Show RULING ON TEAD AC AFFECTS FEW UTAH UTA r CASES CASESi CASESA i A recen recent decision of of- the United States supreme court holding cerI certain certain I II tain tarn features of the act Unconstitutional unI unconstitutional un un- I constitutional will not affect more I than one or two old law vlola- vlola i j tion lion cases in Ut Utah h. h according to the collector of internal revenue for foJ this district The section held to tobe tobe tobe be invalid Is that relating to the Im Imposition imposition position of oC double tax fees and an an additional specific penalty of for dealers I Under my direct administration in this office the cases of assessment assess ment and levy are not affected h bythe by bythe the decision the collector stated Assessments and service of warrants warrants warrants war war- rants on cases since since my entry tutu into this office have come within the pr provisions provisions- vIsions vIsions' of of the revenue act of I 1918 the double tax and specific penalty of the act hav having ng been omitted for the service and col col- col- col lection Fo For instance In the levy on automobiles a day or two ago the levy made mad by this office was for forthe forthe forthe the tax under the revenue law of 1918 to the exclusion of that portion portion por por- tion of the assessment under section 35 of the d act In this way we avoid the question of injunction which was raised at Philadelphia and in some other districts Where assessments have been made in addition addition addition ad ad- to the tax provided in the 1918 law it would appear from this decision that claims in abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment would adjust this portion of the assessed tax Prohibition Director J. J E. E Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards submitted a report of the ac activities activities activities ac- ac of his office for May l to the prohibition bureau at Washington It shows that fifteen persons were arrested by br agents under his Ills supervision supervision supervision super super- vision In Iron Utah Juab Beaver Deaver Millard l Weber Summit Salt Lake Boxelder Cache Washington Grand Emery Carbon and counties Seizures for or the month included ten stills one fifty-one gallons of or whisky y 2240 gallons gallons' of mash thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen quarts of champagne |