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Show i IVast Vast Sum CollectedIn Collected inUtah InI InIUtah in I IUtah Utah From Highway Users UsersSALT Use I ISALT SALT LAKE CITY Sept 3- 3 3I 3Nearl 3- 3 3NearI3 - - Nearl Nearly NearI3 ) $53 53 $ 000 000 was collect collected collected 'st st ' I ed from users of Utah state high higi highways hi ; ? h ' ways In n special taxes during durmg th the 10 year period penod 1937 throu h 1946 says a research report IS ISsued issued sued today by Utah FoundatIOn Foundatior FoundatIOnCollectIons FoundatiorCollections Collections have exceeded $5 5 $5millIon $ , million in 111 every iear 3ear ear since smce 1940 1940lth 194 ( " vith \\lth lth with \ , a peak of $6 6 $ 614 995 forth forthfiscal for the theIhscal he Ihscal fiscal ) eir e"lr elr " ending endmg June 30 ZC ; 1946 .1946 . , 1946Most Most of the special revenues revenuesthe revenuesthe the report repOJt repct says were expend expende expended expendedfor expendefor expendfor for construction con.tructIon contructIon contructzon . and mamten mainten maintenancee mamtenancee ancee of state highways or for formterest fo : interest mterest and retirement of statitughway state stati statehighway > te highway tughway bonded ndebtedness ndebtednessSpeCIal ndebtednessSpecial Special taxes on highway users user usershave userave ! have [ ave furnishd furmshd $37 37 $ 6 million for forthe fo foLhe f OT the Lhe purposes in m the 10 year per perlod perod iod lod od so that 756 75 6 % of the total tota totalspecial totatpecial special tpecial revenues have been ex expended exiended pended iended for state road construc construe construchon construeion tion hon , ion and maintenance mamtenance and high highway highvay way vay bonded debt Appropriaions ApproprIa ApproprIahons tions hons ions to cities and counties counbes for foi forwork foiyork f fwork work york on ! cfty cty ctty streets and 'Coun Coun 'County couny ' ? . ty y roads off the state hIghway hIghwaysystem highwayystem highw ; y ' system ystem amounted to $7 7 $ 2 millIon millIonor millionir or ir 13 7 % of the total state mo motor moor ? tor or taxes expended expendedThe expendedThe The Utah . Foundation rpomts points rpomtsout pointsut pom . . , . i f- f fi _ - - < - - i - \ mllhon million . dol dollars dolars out UUk ut that LUcit nearly liciai.iy liciaiiy . vm\l vm l two \ { ii i.LjAjn iLjAjn ia - lars ars of motor registration reven revenues reventes reveues ? ues tes have been transferred to the thedepartment theiepartment tldepartment , g department iepartment of publicity pubhclty and mlustrial idustnal m mdustnal dustnal lustrial development since smce 1942 1942LegslslatIve 1942egsislative 194Legsislative o . LegslslatIve egsislative appropriations appropnatIons to tospecIal topecial ? special pecial functions from moti motirevenues motor motorrevenues motorevenues revenues evenues amount to $393 393 $ 216 216Luring 2 : ! during durmg Luring the period rpenod ieriod ieriodPertinent ! Pertinent Pertment quotations from the theeport tl g report eport followReceipts follow , Receipts of $4 4 $ 827321 827 321 from fromthe fromhe fro frothe the he motor fuel tax in 111 the fiscal'ear fiscal ] year 'ear ear ' ending June 30 1946 ac accounted acounted ( ; Iyear counted ounted for 73 % of total reven revenues revenes revel revelues 1 ues es from motorists motonsts During Durmg the 10 0 year period penod 1937 1946 this thistax thisax th thtax ; 110 tax ax produced 73 8 % of the total totallof totalf tot totof lof of f $52738 52738 $52 52 $ 738 250 Revenue from fromthr fromhrs thr ttfs thrs hrs s source rose from $2 2 $ 897 349 349a 3 < .9 9 . in 111 a 1936 to $4280549 4280549 $4 4 $ 280 549 in m 1942 1942then 1942Lien 194 2 then Lien declined declmed steadily through h 1945 945 The 1946 receipts mcreas increas mcreased increasd ed d $1 1 $ 159459 159 459 over those of 1945 1945to 1945o 19 < , to o $3 3 $ 667 862 an increase mcrease of , 316 :16 16 : % During Durmg the 10 years under underIrevlew underevoew undi undil > y l review evoew 99 % of this revenue has haseone h ; , Irevlew eone : one to the highway construe tion and fund for state road purpose purposes s 5 % to the state tax commission commissionfor commissionfor , for cost coat of collection and admm admin admmlstratIon administration istration lstratIon ' 3 1 3 % to the state road roadaeronautIcs roadaeronautics , aeronautics reserve fund for forroad road work to airports and work workon workon wor woron , on airports and the remammg remaining remainin , , ? 2 f-v- f v fvfnr - % - for fnr- fnr fnrrofnnds - refunds rofnnds and miscellar mlscellan miscellan eous Receipts from motor vehicli vehicle vehicleregistratIon vehicleregistration vehicliregistration > registration reached an all bme time timehigh tim < > high in m 1946 of $1 1 $ 529831 529 831 Rev Revenue Revenue ! enue from this source increaser1 increaser1steadily increase mcrease ' steadily from $921 921 $921363 921363 $ 363 in 111 1937 1937to 1937to ' to the 1946 peak During Durmg the 10 10years 10years 1 1years years 1937 1946 proceeds fron from frommotor frommotor fronmotor motor registration amounted to ' 1$12034490 112034490 $12 12 $ 034 490 accounting accountmg foi for for 22 228 8 % of the total taxes collect collected collected collectfid 1228 fid ed from motorists motonsts _ |