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Show State Board Reports Roads In Good Shape The Utah State Road C.jmmiiiiiien ' makes thf: lolluwnitf report on the condition con-dition of the roar!; as of May 31st. I General condition '-coo I throughout the Htate, Mountain fxvsfi remain- j Intf closed account snow are Logan-1 Oardcn City, Fanrvlew-Huntinton an Fphralm-Orantievilli:. In the south-; west Cedar Low; Valley road to Cedar ' Bleaks recently opened and road.s J through the Parks district reported in j exw-llent conrlition. Nearly all construction con-struction projects on relocation and off the traveled highway reconstruc-tlon reconstruc-tlon under way includes oiling Bear River City-Tn-mont.on, U. S. 30-S . C'eflar City-Kanarr:i , U. S. 91 and Ifcber-Charle.ston State Route 7. I. S. Numbered Routes 30-S. Wyoming line to Echo Jet. through Echo Canyon, 2'J miles, gravel grav-el includes 4 miles loose gravel east of Echo Jet., thence 18 miles gravel to Morgan; loose gravel 7 miles to Peterson, Peter-son, to Uintah 12 miles gravel; thence paved 7 mill's to Ogdcn. Thence paved via Brlgham to Corinne, 26 miles. Oiled 14 miles, unimproved, good, 40 miles via Snowville, thence gravel 8 miles to Idaho line. U. S. 40. Colorado line to Vernal 35 miles, earth, good, thence chiefly gravel to Duchesne GO miles, thence gravel and earth to Fruitland 27 miles, thence rcgraveling fair 7 miles; chiefly chief-ly gravel to Hcber 42 miles, to Salt Lake City (21st South) 40 miles gravel and pavement. To Tooele County line paved 22 miles, thence construction construc-tion and rough one mile, thence Orantsville, Timplo and Wcndover at Nevada line gravel 107 miles good condition. U. S. 530. Echo Jet. to Kimball's on U. S. 40, 25 miles, construction near Echo Jet. thence generally good graev-el. graev-el. U. S. 50. Earth and gravel good condition con-dition to Colorado line to Price, 152 miles, paved 11 miles to Castle Gate, good via Price Canyon 23 miles to Soldier Summit except ' construction and slow one mile at Rolapp. Soldier Sol-dier Summit to Spanish Fork 40 miles earth and gravel. U. S. 450. From U. S. 50 at Valley City via Moab and Montlcello to Colorado Col-orado line, 106 miles earth road except ex-cept 12 miles gravel. Good condition. condi-tion. U. S. 89 Earth road to Thistle (on U. S. 50) good to Fairview, thence chiefly gravel with some pavement to Paneultch, thence earth road good via Bryce Canyon Jet. to Sevier Summit Sum-mit followed by gravel to Glendale, and improved earth in good condition condi-tion to Kanab and Arizona line. U. S. 91 Paved line to Wellsville, 29 miles, oiled gravel 15 miles to Brig-ham, Brig-ham, paved to Nephi 150 miles, loose gravel sections 8 miles; thence gravel or oiled 54 miles to Fillmore, regrav-el regrav-el 6 miles to Meadow, gravel to Cedar City, thence oiling to Kanarra 12 miles gravel to St. George and Arizona line U. S 189 Nephi to Pigeon Hollow Jet. on U. S. 89, 31 miles. Gravel or oiled with some pavement. It is urged that what Utah needs in an outstaridin:; way is a correction of lie laxity in tax Kdmini'i'.ration. In order to correct tins condition the Utah Taxpavers Association recommends recom-mends tl--.it the Tax Cram: .ion shah be responsible for the preparation cf definite l'-eir'ation which m f.irn is to be submitted to the next iti-ila-ture. "J his legislation recommended by the taxp.iyers would place the supervision, supervis-ion, standardization and control of all assessments of ail property in the state in the hands of some special bocy which shall be amply financed so as to nrovide lt.-elf with technical iiei ) such as engineers, accountants, sta' i.sticians etc. and who shall be authorized to pa.,s final Judgement upi n the valuation of all property in the state. It Is pointed out by the 'laspayers Association that at present pres-ent there are 29 different estimates placed on property according to its lo'-a'ion. each assessor being the sole jisi.'e of the values. This in itself,. avs the report, has brought about a rorr :.!'. breaking down of our assets- mei:t svstem and can be corrected oriiv by adequate supervision and ccn-trol. ccn-trol. ; The second recommendation is fhat a:iv nubhc ofiicials that fail or re- . fwa to comply with the budget lav.-, !:i be subject to removal from cf-i.ee. cf-i.ee. "Although great strides he ben mace in this state," says the re-: port, "m budgeting public reports, there are still school districts and towns that have failed to catch the p.ri; of the law. Funds have been sv.apped; deficits have been created: contracts and "committments have been kept from official records; un-expected un-expected revenues have been the cause f..r wild extiavasence and other iniquit ous rracticcs have arisen contrary to the letter and the spirit of the bud- , get law.'' The report urges that the - t,rs ,1P,r wHl come under uie v cfthe budgetary system. The third recommendation for an amendment, to the auw Maw 1S st:!1 being ignored t son o make appropriations anudlt at such interns ashe present law ' quaUncations of recommen.es that me qu ,, S'S!S. affairs are being administered. TrnnrishTecommendation is that The fourtn ecu commission tne State Tax whicn will shall formula te ? on aU xjn-establtsh xjn-establtsh a boa.d of reue temPunitdhas m mind "the issuing of any nublic officials in charge of bonds, put c 0 la,n informa- that to rhe bo"d" of review before elco-UOntthat elco-UOntthat among other things, they tion: that am - bonded mdebt- !TUfwhat the amount is of the edn;snsl Cue the method of financ- P1'fe,he p up'ose for which it is to be mg the pu P Qf Shall spent. ine hing investigation then make a offer amend- anVo? Natives or may hand men n entirely negative opinion. T'nhZd ol review is not to be cloth-T,hlS cloth-T,hlS nnUce power; but the taxpayer's taxpay-er's Ueve tha' This investigation by SfiSSSabody. remov ed from prejudice prej-udice and local influences will t able to hand down a report which w.U be enlightening of tlietoT5 report recommends iZuk- opinion of the board n her fti ' be published in a circulation in the unit 01 t- is their belief that Tc-possible Tc-possible for the voteY"' gently on election t. act 1 much to avert the ti ties into which manv , 'al t units have already fall ( v Mr. A. P. Bigelow, N Taxpayers Association their report states that v.0 f-.tion is continuing . he n" and will submit funC. mvfs:'k tuns to the State Tax eccr' unseen as their anaih V'sio (S proceeds. This is tfc. rtcrmmendation whTn'V tst K miffed to the Tax Com organized body in tlw su11 |