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Show lected as provided by law. This will make a revenue for the district schools of this country for 1800 of about $1SJ.-000, $1SJ.-000, or $1(,000 more than was collected for district schools last year. The total tax of this year I estimate to be about i?(i(l2,()00 or '384,000 more than the total of I he tux imposed on the peoplp last year. This is caused by the Increase in valuation of the property, and being compelled, under the now law, to place the values at a full cash value, in place of ."it) per cent as of last year., the trustees trus-tees in levying their per cent having based their estimates upon tiie valuation valua-tion of 188'J, which as you can readily see, give to the district schools a greater revenue than anticipated, and far more than there is any use for." .The above quotation is from a statement state-ment made by Jesse W. Fox, Jr., assessor asses-sor of Salt Luke county, to the county court, asking for written instructions under which ho and his bondsmen may clear themselves from prosecutiou in making up the assessment rolls for this year. Without such written Instructions Instruc-tions Mr. Fox declines to complete the work. As a specimen of the inequality of the revenue of the school districts this year, when eomparod with last, the fifteenth ward received iu 1880 on i per cent levy, $1,781.08. The same ward will receive iu 1800 on i per cent levy about $U0,000. That is more than sixteen times as much revenue for that district as it received re-ceived last year. The county being richer than it was last year, can afford to improve its roads and bridges. The school districts can now build good buildings and equip thom with every appliance for teaching and especially with first-class teachers. "Its an ill wind that blows nobody good." The people who have become suddenly rich and are growing richer with the upward tendency of real estate can well afford to pay increasing taxes. All's well that ends well. FUN FOH TAXPAYERS AND LAWYERS. The' Times, it may be remembered, assuming tho prophetic mantlo, so fashionable fash-ionable . in Ziou, not long since congratulated con-gratulated tho lawyers on its predicted increase of litigation consequent ou another an-other sossiou of the Utah legislature. So many knotty questions aro usually wrapped up in every Instalment of its revealed and uurevcalablo legislation, that a score of briefless lawyers may bo puzzled to solve them. Tho revenue law, passed nt the recent session, stirs to activity not only the legal fraternity, frater-nity, but assessors aud taxpayers are fretting over it. The assessors of Salt Lake, Utah aud Juab counties, acting act-ing in behalf of tho body of the territorial terri-torial assessors, drafted and presented to the legislature, certain provisious deemed necessary to bo engrafted into tho proposed revenue law. The suggestions sug-gestions were entirely ignored, and it is claimed that the law, as it stands, will work a hardship on the public for which tho assessors are in no way responsible. re-sponsible. "Under this law Salt Lake county will reach this- vear in valution nut less than $0(1.000.01)6 in its inflated condition. This will give a revenue on the 8 mills tax as provided by the last law.of $480.-000, $480.-000, which is considerably more than twice tho revenue of last' vear under the Old law of 12 mills tax,' but this is not the worst. "The new school law provides that all taxes levied in Deceuiber last by the trustees of the several school districts are valid aud must be 'assessed" and col- |