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Show I I ( I I I ASK REOUCflON REDUCTION REOUCflONI REOUCflONIN REDUCTIONIN I IN INLAND LAND VALUATIONS VALUATIONSCommissioners I - Commissioners to AsIState Ask AsI\ AsI Ash \ . State TaxI TaxBoard Tax TaxBoard I Board for Blanket Cut on onFat onFal onI Fat Fal Faim m Acreage . I commlsslonersI I -y y - : I IThe The board ofy of county commlssloners commissioners commlsslonersI.ere commissionerswere I.ere Iere were , . in . session se.ssion Thursday , Frioay Friaay and andSaturday andSaturday andSaturday Saturday as a . board of equahzatlOnThey equalizationThey equalization equahzatlOn I They . - went v-ent v ent ovei ovel over the ta\ ta ta- tax tarolls \ " - rolls carefullyI carefullyand carefullyand carefully carefully.and placed all pioperty ploperty property on the sam samebads same I I Iba bads ba "IS IS ' " as last year years s valuations The Theboard Theboard Theboard board has under consideration a re- re reductIOn reduction re reduction - - duction in farm land valuations , andfavors andfavors and favors such a cut provided the state tax taxcomnllSSlOn taxcommission taxcommission comnllSSlOn commission will w111 permit it The tax taxcommissIon taxcommission taxcommission commissIon will Wlll be in m Moab tomorrow tomorrowJune tomorrowJune tomorrowJune ( June 9) 9 ) for the purpose of dlSCUSSing discussing dlSCUSSingthe discussingthe discussingthe the assessments ssments in this county , and at atthat atthat atthat that time the county board " will "Ill Ill ask askauthorization askauthorization authorization for a blanket eduction leduction reduction leductionIn reductionin i eductionin reductionI I [ in land values . , i Farm lands in Moab are assessed at at$80 at80 $80 80 $ per acre ' at 'at the present time Due Dueto Dueto Dueto to the depressed conditions in agnculture agncul- agncul agnculture - ture and the absence of a local market marketfarmers , farmer farmers : . have had difficulty in paying payingtheir payingtheir their taxes and a number of them themhave themhave themhave have requested a reduction in valua valua- valuaI valuabons valuations valuations - - tions bons The commissioners commlSSlOners are favorI favorable favorable favor- favor favorable - I I | able to some reductions , but the con- con conII consent con consent - sent of the state tax commission must mustbe mustbe II IIsent Ibe mustIbe be obtainedl obtained l Following obtainedFollowing the meeting of the board boardI boardof boardIof boardof I Iof of equalization equahzatlOn , considerable routine routineI routinecounty routinecounty routinecounty county business was transacted by the thecommissioners thecommissioners thecommissioners I commissioners Present at the meet meet- meeting meeting meeting - ing were Commissioners H G Green GreenA , A M Robertson and John A John- John Johnston Johnston John-ston John ston - IA ston . , Clerk H W . Balsley and Sheriff SheriffJ J . B SkewesThe Skewes SkewesThe I IThe The bonds of Deputy Sheriff Don DonWeimer DonWeimer DonWeimer I DonI Weimer and Justice of the Peace D A AI AJohnson AJohnson I , Johnson , in the sum of $1000 1000 $ each eachwere , were approved approvedJ J W . Corbin and J M Stocks met metwith metwith metwith with the board in regard to the M1l1 Mill M1l1creek Millcreek Millcreek creek flood control work now in pro- pro progress progress pro progress - gress They requested a small addi addi- additional additional additional - tional county appropriation appfbpriation appt priation in order orderI orderI orderto orderto orderto I to complete all of the work that had hadbeen hadbeen ' been started The commissioners ap appropriated ap- ap appropnated appropriated - - propriated propnated $30 30 $ additional addltional With a acomparatIvely acomparatively acomparatively comparatIvely small amount of county countyfunds countyfunds countyfunds funds , a vast amount of flood control controlwork controlwork controlwork work has been done along the creek creekwith creekwith creekwith with R RFC F C labor , and it is beteved believed betevedthe believedthe benevedthe ? the town is now safe from flood flooddangers flooddangers flooddangers flooddangersThe dangers dangersThe The commissioners discussed theneed the theI theneed theneed I need for additional R F . C relief relieffunds relieffunds relieffunds funds , and decided to ask for $900 900 $ for forthe forthe torthe the month of June This , It is l believ believed : ; liev- liev lievI lieved lieved - ed , , will tide the situation over until untilfunds untilfunds untilfunds funds from the civilian conservation conservationcorps conservationcorps conservationcorps corps workers are available to needy needyfamilies needyfamilies needyfamilies needyfamiliesThe families familiesThe The sheriff was authorized to attendthe attendthe attend the peace officers ' convention to beht'ld beheld be held ht'ld htld ' at Richfleld Richfield June 23 and 24 |
