Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-02-04 | Page 3 | School Tax Bill is before House

School Tax Bill BillIs BillIs Is Before House HouseA A measure as introduced Int i in In Inthe the house b by Representative Miles E. E Miller of Salt Lake count pet pertain In tam tam-in to tax levies in county school districts of the first class clus The measure provides that any district may petition the state board or eQualization and the state board of oC education acting jointly as a committee com com- to Increase the rate or of taxI tax tax- 1 I In their districts i hi an amount sufficient to provide pr an an equate adequate and efficient school pd and the state board of oC equalIzation and the state board of education acting jointly as a committee are authorIzed authorized author author- to to- determine e the rate necessary ne essary to provide such a school and an additional levy may maybe be be ms made de on such district as will nOt I exceed the rate determined another speaker in behalf of oC the measure stating that Ogden people would welcome such a form of gov- gov govI I An opposing view was taken by If H. C. C Allen Salt Lake attorney who ho that cities which had tried treed this form torm or of government had found it more expensive by more than per cent than the commission commission commis- commis sion form orm When asked by Mr 11 Lt Lewis whether the cost of government govern govern- ment had not Increased in ill cities during the past decade Mr 11 Allen replied that it had but not In the same ratio that the greatest increase Increase In- In crease had been under the director manager form D. D W. W Yo Matteson of oC Ogden engineer with the United States department of oC agriculture spoke In favor faor of oC the measure I