Show Utah FEE FERA FERA A Report Reveals Tax Units Units' Financial Status I For or the first time in Utah in Utah blah his history ry detailed financial cond conditions of all nl units taxing ta taxing ing units of the e state ined in a F F. ER ERA A survey y re- re re released released leased lease Fri Friday y by Darrell J J. J Green well state W P A director The e. e survey completed Thursday ng night i after one years year's work b by Y astaff of auditors statisticians accountants and field work workers rs under the supervision of Irvin Hull HulI director of f t the e Jf F FE E R R. A statistical di division di- di vision will will-be ill b used as as' a basis basis' of d distributing relief distributing t buting relief mon money money for for this this winter The report of pages is r replete with tables charts and m maps ps showing bowing assessed valuations tax levies amount of tax tax collections collections collections resources resources an indebtedness in in all counties cities and school districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis of Utah U b Financial Picture The survey gives a financial picture picture picture pic- pic pic pic- ture of th the tax situation yearly in all counties from 1920 through 1934 in all cities dUes from 1929 through 1934 and in all aU school districts districts- from front 1933 to 1935 The per capita expenditures of the county gov governments in hi 1934 based on a 1930 census was 96 for tor the entire state The expenditures expendi expendi- expenditures expenditures tures totalled Garti Garfield d county w was s lowest with witha a per capita expenditure of and Grand county was highest with witha a 8 per capita cost of 2803 Salt Lake Lake count county was slightly above th the state stat l average with a per capita cost of 1088 The per per capita cost was in Weber county in Utah count county in Tooele county in Summit county and 1091 in Davis The Thel total bonded indebtedness of county governments December 31 1934 t the e survey r revealed was 33 or a per capita indebtedness indebtedness indebtedness' indebtedness edness edness' of C Carbon county was highest among counties having a bonded indebtedness indebtedness' not in excess of the legal leia limit with willi 2144 per por capita Emery was was' lowest with Nine counties countie the report disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis cl closed had no no bonded indebtedness the counties including Box Elder Davis Davi Morgan Rich Summit Tooele Too le Wasatch Wayne and Weber ez Five counties es exceeded the b bonded indebtedness indebtedness limited to two percent percent per cent ent of ot their assessed valuations Garfield county county county- was two per cent in excess of the legal limit SanJuan SanJuan San SanJuan Juan three e percent per cent nt Millard 34 percent per cent ent Sevier 3 35 per cent and Du Du- 94 per per cent Salt Lake county with a net bonded indebtedness of ora ora or ora a a per capita indebtedness indebtedness' of was eighteenth among the counties with th a bonded indebtedness within the legal limit The indebtedness was within 2715 per cent of the limit In taxes taxes' levied per per capita capIta Grand county was' was first with 62 and Wayne county was last with 29 Salt Lake county was sixth among the 29 counties with Weber county was tenth with and and- Utah county eleventh with A total of in county taxes were levied during 1934 The per c capita pita l levy being The Tho survey revealed that during a year 15 period tax levies in the counties hit lowest the lowest level in 1922 of and reached the peak in 1930 with The trend the survey disclosed was for a a. gradual increase from 1922 to 1930 and since thena g gradual gradual grad grad- ad ual decrease Best in 1925 The county tax collections were best In 1925 when the percentage of collections ag against taxes levied lovied was was- per cent Collections vere were poorest in 1933 when collections were 7 7 p per ce cent t df dr the taxes levied Taxes levied in dU cities s in Salt Lake county exceeded ded in money more than taxes levied in all other cities combined in the state T The total taxes levied for tor the cities in 1934 93 was Of at this sum was levied on on cities In Salt In-Salt Salt Lake county Of collections for city government government govern govern- ment taxes throughout the state of the total was made ad in Salt Lake county C City ty tax collections for the entire state averaged per cent The average in Salt Lake Lak county was per percent cent A Average 1086 1080 The per capita tax collections in cities of Salt Lake county averaged 1086 and for the state The total indebtedness for tor the school districts of Utah in 1934 was representing per percent percent cent of the assessed valuation Alpine with 42 per cent South Sanpete with per cent Uintah with per cent and Piute with per cent exceeded assessed valuation of indebtedness I Salt SnIt Lake City's school district had indebtedness of per cent I of the assessed valuation Murray had and Granite The six districts district having no indebtedness In In in- were Jordan South Summit Davis Tintic Kane and Wayne |