Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-13 | Page 21 | Suits Threatened over Utah Gasoline Levy

Suite Threatened Over Utah Gasoline Levy Suit may ba tnatitut4" aaalnat tha poatoffloa da part m ant at Prlco. tha Boaaott Vaa A Oil eompany and Salt Laka, City, tha Vtak Asrlcul-tnral Asrlcul-tnral collra and tna Ianvar dV Rio Oranda Waatarn railroad to anforaa tha paymant of th tax upon aaao-Hna, aaao-Hna, which thay haTO purchaaod durfna tha aaat tkroo moa tha. Today tha aacratary of atata waa artvlaod by tha attornay nral to Craant tha corporatlooa nam ad with (lla for tha amount of aaa which thay hava purehaaad In tha orta'tnal lAckaca for thalr own cooaumptloa, aZid than If th ara la any difficulty with thm ovar tha paymant of tha tM ha la adviaad that ault ba com-man com-man cad without delay. In a latter to tha aacrotary of atata from Manager A. Cox of tho Contlnantal Oil company tha lat-tar lat-tar aaya that, "Wi do not hold that Itama oa which wa hava not paid tax ara ismpt from aelao tax. Our only contention la that alnoo thay arc atrlctly Intaratata ahtp-manta. ahtp-manta. tha tax burdaa doaa not fall upon ua, but doaa fall upoa tha purchaar ra and thla contention or Interpretation of the law la Indorsed by tha attorney reneral.