This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... STATUTES ANNOTATED. ARIZONA. Arizona was very prompt to assert its privileges on becoming a state by passing a complete inheritance tax law, with all modern features, including a high progressive rate. Ariz. St. 1912, Special Session, c. 15. Approved June 8, 1912. S. 1. All property within the jurisdiction of the state, and any interest therein, whether belonging to the inhabitants of this state or not, and whether tangible or intangible, which shall pass by will or by statutes of inheritance of this or any other state, or by deed, grant, bargain, sale, or gift, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, or bargainor, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor, bargainor, or donor, to any person or persons, or to any body, or bodies, politic or corporate, in trust or otherwise, or by reason whereof any person, or body politic or corporate, shall become beneficially entitled, in possession or expectation, to any property or income thereof, shall be and is subject to a tax at the rate hereinafter specified in Sec. 2 of this act, to be paid to the state treasurer for the use of the state; and -all heirs, legatees, and devisees, administrators, executors, and trustees, and any such grantee under a conveyance, and any such donee under a gift, made during the life of the grantor or donor, shall be respectively liable for any and all such taxes with interest thereon until the same shall have been paid, as hereinafter provided. S. 2. When such inheritance, devise, bequest, legacy, gift, or beneficial interest to any property or income therefrom shall pass to or for the use or benefit of any grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of son, or...