Show SUPREME G U. U RUlES TAXi TAX I iNVALiD NV AU 0 j City Meter Ordinance tv Mi M Be Redrafted to Con form With J t 1 r t t Prospective e revenue amounting t tween h and is lost loat to t to city in a decision holding th the tho ci d meter license tax to be invalid hl down h by tho the state supreme courts court day The decision of the tho court h h he tho the ordinance to be bo invalid in tha thai is not uniform in its application r to the provisions of of the amendment of tho the The Tho cit city passed an ordinance jet ee eT years a ago o levying inz an annual tax tar o oon q oJ on all meters owned by tile the Utah L Land Lj k and Railway company Tho co corns refused to pa pay the tax and was J of a violation of th tho in the city cit it c court The b cit city court i uphold upheld in in an appeal to the diati dit court 9 The company compan then appealed to supreme court contending that fr franchise granted the company an pro tho the of imposing additional 1 1 dens ilens This contention is denied tho decision of the COt co which holds that the right tight to levy ta tais I is inherent with th the city and cannot bartered away in any franchise I agreement t. t The principle of tho tax tat is valid the ordinance under which it wa was 1 is not according to the supra court The court holds that the or o nance nanco is invalid in that it taxes tsuch t 6 such c companies as sell electricity meter and does not apply to corona selling b by the flat fiat rate For Tor this r son it i is held held the ordinance is is not Dot Go g cral eral in its application I It is intimated in the tho decision t the ordinance could be remedied s soto so to become valid h. h giving the the theor or nanco general application to all aU e cp panics whether they sell by meter r fiat flat rate The Tho cit city legal announced immediately after thc the 4 was handed down that it wet 1 draft a new ordinance to meet the i of f the court |