Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-10-28


ton shall be used as the value in de-
termining and fixing the rates and
charges to be made and collected for
services of such common carriers.
Section 8. The franchise, roadway,
roadbed, rails and rolling stock of all
railroads, and the franchises and all
other property of express companies,
refrigerator car line companies, car
equipment companies, sleeping car
companies, dining car companies, tel
egraph, telephone and electric trans
mission companies or corporations op-
Grated in this state and used directly
or indirectly in carrying passengers,
property, messages and electricity,
shall be assessed by the state board
of equalization at their actual value,
and such assessed value shall be iap
portioned to the companies, cities.
towns, villages, townships and dis
tricts in which such companies or
corporations are located or through
which they are operated, as a basis
for the taxation of such property, in
proportion to the number of miles of
such property, within such counties.
cities, towns, villages, townships and
districts, or over which any part of
such property is used or operated
within such counties, cities, towns,
villages, townships and districts; pro-
vIded that in case the state board of
equalization is unable to determine
the actual value of the property of
such companies or corporations, the
paid in capitalization and interest
bearing securities shall be deemed
the actual value.
The railroads are not denied the
constitutional right of appeal from
the orders of the commission.
Mr. Kingan introduced a PROPOSE
tion providing for a legislature con-
assembly and fourteen members of
the senate, each county being a SEN
atorial district. The membership of
the assembly can never exceed forty.
The apportionment made by the
proposition is as follows: Cochise.
5; Pima, 8; Santa Cruz. 1; Graham.
2; Gila, q Pinal. /; Maricopa, 5;
Yuma, 1; Yavapai, 2; Mohave. 1;
Coconino, 1; Apache, l; Navajo, /;
Greenlee, 1. The term of senators
shall be four years; of assemblymen,
two years.
The term of the legislature shall
be sixty days and the per diem. IS.
Members will be allowed a mileage
of ten cents to and from their homes
to the capital. The minimum age
limit of senators is twenty-five
years and of assemblymen twenty
two years. Among many other pro-
visions is one that a member who
has been expelled for an offense and
re-eIected cannot be expelled again
for the same offense.
Csher propositions we're as fol-
lows:
BY Mr.. Short: Authorizing legis-
to provide for the purity of
the ballot
BY Mr. Scott: Providing for re-
ligious liberation but prohibiting
polyamy.
BY Mr.. Wills: Creating county Of
fices.
BY Mr.. Lovin: A bill of rights.
By Mr.. Curtis: A corrupt prac
tees act.
By Mr. Cunniff: A recall measure
requiring that petitions for a recall
election be signed by not less than
thirty per cent of the voters, the
basis being the vote cast at the last
preceding election for governor. This
differs from previous recall
in that it provides that
a vacancy shall be filled in the man
ner provided by law for filling other
and not at the same cleo
ton.
In the afternoon the committee on
ordinances reported the federal rela-
tions proposition offered by Mr. Par
sons without recommendation and
submitted for itself the ''irrevocable
ordinances" required by the enabling
act.