| Show Fury Over Tax Tox Hike Abates Pending Study Red Real Estate Board Seeks Contact 1 f With Maw Mw Before Taking Action The fury over increased taxes due to the state state tax commission commis Zion sion increasing real estate values grew quieter Saturday pending the ar announcement of the Salt Lake Real Estate boards board's course of or action l The he real estate group which met late Friday afternoon to determIne determine de de- de- de termine wh whether ther or not ot legal action against the tax commission is possible pos- pos aible sible were seeking to contact contac Gov Gay Herbert B. B Maw before making their decision lon public Gov Go Maw meanwhile was wal conferring conferring con con- ferring with h the tax commission He declined to discuss discus the nature of the conference but said that the tax Increases were the result of legislative action and the tax commission commission com corn mission apparently Is carrying out the Intent of or that legislation Heber Bennion Jr chairman of the state tax commission also de declined declined de- de comment ent on the conference with Gov Gay Maw but that the tax commission f Js is preparing a comprehensive statement for the purpose of ot cJ clarifying th the considerable con confusion still existing in inthe inthe the minds of the taxpayers Grant Macfarlane counsel for the real estate board spoke briefly with the the governor but the nature of oc their talk w was s not revealed al although although although al- al though It was hinted that th t a Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day meeting was arranged between the governor and the board In the county building Commissioner Commis Commis- George George W W. Morgan s said id that the storm of or irritable taxpayers was continuing In his office but there were no now new developments He has been unable so lO far he said to contact enough co as assessors to set a n. definite date for forthe forthe forthe the wide state-wide assessor meeting in Salt Lake City tentatively scheduled scheduled sched sched- tiled for early next week Any legal action by the county hinges upon the outcome of or the meeting The county's decision will not be dependent upon the rc zeal real l estate boards board's action he said Even if H the board does bring a suit he explaIned explained explained ex ex- ex- ex it will still be possible that a second suit will be instituted instituted instituted by the county |
