Show Duchesne Taxpayers S Hold Mass Mass- Meeting Mass Citizens Voluntarily Meet to Discuss Discus Financing Fi Fi- Affairs Pass Resolutions Pursuant to a call a public mass meeting of prominent Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county taxpayers met at atthe atthe atthe the court room In Duchesne at 2 o'clock p. p m m. on Monday January 11 to discuss taxes and to protest protest protest pro pro- test against the high and ever mounting ta taxes es in Utah and Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne county Chester Hartman of Mt Emmons Emmons Emmons Em- Em mons was chosen chairman and Mrs Lulu secretary L L. A. A Hollenbeck discussed the objects of the meeting as a protest against high taxes and offered the following in statement to be endorsed by the Hie convention which after a considerable discussion was unanimously approved and adopted which was as follows To The State Tax Commission and To the County Assessor and To the Board of County Commissioners Commissioners Com Com- missioners and To the Duchesne County School Board I I I I I Gentlemen We a representative body of taxpayers of Duchsne county Utah hereby demand a substantial reduction in all valuations as asa asa asa a class for for taxation purposes in both real and personal property for Duchesne county taxpayers and which demand must be appropriate for the whole state of Utah and for the I following reasons I 1 Over taxation or too high a alevy alevy alevy levy on the full cash valuation theory has caused values to shrink and has caused a destruction of a considerable of what should be bethe bethe the normal value of both real and personal property 2 A contraction of the currency currency currency curren curren- cy in the United States has had had the usual effect of destroying values values values val val- ues of property thus increasing the value of the dollar and decreasing decreasing de do- creasing the value of property property- both real and personal Because of the two above rea rca I sons debts debt have nearly doubled and property values have ed But taxes are debts and must be paid out of depreciated ted property as a natural consequence of the increase of th evalue of gold or money These two causes have nearly doubled our taxes and destroyed our ability to pay Wherefore we dem demand nd the utmost utmost utmost ut ut- ut- ut most economy in our public aff affairs affairs af af- af- af f fairs irs and also demand that property property property prop prop- erty valuations both real and personal personal personal per per- be reduced or that rates be reduced and that salaries and other expenditures be reduced in I conformity that the people of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county and the State of Utah may be able to pay their taxes in full instead of paying only 50 per cent of the taxes as the collections of taxes now show in Duchesne county I fn motion of John Madsen a aI committee of three was appointed appoint appoint- I ed cd by the chair to formulate a aplan plan for a Duchesne County Tax Tax- p payers y s- s Association The ch chair ir appoint appoint ap- ap point d John Madsen as chairman and L. L A. A Hollenbeck and Geo C. C Kohl |