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Show I County Auditor Cites Deficit; Blames Withdrawn Hospital Levy Jones explained. The auditor's report showed a drop to only 94.96 per cent in property tax collections. It was estimated that 97 per cent collections col-lections would come in. Summing up, Mr. Jones said, "Considering the loss of the one mill levy for the hospital, which must be made up in 1961, the county was fortunate to emerge with such a small deficit. The hospital will be paid off this year with an emergency mill levy." j DAVID P. JONES Salt Lake County closed 1960 with a deficit of $163,911.78, County Auditor David P. Jones said this week. " Mr. Jones said expenditures in 1960 were $36,470.57 less than in 1959. His report showed expenditures ex-penditures in 1960 totaled $8,-626,702.10 $8,-626,702.10 and in 1959 $8,663,-172.67. $8,663,-172.67. In commenting on the deficit Salt Lake County Commissioners said it was small in view of the fact Salt Lake General Hospital had a deficit of $632,367.11 and the Recreation Department a deficit of $4,453.34 for a total deficit of $636,910.45. Knocking the overall county deficit down to the figure reported re-ported by Mr. Jones was made possible by tightening up expenditures expen-ditures in some funds which resulted re-sulted in surplus of $472,988.76. Reason for the deficit in the Salt Lake General Hospital poor fund account was due to an attorney at-torney general's ruling this year that the one mill hospital levy which had been levied for the past 11 years, was illegal, Mr. |