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Show HKKK AMD ACROSS THE BORDKIt. Tin; Times has been shown a tax receipt re-ceipt by a friend who recently paid t r.es for 1801, in. ( olorado. Here is what it exhibits as to state taxation: State tax it 1-3 anils. Mute and Blind 1-8 U L'ulversity 1-5 " Agricultural College 1 " School of Mines l-!i " Insane Asylum 1-5 Stock Inspection 1-5 41 Capitol Building 1-3 Interest on Capital Bonds 2 1-16 " Kormal School I " I'te War Debt 1 a " t las Aral School 2 M The aggregate of this Is eight and two thirds mills. There is.however, an item of a half mill tax for the World's fair, to which tho state contributes $100,000, which THE TlSfES' informant could not say was assessed upon the basis of the respective standing of first and inferior conntiel, as classified by the legislature of Colorado, or not. There is also a levy of three mills for "unforseen contingencies," con-tingencies," which may be considered as applicable, under the law, to counties, coun-ties, greater or loss in degree, according accord-ing to their classification, for tbo purpose pur-pose of meeting deficiencies. Coming to eounty and municipal tax-in tax-in one of the fourth class counties of the centennial state, The Times notes the following: Ordintiry county revenue 11 mills Interest on court house bonds sj " Court house bonds, sinking fund 1 44 Town IB 44 District No. 1, school purposes. .. 5 44 Interest (in school bonds 44 Itoad purposes 3'a 44 Support of poor 1 41 The figures aggregate a total of 43J mills in a fourth class eounty of Colorado Colo-rado whose county seat has less than 1000 people. It should be stated here that the laws of Colorado require the assessment of property at its full ea.-h valuation, just the same as is required of assessors in Utah. And yet, to hear old fogies talk here abouts. one would think that Salt Lake Cily is one of the worst taxed comtuuu ilies on the face of God's greeu earth. It is high time to quit listeuing at the (makings of the moosbaeks. Let our city authorities levy tax as high as the law will permit, and let no such foolish counsel prevail as that whieh operated in the last council, which resulted in reduction of the assessment of realty "0 per cent, and deprived the city oj ueeded revenue. The power of mor-monism mor-monism is not so strong in the present council as it was in the last one, so let American methods prevail now; increase in-crease the police force, give us paved streets, respectable sidewalks, abundance abun-dance of water, and needed public buildings, as well as other improvements improve-ments enjoyed by American cities in the states of the same size and resources re-sources possessed by this municipality. munici-pality. it is high time we should begin to get out of the nil of old-fogyism and non-progressiveness. |