Show C unjust criticism there has been considerable unjust criticism against the pres out ent board of county commissioner commissioners ers on account of the he fri increase crease in in t assessed valuation made by the state stale bourd board of equalization ir it the facts fact sare arc tho the county earnestly protest bodag od against adist that rals e und and calleo 0 tile tho state board attention to the fact that the assessed valuation of the previous year in davis cou coulty tilly was higher 0 than any oth er county in the state on oil real estate although a large proportion of the acreage of our county is arid and and unproductive several meetings 0 s were held to consider the matter at the final uke meeting eting which was held at the office of the state board in salt lake city the county commissioners invited a number of prominent citizens both demo rats and republicans aa a few of whom attended and as a result of their united efforts the raise 0 15 per cent on real estate as was lowered to 12 1 per iler cent it should be borne in mind that the state board of equalization aas absolute authority in these batters natters nat and is a nonpartisan non partisan rody ody composed of two democrats and two republicans the rate of the county levy has not been lower for ton ten years than it at the increase of one county school levy v vas as unanimously voted for by cie L i ie school trustees of the county including dan muir A commit tao from the trustees petitioned aie he commissioners commission rs for this raise a the ground that more funds ere made necessary by the new requiring the school districts to furni farnish tAt free text books and applies up plies if this raise had bad not been made the special district taxes levied jy y the trustees would have been Or higher and the I 1 otal tax would have been the amo ame |