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Show OREGON TO LUNATE STATE TAX Real Property Will IJc Untaxed Un-taxed In Western State Next Year; Economy In All Governing Itodies Is Urffed. SALEM, Ore., Doc. 2 (U.R) OregoniaiiH may look 1'or elimination of all state taxes on real property next year. tlovernor Meier made the statement following ;v conference confer-ence with the state tax commission com-mission Tuesday. He declared de-clared the no-tax year would be I first In the state's history. Factors contributing to the tax j -li initiation are receipts from Intangibles, In-tangibles, personal income, corporation cor-poration and excise taxes. Repeal of the one-mill market road tax, waiver of the World war veterans' one-half mill tax. and substantial savings In operation of state Institutions, Insti-tutions, were cited as other causes. One School Tax The two-mill elementary school tax vill be sole levy made by the state tax commission next year, Governor Meier said. "This, however, is purely local, being obtained entirely by the counties for support of local elementary ele-mentary schools." Although elimination of the real property tax will reduce taxes appreciably,, ap-preciably,, the governor declared that unless all political subdivisions subdivis-ions of the state Institute economy regimes little relief will result. I |