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Show the-l the-l EASED GRAPEVINE v .- An experiment to see If there may be a need for a permanent night traffic court was made this week when City Judge Melvin H. Morris tried a pilot case. Thursday's traffic court is believed be-lieved to be the first time court has been conducted at night in Salt Lake City. Results of the "experiment" were not known. Salt Lake City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison this week defended fiscal year budgeting by the city. He read his views, contained in a four page statement state-ment at city commission meeting. meet-ing. Mr. Harrison aired his views in reaction to statements earlier by Mayor J. Bracken Lee and Commissioner Herbert F. Smart favoring calendar year budgeting. budget-ing. Mr. Harrison reviewed the background of the Uniform Municipal Mu-nicipal Fiscal Act which put the city on fiscal basis in 1962 ) stressed the savings it ultimaVa ly would accomplish. State deposits of money in Utah banks during the 1963-64 fiscal year brought $1,005,106 in interest for the state's general fund, Sharp M. Larsen, state treasurer, reported this week. The state averaged a balance of $36,941,000 in banks during the year, he reported. Heaviest traffic volume in the Salt Lake area transportation study, on the basis of 1960 origin ori-gin and destination only, is on State St. south of the central business district, it was reported this week. The street was used by 25,000 to 35,000 vehicles far several miles south daily. fjf A four mill Salt Lake City tax levy formerly applied to water purification and sewer projects now is being used to amortize the city's $19 million capital improvement im-provement bonds. City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison said this week that the enabling legislation for the levy for purification and sewage treatment provided for five years ending January 1. Have you received a punch card federal income tax form 1040A in the mail from Uncle Sam this year? If so, it may be the easiest form for you to use. This, was the word this week from Director Roland V. Wise of the Utah District, Internal Revenue Service. He stressed the greater ease in preparing and processing the Form 1040A. Taxpayers with income under $10,000, consisting of wages reported re-ported on the W-2 withholding statements and not more than a total of $200 of other wages, interest, in-terest, and dividends, may ordinarily ordi-narily use this form. Those who itemize deductions or have incomes of $10,000 or more must use the regular form 1040. The 1040 A card that taxpayers taxpay-ers receive is pre-punched with specific data relating to their previous year's tax record. Use this rather than obtaining a new and unpunched copy. Do not fold or staple this card. |