Show MINES REFUSE TO PAY TAX ON NET PROCEEDS Representatives D Declare c c I a r c They Will Take Case Casc to Supreme Court BUT ONE iP COl COMPANY ANY E t SUBMITS TO LAW LAVi Assessments Affected by Refusal Refusal Re- Re of Corporations to toj j Pay With but one exception the SC mining companies of ot Utah cither re refused re- re fused to pa pay or paid under net proceeds taxes amounting to tho attitude of or all being made known yesterday which was the final I day on which payment might bo be ma made e without penalty The companies which resisted maintained that the thc law tinder which the taxes were assessed Is unconstitutional constItutIonal The one ono company compan to pa pay In full Cull without without with with- out protest was the Ophir Coalition Mines Mines company compan which tendered 1 as asan an n occupation tax and as the tho assessment against Its net proceeds Seven companies against which ta taxes s son on the net proceeds of or the property amounted mounted to 77 tendered tho the 1 occupation mx aa 01 oL 1 i. i urn out iu v the amount on the net proceeds ds One of oC these was tho the Utah Copper company compan which was assessed Thirteen other companies which were ero assessed on the net proceeds tax nt paid tho amount but paid it H jt under protest A number of oC smaller small small- er companies whose assessment was only nominal paid their occupation ta tax a s j also 1 their net proceeds tax Representatives es of ot the tho larger larser companies companies com corn panics said that each company will in all probability Institute a 3 separate suit Bult against the state treasurer to recover the to taxes es paid taking such action for self protection and to test the constitutionally of ot the law Later a stipulation stipulation tion may be entered Into to consolidate the cases or tako take ono for Cor a test case and mako the fight tight upon this one I Whatever way the lower courts decide tho thc representatives of ot tho the companies fia say Hay tho the case caso will vill be bo ta taken en to the su supreme supreme su- su preme court 0 of the tho United States The names of ot the companies which paid without protest those which paid under protest and those which refused o pa pay the tho net proceeds tax together with the amount of or the taxes follow Coalition Coalition Coalition Paid without protest protest protest-Ophir tion company Paid under protest protest Independent Independent Coal Coke com company pan Dragon Consolidated C Mining company compan 69 Consolidated Mines dines company 7 Swansea Consolidated Min Mm- Mining 11 Iron BIos Blos- ing lIi company compan 08 Consolidated Mining compa com corn pa pan pany 0 Spring Canyon Coal company compan 05 Bullion Beck Mining company compan 20 United States tates Smelting Refining company Centennial Eureka Mining company Ontario Mining company Utah Consolidated Mining company Refused to pa pay net proceeds but tendered 1 Utah 1 Utah Apex Mining company com corn pany U Scofield Coal Coat company 1 Cameron Coal company pun pany Utah Copper company compan Grand Central Mining company com corn pany Gold Chain Mining company I |