Bisbee daily review., 1913-03-26
MINING MEN
 CONFERW WITH
 LEGISLATURE
Joint Committee of House and Senate Hear Chan ming, Carmichael, Clark, Auster and Benige
NOT ALL AGREED
 ON BASIS OF TAX
Both Senate and House Are Hurrying Work as Cover nor lntimates No Intention of Another Extra Session

PHOENIX. March 25.-AlI other matters today at the Capitol were dropped into the background for ahe important question of mine taxation. given prominence by a public hearing before the finance committee of the senate and the ways and means com mittee of the house arranged by Sen ator Wood, of the senate and repre- sentative Buchanan of the house, chairman of the two committees named.
 Parke Charming, representing number of the producing mines made a most extended explanation of he position of the companies and out lined what he considered the fallacy of the adoption by the state of the Finlay method, so called, which il is urged should be borrowed from Mich igan and used here. He favored bill which would arrive at a valua- tion for a mine by a combination of the figures representing the net and a small per cent of the gross earn ings.
 In this he was supported by MT Carmichael of Arizona Copper com pany and MT. Clark of United Verde, although MT Clark said his support was in hopes that some settlement oi the problem might be reached which would be agreeable 10 all, even though he personally favored cal culation which would only take into consideration the net earnings.
 Mt. Amster and MT. Bennie, of the shannon company, opposed any plan which would consider the gross earn ings. but insisted that the net figures alone should be used.
 It is not at this time possible 10 predict what will be the result of the hearing, but from questions asked b5 Senator Cuniff, Senator Sims and seY- eral leaders of the house it was ap- parent that the senate would possibly favor a complete physical valuation plan while the house fayors net and gross income plan for fixing yaiua- tiOn
 In the house the eight hour day for women bill was passed by vote of twenty-two to eight. The bill was in troduced early in session by Repro sentative Brooks and has been amend ed 10 meet the demands of many who have appeared before the committee. on the bill which leads Mir Brooks to predict it's passage before the end of the session by the senate.
 The senate has passed and sent to the house up to date practically two thirds of the civil code and has ap- proved the penal code which indicates that the prediction of senate leaders will come true and that they will have the work of the session complete when the day of adjournment ar Tiyes.
 The house is at last awake in an of fort to finish the work, probably spurred on by a statement made by Governor Hunt today to a house dele gation, that he would not, unless he had more reason than he could anti cipate st the present, call an extra session.
 The attorney-general's office today sent to the legislature an opinion that the municipal slaughter house bill was defective and could not pass in its present form. which possibly will kill the bill for this session. Property under the terms of the bill, as read by the attorney generals office, coulo be taken without due process of law an unconstitutional provision.
 By vote of twenty to fourteen the board of control Dill. designed to shear the governor of his power tC direct the purchase Of state supplies was passed in the lower house Sat urday afternoon
 The bill is to reorganize the board and have it consist of the governor auditor and attorney general instead of the governor, auditor and one cit izen member appointed by the gov er1oT. as at present. The attorney general is given s250O year for hi services in that body.
 There was little debate when the