Show TAXING BOARD BEGINS DUTIES State Body Starts Assessing Railroads Mines and Utilities Confronted with a drop of at least in m the assessed valuation of all taxable property in Utah for 1933 the state tax commission Wednesday plunged into the work of assessing railroads mines and public utilities for this years year's tax rolls Coincident with th work of ot the commission count county assessors through h the state were in the midst of the work of assessing other property with the hope that the commissions commission's assessment assessment assess assess- ment and those of ot the county officials will be announced in May George A. A Critchlow chairman of the state tax commission announced that county boards of equalization will meet from June 1 to 20 after the assessments have been made public to equalize valuations and settle fettle claims The tax commission will Vm sit fit it from May 1 t to June 19 to equalize state assessments as as- s ments and to hear appeals from those set by county boards The total valuation of ot the state lot taxable pro property ert last year ear was and it was predicted in an n estimate furnished the state auditor b by the tax commission last December that the assessed valuation would drop to for 1933 Property assessed by the tax commission com corn mission railroads mission railroads mines and public utilities was utilities was given a total valuation for taxing purposes of at for 1932 and although officials declined to estimate the valuation for this year it was expected there will be a marked decrease After equalizations and appeals arc are completed In June the tax commission commission commis commis- sion Zion will figure the total assessed valuation val vii of the state upon which the 1933 1033 general property levy will be based The latter figure is expected to be made public some time in Au Au- gust Mr Critchlow p pointed out |