Show REDUCTION IN COUNTY SCHOOL RATE POSSIBLE CUT IN TOTAL OF A MILL A substantial reduction in the tax levy of grand county for the year 1928 was effected monday by the board of county commissioners when the levies for the year were fixed the rate was lowered by halt a null and was made possible by the action of the county board of education in recommending that the school rates be cut to that extent the total rate of taxation in the county outside of moab as established by the board 0 Is 27 iri ills as against 27 5 in 1927 present at the meeting of the board were commissioners don taylor and mel stewart county attorney C S thomson and clerk H W balsley following are the levies for the year 1928 together with the corresponding levies tor 1927 1928 1927 state county f district school bond interest and sinking 25 30 district school bond interest bond sinking 75 75 poor state road county road general deficiency county fair 20 20 county library 50 5 dependent mothers 60 60 county hospital total 2700 2750 moab town bounty sheep and goats 5 00 5 00 bounty cattle and horses 2 00 2 00 tubercular indemnity dairy cattle the question of the assessed kalua stion of farm lands was discussed by the board and it was the opinion that there were some inequalities now on the tax role on motion by taylor seconded by stew art it was voted that the members of the county board the county attorney and the county assessor constitute a board for the revaluation of all farm lands in the county it is the intention to make a complete survey of the county and list all lands equitably for the purposes of tax aton it is the intention to start this work in the fall or winter so that the new valuations may be adopted for the next ta ang yeara number of claims were allowed commissioner R T edwards of thompsons Thomp sons was not present at the meeting owing to injuries he received recently in colorado while on a fishing trip commissioner edwards is confined to his bed at thompsons Thomp sons with several broken ribs sustained when he fell from a jog while fishing abc grand mesa |