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Show Hp !"W srSCIlt SCHOOL TAXES. Kw :: ls The suit planted by the taxpayers S '' Wt oT the Seventh School District Is ono H 'IS that lateralis all the people of Salt KM vM Lake City. Kvery school district HpE' IS in which a special school tax has Hi2, ' 1 . ajj been assessed btioull, In ouropin- I ' ' jjV ion, taks prt in the contest. An IS invitation has been offered to theni fE to join In the request that the court : tilB set aside tho special taxes in each ' ' i 'B Sihori District within the tity lim- j 'jW Tho levy wa mule in error. It saaaaK iL j H was supposed tint the amount B j Ml which would 1)3 raised would sira- 1 ffif ply me-t the needs of the respsjtive - i - Districts, under the olJ schoal i Si law an J the old valuation of prop- H j i erty. Hat the new s:hool law B 3 . ' jB changed the condltIon,and tho new H jjC rdvencu law helped to change the H ilK valuations, while the assessors ran H jSt up the assessments to ballaou K j ' !8f fibres, and thus the taxes Intended H l to ba only sufficient for present H ; n needs have b.-uti BiaJc exorbitant, E i' '" ''m UDJust and oppressive. B I' . 1 Also the School Districts have been K j I j H Joined, so that they ere now one B j, tfi DIitrict,-aud while these tremend- B i i oi) taxes are to be collected in cer- B j jf- tain parts thereof, other parts will H m have no pecial tax to pay, but will B I j receive the benefit of the taxes B ; j forced from the other parts of the B j a new District. ' B j :l This is niinlfestly unfair and j J strikes at that equality before the f 1 law auJ uniformity of taxation . J f which are essential to lawful taxa- J tion. Courts may set aside as-css- I j f- nieuts maJeby mistake or founded ','f in fraud. They may take cogtd- HJ ' .-' zmee of change 1 conditions, and Jl v Is rule in equity in the pjblic lnter- t It Is hoped and believed that tbeso ' if improper astments will be set J "f aside, in view of these facts and Hi. I ;'l principle, ani considering that by BHS ' the regular levy fr school taxes I I under trie territorial law, and the JE li, eit-'onie values placed upon prop- Jl I erty, there will lie ample funis to Scarry on !-e public schools under the Brd of .education for Salt j! Lake City. JBJ . What is done by the other DU- i" :' trieti should bi done quickly, as the I suit has beeu commenced, and . bima geasral and united action ill ouxbt in our opinion to be taken at i once in relation to the matter. |
