Show ABATEMENTS IN WEBER EBER COUNTY RAISE Audit of Road Tax Sales Shows Some Liberal iberal A Action 0 t ion ionIn In our verification of the tax sale redemption a portion of which belongs to the state road fund fund our attention was directed to the large i number of abatements of Interest i penalty and costs that have been alI al- al owed lowed by the board of commissioners commission commission- I ers era during the past four years Is the comment made by R. R C. C Smith deputy state who has ju just t completed an audit of the state tate road fund for Weber county and filed flied the same with the state auditor Auditor Auditor Auditor Au Au- Smith continues Upon Investigation of some of these abatements It appeared that the best Interests of the state were rot ot being served by the cancellation cancellation cancella cancella- tion of the these e interests penalty and cost items some of ot which amount than An opinion has been reque requested ted from the attorney general concerning the legality of ol these abatements but it has not nol nf nt b The balance iric- iric of the state road fund of Weber county shows an payment over-payment In the amount of 16 at December 31 1924 which Is ts s' s less than the amount of over pa payment over ment shown by the books of Weber county and represents the amount of Interest charged to to- to the state road fund for the 1921 1922 1022 1923 an and 1924 The attorney general general gen gen- eral has ruled that such charges against the state road fund for in int interest interest in- in I t terest rest on ori loans are ate contrary tr to the laws of the state |