El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-06
BOARD Of CONTROL BILL IS
KILLED IN ARIZONA SENATE
Measure Designed to Take Control Of State Institutions
From Governor Loses by Vote of Il to "a Hard
Fight Is Made on Me edical Bill Permit
ting Christian Sci entists to Practice.

duced a bill In the house providing for
the creation of the county Of Copper
Queen 10 include the towns or blsoees
Douglas and Lowell
Il want these people to have some
thing to think about other than taxing
the courthouse away from our town,
judge Duncan said In discussing ms
bill They seem TO think Tombstone
good only 10 furnish amusement when
ever il is IN mentioned here and / propose
showing the fact that this demand
comes Simply from the copper queen
interests If the Copper Queen can't
get along without having county
seat at its doors, all well and good but
there IS no reason why tombstone
should be made 10 suffer to crafty the
wishes of that company. propose 10
let them have a county and a county
seat OF their own and to do what they
please with it,
And [ don't want anybody to think
this bill is a joke" the judge continued
1T is not a burlesque bill 1 mean to
press ii If they 90 ahead with their
scheme and We shall see who gets the
most out of IT,"
All Of which goes a long way in
showing that judge Duncan is by no
means asleep and that he IS something
Of a politician when he puts his mind
to It,
Taxation Bill Knocked Out.
Members of both houses Of the legis-
lature are drawing long breaths of re-
fact that the proposed board Of equai-
zstion bill would be. in all probability.
unconstitutional. or that in any event
1t could not carry out the provisions
for which il was intended.
The object of this bill was to regu-
late taxes all over the state and partic-
ularlE with reference to mining cOmpa-
MES and other large corporations. But
now II is discovered that the bill would
be imperative because the constitution
provides that the chairman Of the vari-
Gus boards Of supervisors shall cOnsti-
tute the state board OF equalization. At
the most, il is said, the board contem-
plated in the bill could act only in an
advisory capacity. and could not per-
form the duties intended.
As recently mentioned, the % per-
cent bullion tax law has already been
repealed IN anticipation that either the
! board Of equalization bill or the tax
commission bill would be passed. Then
when it was discovered that the board
law. through which the taxes on min
ing companies was TO be fixed, is in
valid, there was momentary panic.
For, if the legislature had adjourned
without discovering its error. the
mining companies would all have been
exempt from taxation until a special
! session could have been called TO cure
! the defect.
But the mistake was discovered Just
{ IN time and representative Jacobs at
I once drew a. bill 10 restore the tax
which his other bill had taken off. IN
l fact. 10 make it good measure. Jacobs's
new bill just doubles the tax. putting il
( on so percent instead Of a IS percent
: basis.
This is about the closest shave the
/ legislature has had from committing
/ an egregiOus blunder and some Of the
/ statesmen are not over their fright vet
To Tax Corporations.
The bill providing for the taxing OF
/ public service. corporations has beer
! having a rest for the past several DAYS
1 pending a communication from the cor.
I pOratiOn commission expressive of IL,