Show GRADED TAX ON AU ALL VEHICLES HELD UNJUST Committee of Commercial Club Condemns Proposed Measure at Meeting The Timo proposed ordinance of the cH cit city commission providing for graded special tax tsue eu on all nil vehicles traveling along alon- city streets was held an unjust me measure ai at time the meeting tg g of or the membership council of tho tIme Suit Stilt Lake Commercial club whIch took ook place yesterday e A resolution opp opposing opposing op- op p posing ln the time ordinance was wa adopted for foi of the board of governors of if the Commercial club at Its next meet- meet ner When attention of oC the Salt Lake bual- bual ness nc's men was wn called to the time ordinance a i specIal commit tee tco of which Geor George e D D. Alder Is chairman was wag appointed to In- In to tho vehicle tax The Tho ThoI report of this committee made to the thern I rn membership council yesterday calls caliA at attention attention nt- nt that tho the special elt city lIcense Is la made mado applicable ble not only to automobiles hut motorcycles bicycles trucK and nil nfl horse-drawn horse passenger carrying ve ye- ye bides A As an Instance It was pointed 1 out that th time the owner of oC a one horse vehicle would be 8 S per annum and 10 when drawn h 1 by two horses The report of the special committee als also o endeavors to show how that automobiles alreAd already appear to be overtaxed In addition ad to property tax automobiles are arc assessed a stale li license ii- ii cn cense e tax The ordinance proposes that In addition addi addi- tion to these taxes the city license licence seeks to lev levy an additional f 5 3 a year on automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles weighing pounds or 01 under an and ane 10 a acar year car additional on automobiles weighing more than 3 pounds OVERTAXED The following para paragraphs arc are Included In the report which was adopted as a resolution for Cor consideration of or the next meeting of the board of governors of or orI I the club It It Is a a. patent fact that owners of oC automobiles au au- nu- nu I are already alread overtaxed and seem eem to bo be the tar target et for Cor every levying body bod municipal and state and If II this ordinance should go o through what would prevent the thc county count from Irom levying e a a. similar tax and cr c every other county count In tho the state from doing the same Mme It Is questionable In the opinion of your committee whether the courts would not construe the proposed e- e new or ordinance ordinance or- or as ns double taxation and If not that n at t least class clagg legislation lion and after much expenditure of time and mono money prove abortive It would s seem cm some stress has imas been laid laid on tho the ragged condition of or the streets particularly at the Intersections In the downtown districts which the thc funds provided pro by the proposed ordinance would remedy and amid the wear and anti tear car on Oil wheels and tires now suffered by b drivers of Df vehicles would woul 1 be more marc than tham compensated sated tEd for b bv by payment of the t fee o provided ed for or under tinder the ordinance Without entering Into a n detailed dl dis dis- I noi of this and ane other features of the matter mattel your jour committee Is of or the opinion that the commissioner of streets when preparing prep his hll'S budget made ample provision pro- pro vision for Cor the needs of or his department nt when hen he submitted an estimate of oC as his requirement for Cor the fiscal fIcal year ear a minor part of this being included In the city engineering department department department depart depart- ment and could be prepared therefore to keep the city t streets In the pink of conI con con- ditton I I RS E-RS TO DISCUSS iT IT To discuss definitely whether all Salt Lakers owning automobiles shall or Of shall not pay the proposed new s special tax members of oC the city commission were scheduled to hold a meeting In the city vind nd count county building building- at 10 o'clock this morning At that time time- protests filed with the thc commission will be e considered considered- It is known the commission so far Car has met with little public approval In tho proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed action and amid all communications In regard to tho the p proposition have o been In Inthe Inthe Inthe the form forni of oC protests Three were filed riled with Ith the tho commission last night containing scores of names |