Show ST STATE ATE ISSUES TAX WARNING CO County ty Com Commissioners To Told d Not to Allow Redeeming Redeeming Redeem Redeem- ing Connivance Conni Connivance ance of county commission commission- commissioners ers es to 0 allow property owners to redeem redeem rede re re- re e d-e deem m their land land sold for taxes by buying it in iii at tax sales at a small fraction traction of its actual worth will not be tolerated by the state tax commission com com com- mission mission mission-H. H. H B. B Leatham member of 01 the commission warned Sat Saturday In Millard l county recently Mr l Leatham said he he- had been informed some of the commissioners were in favor of allowing a land owner to buy in 40 acres of his own land to sold be-sold for taxes at 5 The land wasat was worth at least 50 an acre Mr Leatham Leatham Leatham Lea Lea- tham said laid He p pointed int d out to the commissioners that sti such h actions would be detrimental tal La to their desires for a more equitable equit equit- t able tax burden distribution which the state is working out and antI that I only by strict adherence to tax commission com com- mission rules could this equalizing be made effective Mr Leatham also said Saturday that attempts of some banks to dictate die dic tate the the- tax policies of county commissions com corn missions missions' would not be Ibe tolerated and that compromise settlements forced on m county commissions by banks would not be approved by the state tax ax commission As an example of this he pointed out ut that a short time ago a Utah county coun coun- county ty bank refused to loan a Juab county farmer larmer to pay his taxes unless the county commission agreed to waive penalties and interest and accept accept ac ac- ac- ac ept as final settlement Only compromises sought by theland theLand the theland land owner himself would be considered consid consid- ered red Mr Leatham Le tham said |