Show I SCHOOL TAXES WRIT IS ISSUED Redemption Question to Be Reviewed The state supreme court Thursday issued an alternative writ of mandamus mandamus man man- damus returnable July 29 ordering tho the state auditor treasurer superIntendent superintendent superintendent super super- of ot public instruction and members of tho the tax commission to show cause why they should not allocate to the 40 school districts of the state the tho more than collected in redemption of at delin delia delinquent delinquent quent property this year The ord order r was in n response to a petition filed by the Ogden and Provo s school hool boards board through their attorneys Wade M M. Johnson and J. J J Robert Robinson The school boards contend that delinquent property tax revenues collected in the last two fiscal years under the district school fund levy should be allocated back to the fund iund fundin in m the years in which tho the levy was made years in which ich the fund did not reach the maximum of 25 per pen capita school child as provided as for forin forin forin in the state constitution They argued argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued that tho the school scho l districts suffered suffered suf suf- because of this delinquency delinquency- m in tax payment and that now as th the money has been collected it should go to them as it would have done had the taxes been paid on on- on time Without explaining the con contention contention conten conten- ten tion lion the school boards alleged that the defendants had failed to include and distribute Income and corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion franchise ran taxes as required by law Jaw Parts of of- tho the returns from these taxes go each year to help belp I make mak up the district school fund I t. t |