Show County Adopts Highest Budget in History for fir 1941 RECORDER GETS ADDITION AFTER RESTUDY Total Tops 1940 By The Salt Lake county commission commission commission commis commis- sion Monday adopted the highest county budget in history for 1911 19 totaling an n increase of over o the 1940 outlay minute Last-minute reconsideration added added added add add- ed 40 to the total for the office of County Recorder l Mrs frs Anthony C C. Lund but otherwise there was no alteration in figures revealed at ata a public hearing last Monday The budget will result in no Increase increase increase in- in crease in the 66 mills levy evy of this year according to the county auditors auditor's auditors auditor's auditors auditor's audi audi- tors tor's office Before adoption of the bud budget e ethe the commissioners reconsidered three proposed changes from figures figures figures fig fig- ures listed last Monday On behalf be- be half of Mrs Lund Chef Deputy Recorder Lorus F. F Pratt asked additional for photo recording recording recording record record- ing equipment The additional will be used for tor pur purchase hase of or 22 new record books Mr Pratt told the commissioners that the smaller figure would entail entail entail en en- tail continuing without installation of proposed photo recording equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment and would require purchase of 22 new record books employment employment employment employ employ- ment of one more typist purchase of a filing cabinet dolly and pay increases for key es Volume Increases Mr Pratt pointed out that fees In 1940 had increased to 30 representing an increase in volume of work that necessitates more The second proposed change chane was reiteration by citizens and business groups of the Magna-Garfield Magna area for employment of an n additional deputy sheriff supplementing the three on duty Speaking for the petitioners Roy F F. Ty esen said contagion would be reduced one-half one if an extra deputy could be used to cooperate with the county health department The third proposal was presented In letters letters' from E E. O O. Brothers Brothers- president of the Salt Lake County Farm bureau and Francis W W. Kirkham Kirkham Kirkham Kirk- Kirk ham chairman of ot the bureaus bureau's culinary culinary culi cull nary water ater committee The letters asked the county to apportion for a survey and engineering services with a n view I j to utilizing Deer creek creek- project water for tor the unincorporated unincorporated unincorporated communities of the county The county was urged to act under a 1939 law giving mg the counties counties counties coun coun- ties authority to buy or or lease water rights or shares in reservoirs or associations for use by citizens The letter stressed that the problem of ot culinary water was becoming In Increasingly Increasingly increasingly In- In difficult in unincorporated unincorporated unincorporated rated communities a costly practice practice practice tice of Independent s systems Stems growIng growing growing grow grow- ing up Hotelman Protests I Tax Increase A protest against Increases Inthe Inthe in inthe the proposed 1941 tentative Salt Lake City budget was sent to the city commission Monday by W. W Ross Sutton secretary of the Utah-Nevada Utah Hotel association in behalf of Salt Lake hotel operators oper oper- The commission will hold public public public pub pub- lic hearing on the tentative budget Tuesday Tues ay |