Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-13
s.s00,O0O NEEDED FOR EXPENSES 0F
 STATE FOR YEAR
School. Road Tax and Dehc- iency Appropriation Bill Factors in Making
 Total

Revenue to the amount of S1,9O0,- 900 must be raised by the state of Arizona this year from the tax valua- ton of the state in order to meet the expenses of the state of Arizona as outlined by the appropriation bills passed by the recent session of the legislature, according to State Audi tor J. c. Callaghan, who spent Sat urday and Sunday night at his old home in Bisbee. This will, it is thought, be done without a much higher tax rate in the aggregate than was had last year in the retiring re- publican administration. The state tax proper win be higher than last year, but this will be offset by the lower county taxes. So that the esti- mate is made that taxes will not be very much in excess of the former amount.
 One of the factors that goes into the tax rate this year, and which is the actual cause of one-half of the. rate, was the passage of three bills carrying extraordinary appropria- tions. The largest of these is the school bill. with its appropriation of $500,O00, another the road tax bill with an appropriation of $25GO00, and the third the deficiency appropriation, which amounts to some S200,000 more. in all, total amount of s95O. 1000, about half the amount needed for the support of the state government, Is therefore to be placed to the credit of these three propositions named.
 There are still two other propOsi- tions to be looked at in connection with the large amount to be raised and these are that there had never before been appropriated for the use Of the schools of the territory more than s50,000. and last year the schools received from the territory s30,000. This year, in order that the schools shall be held for regular periods all over the state, and in. order that its teachers shall be paid good salaries, and to take cairo of the free text book proposition. and to give state aid to counties too poor to pay all that is required Of them in the education of the youth of the state, the appro- priation was made $500, 900. The oth-
 CT proposition is that in their great desire to keep low tax rate, the territorial board of equalization last year made a rate of ,65 cents on the s1O0. which was not sufficient by near 1y s3O0 GOO to meet the expenses of the state A deficit was created both in the general fund and the road fund.
 It was suggested also during a somewhat long talk with MT Gala ghan, when the whole matter was thoroughly discussed. that last year 3 special tax of 25 cents per S100 was raised in the counties by coun- ties themselves for the purpose Of goo droads This tax is not assessed this year, but instead the state appro- priation of S25O,00O is provided, which will be adequately proportioued throughout the state, for the building and maintainance fund will also take care of the last deficit left by the last administration in the road fund.
 In the formation of the state gov ernment. the state assumed burdens which the territory did not have to pay for, in the way of salaries of the officers Of the state There has therefore, been added to the burden of the taxpayers since Arizona be- came a state, the cost of the gover- nor, the secretary to the governor and the secretary of state. the su- preme court the district courts, a ItEA5idluAt GOilAptstu Ol DIOlG members and drawing larger salaries. In addition to this. there are fourteen superior courts in the state. where before there were five districtc pre- sided over by the same judges who acted in the capacity Of supreme court also Half the cost of these superior courts is assessed against the state, and half against the coun- ties.
 There is. however, a bright side to the picture. The taxable valua- ton in the state of Arizona will be far in excess of the valuation here tofore appearing on the books of the territory. This year it will probably go over Sl5G,O90. This will mean 3 levy of about s130 Of this s1.30. 6 cents will tave 70 be paid into those funds which can he regarded as ex traordinary. while the other 65 cents will take care of the demands of the state government.