The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-22

rate .755.
 The assessed valuation of Greenlee county as finally capitalized by. the State Tax Commission is S34,167,- 65S.02.
 On the afternoon of August 18th, the Board of Supervisors met for the purpose of fixing the county rate Upon motion of Wade Hampton, sec onded by R. A. Campbell and carried unanimously, the tax rate for the year 1913 was fixed as follows:
 State ........................4 .4s5 General County Fund .....- Al General School Fund - 10 General Road Fund ..... 20 Interest Graham Go. Bonds ...:. >O2 Interest Court House and Jail
 BOnQS .Ul Sinking Fund Court House and
 Jail .O15
 Total State and County Rate S1.25.
 The state tax rate was fixed at 491a cents on each $100 valuation by the state tax commission which raised the assessed valuation of prop erty in Arizona from $369, 1921, ,322.74, shown on the rolls presented by coun- ty officials at the recent meeting in Phoenix, to s375, ,162.66.
 The net raise in the assessment in the state was $5,920, ,395.90. In some
  were lowered and in some others they were, raised in order to equalize them. The counties to feel the acts of the tax commission and the effect of its power to the greatest extent are Maricopa and Gila. These two coun- ties had their rolls, as returned to them by the Board of Equalization, raised to a considerable extent. Gila county came in, first for the county hai ,,, about through the commission raising the property of the Old Dominion plant and concentrator, the Miami and reduction plant, the Ray concentrator and the American Smelling and Refining company S plant and concentrator.
 Maricopa county was raised $2,- 6,012.45, the cultivated land catch ing the brunt of the boost.
 The new rate will raise $2,000,- 597.3 80, which is the sum needed to carry on the states business during the next year.
 The figures of all the county asses sors, with one exception were raised. Following are the capitalized valua- tions for the fourteen counties: Apache, $6,OO9, ,995.96; Cochise sS7,- 952, ,757.24; Coconino, $16,0s2, ,693.s7; Gila, s32, ,46s. .439.22; Graham. ss,171,- @ icopa, see,ss2 2,o17.so; Mohave, % aa os s14.- 14 Pima, s23.s6s, ,75s.OO; Pina1, $19,397,- 255.71; Santa Cruz, s5,s42, ,764.s2; Yavapai, $39, ,664 ,249.5S; Yuma, s13.- 230,O00.50; total, $375,3S5. .162.66. No are included in this list.
 Last Years Assessments.
 In 1912 property was supposed to be assessed for approximately half it's value. The valuations for the various counties, including exemp Cochise, s33,O93, ,966.76; Coconino, s6., S29 9,S36.12; Graham, s3,723, ,4O3.34; Greenlee $12,67S, 100000; Gila, S1O,-' SAP 2,52O.27; Maricopa, s2S,007, ,S00.S0; $5,973, ,264.11; Navajo, $3,14S,- OPS. .96; Pima, s9,203, ,316.01; Pinal s, ,314.S9; Santa Cruz, $2,471,-l 215,54; Yavapai, $16,221, ,777.21; Yuma $4.504,211 ;4s; total, $142,624. .6S5.Os.
 From this sum $2,2S6,444 was de- 33S, ,191.0S.
 GreenIee Reduced.
 The only reduction in the state made by the Commission was in the case of Greenlee County where the held that the reduction plants of The Arizona Copper Co. Ltd. The Detriot Copper Co.,, and the OAduuOH COppeT OO., udu Ueeu dS- sessed too high in comparison with reduction plants of other operating mining companies in Cochise, Gila and Yavapai counties. In Gila coun- ty the assessment on the concentra- tors and smelters of the large mining was raised more than $500, | 900, 900 as returned by the Assessor, while the reduction plants in this were reduced a little more than a million dollars as returned by Assessor Kerby. The Commission held that in order to equafize the as easements on concentrators and re- duction plants in the different parts of the state the raise in Gila county 1 was justified as was also the reduc ton in Greenlee county.