Show COUNTIES RUSH JRUSH TAX FUNDS TO STATE STA TE COFFERS Treasury Enriched by Nearly Half Million Dollars in Revenue Like chastened children heeding fatherly fa fa- fa reprimands half hall a dozen political cal subdivisions of the state Tuesday obeyed a warning from the parent government gov gov- and paid into the Utah treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury nearly in general property property property prop prop- erty taxes due the state but that had hac been drawing Interest for the counties The remittances ended a critical situation situation situ situ- in the state general fund that tha had caused state stath officials to transfer money from other state accounts to pa pay current bills and meet payrolls Salt Lake county alone remitted as result of a letter from th the state auditor and treasurer treasures demanding Immediate payment o of the states state's share shar of f tax collections In addition to this amount the county paid in in inroad inroad inroad road taxes SWELL TIlE THE TOTAL Weber I county remitted Cache Davis San Juan 1300 and Summit 1250 Several other othe counties paid up smaller amounts t to swell the total Twenty counties had been notified to pay up The money will be divided approximately as follows 24 24 per cent state stat general fund 68 per cen cent district schools 2 per cent high schools and 5 per cen cent school equalization fund All save about 2000 of the Salt Sal Lake remittance represented advance payments of 1933 taxes collected on th the levy of 96 mills The 2000 was as In delinquent taxes for the last two years ears Amounts allotted to the three school funds are expected to be apportioned apportions Immediately by the state school office Meanwhile the state tax state tax commission reported receipts of f special specia state taxes since the beginning of th the fiscal year on July 1 The sales tax since then has poured pO Into state coffers along with in beer tax taxes s making a total tola of ot earmarked for emergency y relief by the laws laws' levying these taxes OCTOBER RECEIPTS October receipts of the sales tax were to date Indicating that tha receipts from this tax for this month will exceed the average necessary necessary necessary sary to yield the minimum of expected annually from the the- tax Th The gasoline tax has brought in since July 1 the motor vehicle tax ax and the ton mile tax The latter is more than th the entire amount paid in last year by this tax ax before teeth were p put t in the law by the 1933 legislature The tax has since July 1 an increase over previous periods ascribed to r more ore rigid enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of ot the law Jaw |