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Show -m TAX LAW EXPLAINED TO LOCAL OFFICIALS A meeting wns licit! yesterday nt tho county court house nt which were present William Bailey, Bai-ley, president of tho stntc board of equalisation, John Watson nnd Amos S. Gnbbott, both mem-i mem-i bers of the board, and Lincoln G. Kelly, state auditor; County Commissioners W. T. Hnmilton, J. R. Sharp nnd Albert Bryner; Peter Neilson, Peter Rnsmusscn nnd O. R. Gillespie, commissioners commission-ers of Emery county, nlso Walter Wal-ter Draper and E. J. Grange, ns-sossors ns-sossors respectively of Carbon and Emery counties, and Alnha Balllnger, treasurer of Carbon county. This meeting wns ono of a 'series of meetings held through-lout through-lout the state for tho purpose of discussing tho now tax law, that becomes effective in 1910. It 'wns fully explained why a uniform uni-form system of operation should be adopted, why tho chnnges in the law were mndo nnd tho necessity nec-essity for property being assessed assess-ed at full cash valuo in order thnt the revenuo required by tho stnto nnd counties may Ije so-cured. so-cured. The matter was fully gone into and discussed by those prcfient nt tho meeting. |