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Show Fcr Payment cf TaxcnGascIiraC I Formal demand was made by IT. 11 Crockett, secretary of stats, upon varloiia qII companies and uaere of gasoline and dUPneer of the fluid thst the tax of 2 centa per gallon must ba paid. Thla demnnd Is being be-ing msds upon ths companies and corporations and cltlee. who hold that they are exempt from the payment pay-ment of the gasoline tax. Undsr the law, which provides for th collection of a tax upon all users us-ers of gssollns. there Is no lump, tlon made, eoeoroMng to the secretary secre-tary of state. However, the post-offle post-offle department, some of the stores In the coal camps of Carbon eounty, the city of Salt Ike. the Agricultural college and the Denver Den-ver A Rio Grande Western rallrojd claim exemption and bare declined to pay the tax. During the time the gasoline tax haa been In effect the companies and the corporatlone thst claim exemption ex-emption have ueed a total of 42.41s gallons of gssollne, on which ths tsx smounts to 11078.47. The quantity quan-tity used In March and ihore who claim exemption are postoffl e department de-partment at Price. ls.lt gnllons; the Agricultural college of t'tssj, 100 gallons. In April ths claims for exemption were made by Ihe Bennett Gas snd Oil company, on gallons; by the 1 Agricultural eollrge of t'tah. loo galhma. snd by the Denver Rio Oranda Weatern railroad at Thlatle, of 10t gallons. In Way the claimants for exemption exemp-tion and the quantity ueed by them are: Salt Lake City, 10.0S0 sallona; Agricultural college of Utah. 104 gallona: Carbon-Emery stores at Hiawatha, so 7 gallons: Wssstrh store at Sunnysldr, 44IT gallone; I'nlted Slates postofflce at Price. i 5 gallons, which makee Ihe grand total of 4.41t gallons used on which tho tax la 11071 47. Unlsss ths demsnd of ths secretary secre-tary of state Is complied with ard the tsx forthcoming the eeeretary will Institute action In tha courts to oompeb payment and to make a test of tha law. |