Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-17

The Doran bill which becameA law when Governor Kibbey affixed his sig nature thereto will place mine taxa. tion upon an exact basis, will bring more taxes into the county treasuries and will work no hardship upon mine owners.
 The full text of the law is given: Section i. For the purpose of this act all mines and mining claims of whatever kind or character situated in the Territory of Arizona shall be divided into two classes, as follows:
 Productive mines and mining claims.
 g. Reproductive mines and min.
 ing claims.
 (a) One that during the twelve months preceding the first day Of January of each year. beginning A. D. 1907, has produced ores or mineral products of any kind or character az gregating in value as fixed by section of this act thirty-seven hundred and fifty dollars or more.
 bJ A number of mines Or mining claims located in the same mining district and under one ownership from one. several, or all of which are produced during such year ores or mineral products of any kind or char acter aggregating in value, as fixed by section of this act an amount equal to thirty-seyen hundred and fif- ty dollars or more per claim.
 All other mines or mining claims shall be classed as non-productive.
 Section 2. Every person, corpora tion, partnership or association eu- gagged in mining upon any mine CT mining claim of any kind or character, shall, between the first day of January and the first Monday in May in each year. make out statement of the aboye-named ores or mineral. products from each mine or group of mines owned or worked by such person, cor poration, partnership or association during the twelve months next pre- ceding the first day of January in each year, derived from the working there Of. Such statement must be verified by the oath or affirmation of such per son or the manager, superintendent or agent of such corporation, partner ship or association and must be deliv- cred on or before the first Monday in May of each year. to the assessor of the county in which such mine. mines or mining claim or claims are situated, and to the Auditor of the Ter ritory. Said statement shall show the following:
 The name and address of the owner
 The description and location of the mine, mines. mining claim or claims, covered by said statement. giving the name area in acres mining district and county. If there is no mining dis trict established. then the location with relation to the nearest establish ed district
 The number of tons of ore or other mineral products extracted from said mine or mining claims during the period covered by the statement.
 The amount and character of such ores or mineral products and the yield of such ores or mineral prod ucts in constituents of commercial value, that is to say. the number of ounces of gold. silver and the number of pounds of copper. lead or other commercially valuable constituents of said ores or mineral products during the period covered by the. statement.
 Section 3. The assessor of sucn county shall prepare on or before the first Monday in May of each year an assessment roll called the Assess ment Roll of the Gross Products of Mines and Mining Claims,'' alphabet ically arranged, in which shall be listed the gross product of all the mines and mining claims in his coun- ty, and in which shall be specified in separate columns and under the following heads:
 l. The name. and address of the owner of the mine or mining claim.
 ?. The description and location of such mine or mining claim. stating therein the name. area in acres, min