Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-07
ATTORNEY GENERAL, WANTS
 THE TAXES.
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That Tax Collector Gaines of Co chiso county ls a -otvilc creature ot the Copper queen Mining company of that county. i- Inc natural deduction ! to bc drawn after reading the facts rocitcd iu ic'iuou for a writ of man date wnich wls filed yesterday in the Territorial supreme court hy Attorney General ,mil iu behalf of the Terri. tory. Tho coppe- queen owes back taxes to tho Territory and Cocbisc county in the sum or slllll037, of which sum the amount due the Territory is tlo,- 635.75.
 According Co law it Is thc duty of Gaincs to being suit Co collect the dc- linqucnt amount He has not only failcd to do ~o. hut has refused to do eo when requested by thc attorney general Gaines evidently considers tha, himself and tnc Copper Queen are abovc thc law and has iusolcntly bid dedancc Co 'l, governing authorities.
 Attorney General Clark now wants in find uut if Gaines and his masters are the CzaH oi Arizona, and what i9 equally important he wants the Terri. tory Co collect that slo,0OO which is duo IL. For these reasons h. asks the suprcmc cou:t Co issue writ of man. date to compel the subs, ryiont tax c"l' lector of Cocnisc county to institute suit to collect The back taxes.
 In his petition Attorney General Clark alleges that in July, 1901, the board of supervisors of Cochise county, acting as board of equalization, raised the assessment of the Copper Queen company, as returned by their representatives to sum total of ST.. s33.o3i7G. He further alleges that in August. 1901, the Territorial board of equalization hxed the Territorial tax rate at sl.l7 on each sl0O of valuation of taxable property, and that the sup. ervisors of Cochisc county levied for county purposes a tax of s2.03 on each sl0O of taxabls property, making the total tax levy s3.20 on eacn sl0O worth of taxable property.
 The petition for a writ of mandamus then states that in 1901 the sum of $l22,Gj7.09 was levied against tho Copper Queen as taxes, and that on September 9 the Copper Queen paid on account sli,l33l2. On the third Mon day of December. that year, the taxei remaining unpaid by the Copper Queer became delinquent, and on March l 1902, the Copper Queen paid s9,l32,C' ss part payment of the delnquen tsxcs. leaving n balance then due an unpaid of s09,39l.33.
 Attorney General Clark then state that on October l, 1903, all of the sai' back taxes due by the Copper Queer company, together with interest, pen alties and costs, amounted to sll6, s0l.sl, which remained unpaid, am that on January l, 1904, the taxe stiIl remaining unpaid, it became tn duty of the tax collector to enforc payment by bringing suit, but tha said tax collector not only failed t enter such suit, but positively refuse to do SO, or make any move toward the collection of the back taxes, unti forced to do so by court havin proper jurisdiction, wherefore the n, sorney general prays for a writ O msndamus.
 The petition further states that O June 8, 1904, the Copper Queen pal the tax collector of Cochisc count eS,66l.H on the delinquent taxe' leaving R balance due of tlll,l4O.3i which still remains unpaid, and whic the attorney general hopes 10 collec through forcing Tax Collector Gains Co bring suit.