Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-12
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/ ne said is a benevolent institution for
/ taking care of etenogra piers and I am
! informed that they are not needy per
sons: some of them are not for | have
4 been told that n half dozen Of them
are fighting the income tax. WheneV-
! or a question is raised regarding the
amount of an appropriation. the in
quiry is at once made whether n re-
| duction OF it would throw any stenog
rapher ont Of job. There is no re
] sponsibility anywhere The appropria
tiuns are all out of proportion to the
work to be done" Mr. Graham also
attacked the appropriation Mr.. New
bury's motion to increase it failed but
it could not be reduced.
When. in the course of the reading
the sections relating to the office of
attorney general We're reached, the sal
airy of that official being $500 year.
Mr. Christy said that here was an ap-
preparation he would like to raise. He
was ashamed Of the salary: 1t was alb
surd that the salary Of the chief law
officer of the state should be no more
than that Of a mere secretary, clerk or
stenographer. But it appeared that
there was no way by which the salary
could he increased ut this time so that
the incumbent would be benefited.
Things ran along with reasonable
smoothness until the sections providing
for the tax commission We're encount-
cred and no special objection was
raised to any Of them until the house
came to the subdivision appropriating
$4,000 FOR other persons" Who We're
these other persons, it was asked 1t
was brought out that experts might
be required to determine the valuation
of mining properties and legal counsel
IN litigation growing out of the assess
ment Of such properties.
Mr.. Christy here resumed an attack
he had recently made upon the mem
bers of the commission. especially Mr..
lander. He said, if he had devoted his
,ime to attending to the duties of his
office instead of loafing about the
house and corridors there would be no
need of employing other indefinite
persons in the office Of the commits
sion
Mr.. Cook raised point of order: he
did not believe that it was proper to
call an officer Of the state a loafer Tie
court held that the point was not well
taken and Mr.. Christy continued his
observations upon the incompetency of
the tax commission. Mr. Leeper said
that one member Of the commission. who
It had been stated was the ablest mem
Der OF it, had spent about 100000 on
a mine in Yavapai county to ascertain
that there was not a pound of ore in
the property and he could not there
fore be expected to go far i'm deterrn-
lining the value of a mine for taxable
purposes.
Nor. said Mr.. Goodwin, could any
man who was not an expert and it
would not be much of an expert who
could ne employed for $4,000 He
therefore sarca stically moved to amend,
raising the appropriation for other
persons from $4,000 to 100000.
Mr.. Graham reviewed at length the
subject of attempted mine tax legis-
lation in the regular session and the
same subject in the first legislature
All attemptc TO change the amount of
the appropriation failed and other ap-
for the commission went
through almost unchalenged. The to-
tai appropriation for this department is
$40. 500.
Attempts were made in vain to cut
down appropriations for travelling ex-
penses for the various offices and com
missions though it was pointed out that
they had been made without considera-