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Show OR. RICHARDS M EETS WITH MING MEN AND JfflK Mine Tax Measures Are Declared De-clared Unfair To Minea Districts Hearing for mining and educational educa-tional bills that are of vital interest to at least three mining districts was held at the state capitol Tuesday Tues-day evening. A group of several bills having a bearing on mining tax revenues and their diversion into school funds were introduced into the house by the Education Committee. Final action on these proposed measures is of interest to Jordan school district. Dr. Paul Richards at the hearing spoke for this district dis-trict and termed the mine tax measures mea-sures as introduced as unfair to the mining districts. H. B. 148 would provide for an occuDation tax amounting to two per cent of the gross cash market value and total production on natural na-tural resources, or minerals and ores. This bill provides that all such taxes collected should be paid to 'to operate Jordan district. If the proposed homestead exemption amendment up to $2,000 is passed, school revenue will drop further, Los of mining tax revenue ' to Jordan would mean a probable lowering of standards in the district dis-trict schools. Fifteen districts In Utah spend annually more money per pupil than the Jordan district. Nlnj districts pay teachers better wages than Jordan can afford. . - . ine siaie treasury ana creauea 10 the uniform school fund. This bill has been referred to as a severance tax. Several persons, among thm W. Mont Ferry of Silver King Coalition Coal-ition company, have expressed - the opinion that such a proposal would be found unconstitutional Another bill, numbered H. B. 148, introduced by the same education i committee provides that all money paid by taxes into the uniform school fund is to be divided with fifty per cent set aside for school districts and fifty per cent set a-side a-side and divided among junior cot-leges, cot-leges, the University of Utah and the Utah State Agricultural college. Support for these measures has come from the University of Utah. At the hearing Dr. J. R. Mahoney showed figures to prove that 92 per cent of mine tax revenues are centered in three districts. Thl proposed pro-posed education amendment bills are to divide tax benefits among all districts. Dr. Paul S. Richards appeared as the Jordan school representative and joined in opposition to the proposed pro-posed measures with officials from Wasatch and Summit areas. Dr. Richards pointed out that the valuation cut made in assessments last year has cut revenue available |