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Reasons
Continued from Pag One)

making up this deficiency by in
creasing taxes in 1899.
'"The Tax Commission has chosen
the more courageous course.
Recession
IT might add further reason
for our being so deeply in debt is
the fact that the slight recession
in business conditions experienced in
1898 resulted in less taxes being
collected than the Commission had
anticipated.
Deficiency Bills
':When the Fourteenth Legisla-
ture convened in January of this
year, it was presented by various
departments and institutions of the
state with requests for what we
call deficiency appropria seons, ap-
preparations to pay off outstanding
bills which these departments and
institutions could not meet with
their regular funds or to make cer-
tain necessary renovations and re-
pairs. Feeling these were just obli-
cations, the Legislature appropriat-
ed almost 100000 in deficiency
bills. This, of course, is another rea-
son why we must raise a larger
amount Of money than had been
anticipated.
New Departments
1.-The Legislature also felt it nee
essary to extend the services and
facilities afforded to the people of
Arizona by various other depart
ments and institutions in keeping
with the idea of Government rend-
ering more and more services to the
people. In this connection, the Leg
islature established two new de-
partments, one for aiding and de-
veloping the small mines of the
state, and the other for protecting
Arizona's interest in the waters of
the Colorado river.
II have enumerated the out
standing reasons for an increased
tax rate in 1899. Arizona, like any
business, must be kept in the black.
It must meet it's just obligations
on time, even if meeting these obli-
cations cause us a temporary in
convenience. After we have cleaned
up these obligations, we can ex-
pect lower taxes in the future"
To bring about more equitable
assessment of property in the vari-
GUS counties the Governor said he
a tax survey at the re-
cent session of the Legislature.
O'Nel Explains
Following the Governors remarks,
D. G. O'Neil, chairman of the Ari-
Eona Tax Commission, gave the
conference an explanation of the
difference in last years rate and
the proposed new rate.
Mr.. O'Neil said:
Balance on hand in the gen.
eral fund at the beginning of last
year was $465 1896. No balance on
hand at the beginning of the new
fiscal year. That accounts for
in the rate of 1876 cents
Special deficiency appropria-
tions during the last fiscal year
but must be levied this year total
$574, ,812. That accounts for 1915
cents.
Increased school requirements
over last year (fixed by law $44,-
374. That accounts for IL cents.
Increased pensions requirements
over last year (also fixed by law)
$74, 7O8. That accounts for two cents.
Loss to state by change in auto
mobile tax law $148,000. That ac-
counts for four cents.
Total of above items 353 cents.
The increase in appropriations by
the legislature this year over last
years general appropriation bills is
1926, ,537. That accounts for 6.1
cents.
Last years total as set up by the
general appropriation bill of the
1887 Legislature was Gncluding
schools and pensions) $6,599, ,430.
Added to that is the deficiency
item that was spent during last
year but not levied for until this
year, amounting to $574,812, max
ing a total expenditure for the last
fiscal year of $7,174, ,242.
This years total to be raised
for the state is $7,519, 1863. Take from
that the amount that must be
levied this year but was spent last
year, $574,81 leaves a balance for
actual expenditures of the current
year of $7,O45,05 showing an act
ual expenditure this year as COM
pared with the last fiscal year-A
DECREASE OF $129,191.
"Any additional differences are
accounted for by differences in re-