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Show MURDOCH COOL TOWARDS FLAI1 ; TO SLICE LEVY- Keyser ,.' Proposal to Cut Tax Is Seen . as Premature- ' Announcement ef City CommU-loner CommU-loner George D. Ksyeer that ha will seek en expression sf the city eemmlwloa Wednesday at the IMS budget hearing on a plan to cut the 138 tax levy a half mill under the INT levy of II mill tmrbuitd Saturday la the city and county building. . . Finance Commissioner William Murdoch laid: ,- . . , "I believe tlx plan la premature. I for ana, and I believe every athar mam bar of tha eomm lesion, would Uka to reduce the tax levy neat year, Wa have mora than mvii month to carefully study and de-tarmlna de-tarmlna faaaibillty of that, hawavar. "For tha present, I believe tha tantatlva budget la. eonaarvativaly (at up. It haa baaa revised slightly from tha way It waa originally submitted sub-mitted to tha communion. Now tha total reeerve for eontlnganciaa and all amargtnclaa la but MUU. Da Half Day Is Left " Ere Tax Deadline Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayerl A half day will remain, whew yew read this, as pay year 1M1 geaal) taxea aad avoid atatatory paaal-f Ilea. I Monday aeoa la the) deadline. Treasurer t. R. Jarvie aaaeaaoad, aawever, that ha will resetve payments pay-ments after thai bear and antil eserhs aampleta aheHdng tha day's raeelpea, which will prebabiy ha abeat 4 a. as. , .. - The penalty for nonpayment before aeaa Monday la I per ceat of tha principal tea. Blue interest at per seat per annua aad ta-emptloa ta-emptloa easts. Mr. J arris said that at aeon Saturday H,m.lM7 had twea oelleeted aa ' tha 1N7 a Mil, which tatals DMiU-'t - ' , tha seal of II M.ROO.gs valuation which may be subjected te reduction through revaluation work bow being be-ing soon sored by the state tax commission, com-mission, I Believe the reserve' asm Is too small for any corporation the else of Salt Lake City Simultaneously, It was Warned by Tha Telegram that a representative representa-tive taxpayers' organisation waa planning to suggest that commissioners commis-sioners consider not a half mill era) In the ltsi levy, but a full mitt slash. Such raoommeadatioa la slated to be made at the hearts! Wedaasday. - ... |