Mohave County miner., 1907-03-16
Doran Mine Tax Bill.

Doran Mine Tax Bill.
 The following is the recent bill tax ing the mines of the te ritory, which passe d the legislature and became a law by the signature of Gov. Kibbey. The bill is known as the "Doran Bill". By the terms of this bill all mines pro- ducing more than 375OS last year go upon the assessment roll, while only the improvements on all mines pro- ducing less than that amount are assessed. The bill will add large l. to the income of several of the big mining counties of the territory, al- though Mohave will be benefited very little:
 Section 1. For the purpose of this Act all mines and mining claims of whatever kind or character situated in the Territory of Arizona shall be di- vided into two classes, as follows:
 1. Productive mines and mining claims.
 }. Reproductive mines and min- ing claims.
 A productive mine or mining claim shall be,
 (a) One that during the twelve months preceding the first day of Jan- uary of each year, beginning A. D. 1907, has produced ores or mineral products of any kind or character ag- gregating in value as fixed by section 4 of this Act, thirty-seven hundred and fifty dollars or more. (b) A number of contiguous mines or mining claims 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 4 of this Act, an amount equal to thirty-seven hundred and fifty dol lars, or more,, per claim.
 All other mines and mining claims shall be classed as non-productive.
 Section ?. Every person, corpora tion, partnership or association engag- ed in mining upon any mine or 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 above named ores or mineral products from each mine or group of mines owned or worked by such person, corporation, partnership, or association during the twelve months next preceding the first day of January in each year, derived from the working thereof. Such state ment must be verified by the oath or affirmation of such person or the man. ager, superintendent or agent of such corporation, partnership or association and must be delivered, on or before the first Monday in May of each year, to the assessor of the county in which such mine, mines, or mining claims are situated, and to the Auditor of the Territory. Said statement shall show the following:
 The name and address of the owner or lessee.
 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 established district.
 The number of tons of ore or other mineral products extracted and treated or sold 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 products 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 each county shall prepare on or before the first Monday in May of each year an assessment roll called the Assessment Roll of the Gross Product of Mines and Mining Claims," alphabetically ar ranged, in which shall be listed the gross product of all the mines and min- ing claims in his county, and in which shall be specified in separate columns