, corpora tion, partnership, or association during the twelve months next preceding tn first day of January in each year, de rived from the workings thereof. Sue statement must be verified by the Oat or affirmation of such person or tn manager, superintendent or agent o such corporation, partnership or assc citation, and must be delivered on O before April 30 of each year, to the as sessor of the county in which such mint or mining claim or claims are situate and to the auditor of the territory, Sai statement shall show the following:
 The name and address of the Owne The description and location of tn mine, mines, mining claim or claim covered by said statement, giving tn name, area in acres, mining district an county. If there is no mining distriC established, then the location with T, lation to the nearest established di trict.
 The number of tons of ore or oth, mineral products extracted, worked ( sold during the period covered by u statement.
 The amount and character of sue ores or mineral products and the yie of such ores or mineral products in co stituents of commercial value; that is say, the number of ounces of gold, si yer, and the number of pounds of co per, lead or other commercially valuab constituents paid for to the owner said ores or mineral products during tl period covered by the statement.
 Section 3. The assessor of such cou ty shall prepare on or before July in each year after said statement delivered to him an assessment rC called the Assessment Roll of t Gross Products of Mines and Mimi Claims, alphabetically arranged, which shall be listed the gross produ of all the mines and mining claims his county, and in which shall be sT cified in separate columns and under t following heads:
 l.. The name and address of t owner of the mine or mining claim.
 2. The description and location such mine or mining claim, stati therein the name, area in acres, mi ing district and county. If there is mining district established, then it's cation with relation to the nearest tablished district.
 3. The yield of such ores or min al products in constituents of comma cial value; that is to say, the numt of ounces of gold, silver, and the nu ber of pounds of copper, lead or otl commercially valuable constituents ps for to the owner of said ores or m eral products during the period cover by the statement. This statement sh also give the yield of the same in mon during the period of twelve months e cred by the statement, such yield money to be determined as provided section of this act.
 1. The total amount of taxes to ascertained as hereinafter provided.
 Section f. It shall be the duty the assessor to ascertain the value these products as follows; He sh compute the value thereof, based uT the average market quotations of e, of such products in New York city evidenced by some established auth ity or market report such as the "l gineering and Mining Journal of x York city, or any other standard per giving the market records for twelve months covered by the sta ment mentioned in section of t act, and twenty per cent of such gr value in money shall constitute
 total amount upon which the levy taxes for the twelve months cove by said statement shall be fixed ; made. And said assessor shall ret twenty per cent of such gross value the assessment upon which the l,