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Show past year. New subdivisions have resulted In a large part of the tax notice growth but more and more vacant lots are being sold for home development. Mr. Cope said valuations will remain largely unchanged this year. The tax increases and most people will get them will result from increased total levels. School districts all through the county made the principal levy increases, principally in Alpine district where the local levy went up eight mills. 1951 taxes are due Nov. 30, after which delinquent payments must accompany a penalty. Due date for taxes can be postponed by the county commission, if the latter so desires after receiving a petition to do so. . - ' H Si! - 1 Tax Notices Show Big Increase Over Several Years Utah county is gradually being broken up into more and smaller land parcels, according to county tax and assessment records which show a definite trend in this direction over the past several years. County Treasurer Maurice Bird of Springville today said 1951 tax notices due for the mails about Oct. 10 will total in the neighborhood of 40,000 this year, an increase of 2000 over last year. This is a continuation in this direction direc-tion which started with about 33,-000 33,-000 notices annually in 1947, the year he took office, and has grown to its present proportions. More tax notices result from additional pieces of property under separate ownership. This does not mean that Utah County has more land, but that the land it is being transferred to a greater number of owners. It means a substantial growth in the number of new homes, principally, because new subdi- . 101 . . . Uncle Joe Haggarty, Monrovie, Calif., celebrates 101st birthday by reading Bible. Recipe for longevity bans sweets, tobacco, coffee, liquor. He stopped chopping firewood last year to relax. visions and new homes built on existing vacant lots account for most of the annual increase. County Assessor J. Austin Cope Jr., said today there has been a ; very definite utilization of vacant lots within communities during the |