Graham guardian., 1909-08-20
TAX LEVY INCREASED
Territorial Board Of EquaE'
cation Fixes Tax Rate for
1909 at 80 cents


zation met in Phoenix, Tuesday,
August 10th, and were in session
until Saturday morning. The en-
tire board was present, as follows:
Charles F. Slack, of Tucson; Charles
Bowman, of Tombstone; Thomas j.
Coulter, of Flagstaff; E. A. Childs,
of Mammoth; Lee N. Stratton. OF
Stafford, and Auditor w. G. Foster,
member ex-officio. Attorney Cen
eral John B. Wright was also pres
ent in an advisory capacity.
The most important work OF the
session was the equalization OF the
assessments on non-producing mines
in the counties of the Territory, and
this adjustment was finally reached
by the adoption of the Yavapai rate
of $S9. 20 per acre as the standard
for all counties. The total increase
in five counties over the former as
sessment is $682, 1879 and the total
decrease in the remained is $780,
9S6.20, leaving the net increase on
the basis of $39.67 per acre, as S5l6,-
1899.
The previous assessments in the
counties will show where the blanket
rate will net increases or decreases:
Cochise, $3.50; Gila, $4.73; Graham,
$4.2O; Maricopa, $3.50; Mohave,
S44.23; Pima, $47.57; Pinal, $50.42,
Santa Cruz, $2755; Yavapai, $39.67;
Yuma, $50.79.
The board also recommended that
the counties wherein are located the
land grants of the Santa Fe adopt
the compromise scale of assessing
the lands, the Santa Fe agreeing to
pay the taxes of 1907 and 1908
without further litigation.
The assessment of the hotel prop
critics at the Grand Canyon and of
the Grand Canyon railroad was re-
duced $65, 200 on the showing of the
representatives of the road that the
value returned to the board was
actual cost and too high for the
purpose of assessment.
The application of the Arizona
Commercial for a remittance of the
fine levied by the board for failure
of the company to submit a report
as required, was refused.
The application of the Arizona 4
New Mexico for cancellation of
the assessment of $1,000 per mile
was allowed on the showing that the
company had paid the auditor on
the basis of its earnings.
The tax levy for 1909 for Terri
torial purposes was fixed at 80 cents,
as against rs cents for 1908. The
levy is made up of the following
items for the various funds:
General fund. ..,........ 1864
Interest Worlds Fair bonds .002
Sinking fund Worlds Fair
bonds. ...... ........,. 100
Interest st. Louis Exposition
bonds ................ .O22
ASYLUM interest fund ..... .001s
Capitol interest fund. ....... .OO7
per cent. funding bond re-
demption fund ......... OF
University interest fund, laws
1901. ........ .OO1e
University interest fund, laws
1908. :. .OOOI
Interest fund (organic law) .05
Industrial School fund. ..,. .028(
Prison fund. ......... .072(
Prison building fund (1907) .03S
Prison building fund (1909). .076C
ASYLUM fund. .............. .068
Asylum imp. fund (19O9) :. .O07
Territorial school fund. .... .03
Tempe Normal fund. $50. .050(
Tempe Normal building fund .012C
Northern Ariz. Normal fund .023(
Nortern Arizona Normal i'm
provement fund ........ .0l4(
University fund .......,. .045(
University building fund -. .015(
Pioneers Home building fund .032(
Florence bridge fund. ...... .014(
Total ........ 49,. 5000
According to the returns of valu,
alton from each county, the in
creased valuation over last year
amounts to nearly a million and
three-quarters.
The total valuation of all property
in each county is as follows: