The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-03-21
Signature Of Kibbey to the Bullion Tax
Bill Causes Much Surprise,


on % per cent. of the bullion output,
Governor Joseph Fl. Kibbey last week
in short message to the council of
the 24th legislature announcing that
on March 8 he had signed the Doran
mine taxation bill, which is known as
G. B. No. IS.
In his brief message, Governor
Kibbey gives his reasons for signing
the Doran bill, which had the votes
of nine members out of twelve in the
council, representing all the mining
counties of the territory, and seven
teen out of twenty-four in the lower
house.
Through some unknown source it
leaked out that Governor Kibbey
would sign the Doran bill, which pro-
vides for bullion tax, though Gov
ernor Kibbey appeared in person be-
fore the legislature to protest against
assessing the mines on that basis.
The effect of the Doran bill IN adj
dition to placing mine taxation on a
bullion basis, as now prevails in the
great mining states of the west, is to
take out of the hands of Governor
Kibbey the power of fixing the as
sessment of mines-a power that dur
ing the past two years hasImade him
the most-talked-of official in Arizona.
After all his strenuous objection,
Governor Kibbey's signature to the
Doran bill came like bombshell, ex-
cept to a few who claimed to have
known that it was the intention of
the chef executive to sign this far
reaching and important measure.
Governor Kibbey signed other
council bills, which he reported to
the upper house. The bills for the
most part become interesting when
compared with the much greater
Doran bill. Those signed by Gov
ernor Kibbey arc as follows:
C. B. No. 8, obliging mining COM
panies to expend so per cent. of the
sale of stock in development and i'm
provement
G. B. No. %, providing for the ex-
tension of corporate limits.
G. B. No. 30, granting power to
boards of supervisors in certain
cases to revoke saloon licenses.
c. B. No. 50, relating TO the duties
of the public examiner, and increas-
ing his salary from s24OO to $4,000.
c. B. No. 10, providing the methods
IN, "a LziuO aod oiuiuo bai1
c. B. No. As, validating the incor-
alton of Globe.
For relief of Oceana Steffola,
amounting to $500; C. B. No. 1O7, pro-
yiding for the sale of delinquent
mining stock; H. B. No. 40, providing
for the payment by supervisors of
bounty on gophers and rabbits; H.
B. No. rs, relating to conduct of
Benson reform school and increasing
salary of superintendent from $500
to $500. Passed by the council.
House bill SO, whose passage had
been recommended, was taken up.
This is measure affecting the cor
porations, providing among other
things that no Incorporation shall
take the name of one already in ex-
istence under the laws of the terri
tory, and shall take none so nearly
like, that the only difference shall be
the word "The.'' The most import
ant feature of the bill, however, is
provision that there must be filed
with the articles the appointment of
the agent with the accompanying
fee. The bill had originally provided
for the Immediate effectiveness of
the law, but it was decided that it
should be postponed to July l, and
the bill was sent back to the judiciary
committee.
BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. Bailey introduced a bill for the
employment of deputy county treas
urers at salaries of not more than
800, the whole expenditure for that
purpose not to exceed $4,000 year.
This bill was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules, the speaker ex-
planning that the operation of the
Doran law providing for the assess
ment of twenty-five per cent. of the
gross output of the mines would |
greatly increase the work of the
treasurer's Offices in the mining
Mr.. Crenshaw introduced four
cent fare bill similar to the one now
before the council. There was no
serious opposition to it and it was
passed under a series of suspensions
of the rules.
Council bill 126 appropriating $l5,-
300 a year for two years for the ter
ritorial fair was taken up on its re-
ceipt from the council and passed.
There was no objection to the bill,
but Mr. Whitesides desired to amend
it by a provision requiring that a
stated part of the appropriation
should be set aside for the mainten-
lnce and keeping open of the min
,ral exhibit. Objection was made by
Mr.. Burke that the purpose of the
was to restrict the terri
oriaI fair commission rS who had