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Show TAX LEVIES mYEAR FOR FORI FORYEAR FORYEAR I YEAR 1933 FIXED FIXEDTotal FIXEDI FIXEDTotal I - I Total E E\eeds E eeds E.eeds Eeeds \ . eeds Last Year's Years ' Rate Rateby Rateby by by2tZ 2 21/2 21 2 2t/Z 2t Z / \ Mills 1\1111s 1 1111s 111r11s , Chiefly on Ac- Ac Account Account Ac Account - count of State Increase . II IITa I ITat Ta\ Ta Tat Talevies TaleVles \ . levies leVles foi fOl Grand county for theyeal theyear the thelyeai theI I lyeai yeal year 1933 as fixed fi'led filed ' { Monday by the theI theboard theboard I board of county commissioners , exc exceed exceedlast exceedlast d dI I last ye'1.r ye1.r ye1r year yeirs ' . s total by tv . two 0 and one-half one half onehalfmills onehalfmills one-haltmills one haltmills - mills The increase is 15 largely due toi tof tothe tothe to I f i the boost of 1 114 14 mills in m the levy for forstate forstate forstate state school purposes , as set by the thestate thestate tliestate I theI state tax ta " ( commission , and the necessityfor necessityfor necessity necessity'for 'for for ' for boosting boostmg the bond sinking smking fund fundrate fundrate fundrateThe rate rateThe The commissioners were compelledi compelledto compelled i to raise ralse the county bond interest mterest andsmkmg andsinking and andI I I sinking smkmg fund levies levles a total of 1 150 50 mills m111s , I Ifor i for the reason that , In view of declin declm- declm declin- declming declining declining - ing valuations , the old rate would not 17l0t riot . .raise raise . raise ralse tha the amount required to pay $7000foi $7000 7000 $7000I $ i I foi fOl retiring retlring bonds and the accrued in- in interest interest in interest - terest on the I"5ue I5ue issue 1 " ' ue The only way m in mWhICh inwhich inwhich WhICh the necessary funds could be beraised beraised beraised raised to piy lYly p'ty pty ' the county bond obliga obliga- obligatIOns obligations obligations - - tions as they come due ' \ was as to raisethe raisethe raise , the tax levy The assessed ac.sessed acsessed : . valuatlon valuation valuationof lof valuatlonlof of Grand county has dropped apprO approximately approxi- approxi approxiimitely " < l- l lI lm"ltely - imitely m"ltely mltely mately " $2000 2000 $2000000 2000000 $ 000 since smce ! 1928 1J28 , set yet et mspite inspite in m I I inI spite of this thlS vast decrease , the total totalta totaltax totaltax ta tax " ( levies levles have been increased very veryslightly veryslightly veryslightly slightly For Instance , in 1929 the total totalI totalt I t I ta tax " ( rate in Moab town was 32 m111s mills m111sThIs millsThis millsThis ThIs year the rate will Wlll be 34 mlllc mill mlllclth mills : , witha ' \ with \\lth lth ltha , a greatly reduced valuatIOnThe valuationThe valuation valuationThe I valuatIOnI The commissioners , at their the1r meeting meetingMonday meetingMonday meetingMonday Monday , reduced the poor fund from fromone fromone fromone one mill mm to seven-tentlis seven tentlis seven-tenths tenths - of a mlll mill mlllThis millThis millThis This was made necessary by the fact facti I i i that the list hst l legislature gislature passed a nc\v nc v new newlaw newlaw \ 1 1law law placing placmg the poor fund limit forcounties forcounties for fori i counties of this thlS class at seven-tenths seven tenths seven-tenthsof seven tenthsof sevententhsof - I of a mlllFollowmg millFollowing mill mlll millFollowing Following Followmg are tlie the ta tax " ( levies for th the theI I ' 'year year I year , a as ' ) comparedlth compared \ with \\lth lth the levies levles m in meffect ineffect ineffect effect last year 1933 1932 1932Mllls 1932Mills 1932Mills Mllls Mills MlllsState MillsState Mills Mllls MillsState State and state school 9 960 60 8 846 846County 846County 46 46County County general genezal ; . 310 2 250I 250 250District 50 50District I ( District DIStlict school 8 820 20 8 845 845I 845County 845County 45 45County County bond inteIe.st inteIest interest Intel . est 110 100 100County 100County 1 00County I County bond sinking . 2 240 40 1 100 100County 100County 00 County poor . . 70 1 100 100State 100State 00 00State ! State road 1 100 00 1 125 125County 125County 25 25County I 20I County T0-\d T0 d r01d road - \ 1 100 00 1 120 120General 120General 20 20General General deficiency defiClency . . . 50 50 50County 50County 50County County fair 20 .20 20 ,20 .20County ,20County . .20County 20County . , County library 50 54 54Dependent 54Dependent 54Dependent Dependent mothers tnothers . - 40 30i 30County 30 30County I ( County hospital . . .100 100 . 1 100 00 1 100 100I 100Old 100Old 00 Old ' . igc 1.g'e 1.ge 1ge age ' pen pension . Ion . . , 30 10Total 10 10Total I \ Total levy outside Moib Mo\b Mo b Moab " \ 3000 30 00 2750 2750Moab 2750Moab 27 50Moab Moab town levy . 4 400 00 4 400 400Total 00 00I 00Total - - - I , Total le\ le lei levy ley \ y Moab town to\"rn to "rn rn \ " . . . 34 3400 00 3150 3150I 3150Present I Present at the meeting meetmg of af the bom boas boaidMonday d dMonday dMonday Monday were Commissioners H G GGreen GGreen GGreen I Green , A M Robertson and John A AJohnston AJohnston AJohnston Johnston Cicrk CJerk Clerk H W Balsley , Shelif Sheriff SheriffJ ! J B Skc\\ Skc Skcwes Skces \ \ es ane and and } Attoiney Attomey Attorney J Reetl Recd RecdLance RccdLance RccdLanceN I ReetlI Lll1ce Lance Lll1ceI : Lll1ceN LanceN I N B Knight Kmght appeared before the theboal theboard theboaid boal board d to request some county c01mty help on onI onthe onthe onthe the Crescent canyon coal load road It np- np ap- ap nprearing aprearing ap appearing - - I pearing rearing to the boird bo'ud boud board ' that a minimumof mlmmumof mimmumof mlmmum mimmum of approximately approxlmately 1500 tons of coal coalwould coalwould coalwould would be tiansported ansported transported tl over the rO'1d rO1d road rO'1deach roadeach roideach ' each yeai yeal year , the board agr agreed cd to extend extendsome extendsome extendsome some assi'tance assitance assistance assI ' < : tance in grading about threemiles three threemllcs threemiles mllcs miles of road and In putting puttmg . in several severalculverts severalculverts severalculverts culverts before fall |