Arizona republican., 1907-02-03
TAXATION OF MINES
 NOW ON THE CALENDAR.
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ment or to verify under oath or affir-
 nation any statement shall wilfully make such statement false in any ma terial respect or shall wilfully verify any false statement under oath or af- firmation, such person shall be deem ed guilty of perjury and upon convic
 ton thereof shall be punished as is by law provided for the punishment of perjury.
 Section 10. If in the opinion of the assessor the statement required by this act to be filed is false or incom- plete. he must assess the gross product of the mine or mining claim. covered by said statement in the same manner as if no statement had been made and delivered. Provided. however, the own CT of such mine or mining claim shall have the right of appeal to the district court of the county in which said mine or mining claim is situated from such action or assessment of the assessor. Said appeal shall be taken by giving written notice to that effect to the as sessor within thirty days after his de- termination of said assessment, said notice to be served as a summons in
  after the service of such notice the assessor shall transmit to the clerk of said district court. a certified copy of the record of said assessment Thereafter the procedure shall be ac- cording to the law of procedure of district courts of this territory; and the issue tO be tried upon such appeal shall be the value of the gross product of the mine, mines. or mining claim or claims in question and according to the provisions of this act. Twenty per cent of the actual value so deter mined by the court upon such hearing shall be the assessed value of the property in question and the assessor shall cause his record to conform to such finding and shall return such value as the assessment for such property.
 Section II. No other tax on mines and mining claims shall be levied oth- erwist than as provided by this act. and the taxes mentioned in this act must be collected. and the payment thereof enforced in the same menner as is provided for the collection and enforcement Of other taxes and every such tax is a lien upon the mines or mining claims from which the product or products are extracted. which lien attaches on the first Monday in Feb ruary of each year. and the sale for delinquent taxes shall be made as pro- ! vided for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes.
 Section 12. The duty of the assessor. the board of supervisors and the clerk of the board of supervisors and all other officials as to the assessment of the products of mines. the state ments and returns to be made the equalization thereof and other official acts. shall be the same. except as herein provided. as their duties now ! property.
 OTHER BILLS.
 Other bills introduced in the council l were: by MT. O'Neill. an act repeating | the law permitting the appointment of | immigration commissioners and the 1 of money for the adver- tisement of the territory. Maricopa is the only county which has ever avail ed itself of the law. The O'NelIl bill | will probably not have clear sailing in the house. where MT. Crenshaw the | present commissioner. is a member.
 MT. O'Neill also introduced a three cent fare bill. whose main point of diff ference from the Crenshaw house bill ! Is that it contains penal clause.
 The business of the house in the short forenoon session consisted most y of putting everything off to the next legislative day.
 One matter was determined in rela- ion to the rule that all bills referred .O committees must be reported with n ten days. By a resolution it was by 'ten days" Is meant en legislative days. Mir. Williams introduced a measure amending the law with reference to oil roads. The amendment provides hat if after the expiration of a fran 'hise. the county operates the road { shall after paying the expense of the road. turn the rest f the receipts into the county treas Try. The bill providing that arrests for disturbing the peace shall not be made xcept on complaint developed consid- ral opposition but it passed to third eading and will be taken up on the irst legislative day