Show BAN ASKED ON 50 TRUCKERS Alleged Evasion Evasio of Ton-Mile Ton Tax Other Laws Is Basis of Request FIn Fifty truckers operating over Utah highways laced faced a state ban Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day when Deputy Attorney General John D D. Rice moved before belore the state public utilities commission that operating oper open permits be denied them on the ground a majority had persistently violated the ton mile tax and other laws aws in the past I Seventy five applications were tiled lied with the commission by truckers truck ers operating over highway 91 and andIs its us Is branches for permits to operate under the new motor vehicle bode tode All truckers under the new code are required to obtain permits Formerly Formerly For For- merly those thos in interstate c commerce or those operating under a contract were exempt Mr Rice moved that the commission commission commis- commis sion ion deny all l licenses unless applicants applicants applicants cants prove they had complied with the old motor vehicle code A major portion x of the applicants he said had refused consistently to pay ton mile taxes axes in the past and had refused tofile tome to tolie lie file reports with the commission Hearings on ten license applicants were held Wednesday by E. E E. E Corfman Corf Cod man chairman of the commission ion and Frank rank secretary Others willbe willbe will wille be e conducted Thursday Frida Friday and Tuesday |