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Show I UTAH UTAR WilL NOW HAVERETAIL HAVE HAVERETAIL RETAIL SALES TA TAX TAXTax ; Tax relief rehef is the cry of the harras ed edcitlZen edcitizen edcitizen citlZen citizen of the state , but the recent recentsessIon recentsession I session of the legislature , instead of ofI ofheedmg ofheeding olheeding I heedmg heeding the wishes of the people , ap- ap apparently apparently ap apparently - parently devoted its energies to think thmk- thmk think- thmking thinking thinking - ing up v . ways ays of invoking new forms of ofta oftaxation : ta'Cation taCation ta cationIn ' cation I IIn In the closing closmg hours hoJtrs , of the sessiona seSSIOn , , a general retail sales sale sa1e . : ; * tax was passed passedUnder passedUnder passedUnder Under the terms of the measure , a tax taxof taxof taxof of three-fourths three fourths - of one per cent on all allretail allretail allretail retail sales will VIllI be collected The Theta Thetaxes taxes ta .es es > . so realized reallZed , up to $500000 500000 $500 500 $ 000 , willgo willgo wlll will wlllgo go Into a special fund to be dISbursedby disbursedby disbursed disbursedby by the gO\ gO go go\ernoi go ernoi gOernOl \ ernOl ernoi for the relief of the theunemployed theunemployed theunemployed unemployed All funds in excess of ofthat ofthat ofthat that amount will VIllI go into the generalcoffers general generalcoffers generalcoffers coffers of the state stateSponsors stateSponsors Sponsors of a sales tax , early in m theseSSIon thesession the session , had proposed to elimmate elimmateI eliminate elimmateother eliminateother eliminateother I other forms of taxation But as the themeasure themeasure themeasure measure was finally fmally adopted , it simplyadds simply simplyadds simplyadds adds another method of taxation ontothe onto ontothe ontothe the shoulders of the peopleRepresentative peopleRepresentative people peopleRepresentative Representative W D Hammond of ofGrand ofGrand ofGrand Grand county is to be complimentedon complimented on waging wagmg a valiant vahant , though unsuccess- unsuccess unsuccessful unsuccessful - ful fight , against the if.he ifhe . sales tax in m theclosing the theclosing theclosing closing hours of the session |
