Show I I j I i MOVE TO COLLECT LICENSE TAX Secretary of State Will Notify All Corporations at an Early Date INCOME MAY BE V ABOUT COMPANIES IN INSTATE INSTATE INSTATE STATE LIABLE E Charles S secretary of or state st te yesterday announced that he hll h Is making preparations to collect the tho annual license tax ax from corporations authorized by tho last lat legislature It is confidently expect expected t ted ed that the additional revenue which will willbo willbo willbe bo be secured by virtue virtu of ot thIs measure will reach annually Mr said yesterday that he would ask all county clerks in the state to send him a complete list Hat of the com coin companies companies panics whose articles articled of ot Incorporation were filed in their offices from 1861 1661 when Utah was waa admitted as a IJ territory until 1881 when the territorial legislature pro provided provided vided ded that a complete record should bo be also lisa kept by the secretary In his office he lie has hat now a list of or about compan companies com pan panlee See lee and with the additions which he expects ex cx to receive It is la thought this num number number number ber will be Increased to although only about of this number are lire alive enough today to pay a IJ tax of any kind An index will be prepared of ot all these corporations and then notifications will willbe willbe willbe be sent to the officers to pay pa the taxes The tax is so small that it la is not expect expected ed that any concentrated effort wm be bo made to resist its payment or test its le Ie in the courts The Tho law provides a graded tax Cor Corporations Corporations Corporations with a capital stock less than must pay 5 with a capital stock over Ocr and less than 10 be between between tween and the fee tee is 15 between and it costs 20 20 Q be between between between tween i sand tind oo the charge Is la 23 25 between and the state demands 33 between and the companies must pay 40 tO and all companies with capital stock over oer 00 must pay 50 Mr will m notify these companies as soon as an Index can be prepared The law goes Into effect May Hay 13 but the first tax is not due until November oember 15 Iii |