Each Resident of oi Summit Paid 9 98 J Property T. T Tax X in 57 Study Shows Shows' Taxpayers Taxpayers- of Summit County paid ald a total of or 98 per capita in property taxes last year according to a study just completed completed completed com com- by Utah Foundation the private nonprofit tax research or or- or Of this total property tax tu Imposed Imposed Im Im- Im posed l sed in Summit County during 1957 or per cent was charged to commercial and capita assessed valuations varied from a low of in Wayne industrial property 98 ter Jer cent to tai residential property per cent to cultural property 60 percent per teat cent to motor vehicles and 4 U S1 8 per cent to property not I otherwise classified d. These cal cal- I are based upon data tiata compiled by the Utah Stat Tax Commission The Utah Foundation notes that the total as assessed assesse esse valuation for property tax purposes pur purposes purposes poses was equal to 2067 per pei capita in Summit County las lase year compared with a wide state average of 1482 per person Yes Per County to a high of la fa Iron County Foundation analysts point out out ouI that the wide variance in taxable wealth reflects principally differences differ durer In the amount of Industrial and commercial property located within the several counties Fo For example more than 80 per cent o of all property taxes levied in Iron Irot County were paid by owners o of Industrial and commercial property prop ert eity erty In Wayne County on the theother theother other hand taxes paid on Industrial industrial indus trial and commercial property amounted to only 15 per cent othe o of the total property taxes tues Imposed According to the report th the the average property p pro r o p pert e r t y tax lev levy I throughout Summit County Count last lase jear ear was mills poi pet I 1000 assessed valuation This I compares with nith a wide state averI average average aver aver- age of mIls in 1957 Prop Prop- I I erty tax rates in n Utah last year varied I from mills in one unincorporated unIncorporated unincorporated un un- incorporated area of the Jordan School District in Salt Lake County to a high of mills In n Ogden City The research organization observes observes observes ob ob- serves that Utah has a higher percentage per of commercial and industrial indus trial property on its tax rolls than most other states One reason fo for this higher percentage is the large amount of mining property located within the state and the thenet thenet thenet net proceeds method used in assessing as as- such property Last year assessments on mining property constituted 28 per cent of the total total to to- tal tat assessed of Utah The study also shows show that Utah has a smaller proportion of real resi and agricultural valuation than most other states state In general the populous states have a higher proportion of residential assessments assessments assess assess- ments than do states with a low density of population