Show St State A t Expends 1545 15 1545 1 4 Per der CV Capita apita in in 27 ZA f for i Operation n and Upkeep ep WASHINGTON April 7 37 7 AP AP- AP The Th d department of comerce announces announces announces an an- a a. summary of the financial statistics of the state of Utah for forthe forthe forthe the fIS fiscal Jal year ending June 30 1927 The per capita figures for 1927 1027 are based on an estimated population of EXPENDITURES The payments for operation and maintenance of the general departments depart depart- ments of Utah amounted to or 15 1545 45 per capita This includes In Includes includes in- in In apportionments for education to the minor civil divisions of the state In 1926 the comparative per capita for operation and maintenance of general departments departments departments depart depart- ments was 14 1460 60 and in 1917 8 41 he payments for Interest on debt in in fa 1927 amounted to and outlays for permanent Improvements Improvements improvements Improve Improve- ments The total payments payments pay pay- ments therefore for operation and maintenance of general departments for Interest and outlays outlays' were 10 The totals include all payments payments payments pay pay- ments for the year whether made from current revenues or from the proceeds of bond Issues Of the government costs reported above e was for for highways being for fOl maintenance and for construction REVENUES The total revenue receipts were or 21 3 p per r capita This was more moie than the total payments o of the year exclusive of the payments for permanent Improvements improvements improvements im Im- and 24 more more than the total payments including those for permanent Improvements This excess of revenue receipts is l reflected re reflected re- re in reduction of debt and in purchase of not shown in this summary Property and special taxes represented 51 51 per percent percent cent of the total revenue for 1927 50 1 per cent for 1926 and 59 5 per percent percent percent cent for 1917 1911 The increase in the amount of property and special taxes ts collected was 1237 1231 7 r Del ner er cent from 1917 1911 to 1926 and 2 20 0 per cent from 1926 to 1927 1921 The per capita property anu aria l taxes were 1090 In 1927 1921 1087 in 1926 and in 1917 1911 Earn Earni Earns s of general genera genera departments of compensation for services rendered rendered rendered ren ren- ren- ren dered by state officials represented 7 75 15 5 per cent of the total revenUe for 1927 64 per cent for 1926 and 75 per cent for foi 1917 Business and licenses constituted 22 1 per cent of the total revenue for tor 1927 1921 per cent for for 1926 and 6 67 7 per cent for 1917 1911 Rec Receipts from business licenses consist chiefly of taxes exacted from Insurance and other incorporated Incorporated incorporated companies the stamp tax ta on sales of ot and the sales tax on gasoline while those from non- non business licenses comprise chiefly taxes on motor motoi vehicles and the tile amounts paid for hunting and fishing fishing fishing fish fish- ing privileges The sales tax on gasoline amounted to in 1927 1921 and in 1926 an in increase increase increase in- in crease crease of ot 20 S per cent The total funded or fixed debt outstanding June 30 1927 1921 was 9 Of Ot this amount I was for highways The net indebtedness funded or fixed debt less sinking fund assets as assets assets as- as sets was 6 or 12 1273 73 per capita In 1926 the per capita net debt was 14 1411 11 and in 1917 1911 6 32 ASSESSED VALUATION AND TAX LEVIES The assessed valuation of property property proper proper- ty In Utah subject to ad valorem taxation was the amount of state taxes levied was 5 and the per capita levy 10 1013 13 In and 1926 the per capita levy was 9 89 and in 1917 1911 06 98 |