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Show BONOEO BONDED OfBT DEBT OF UTAH UTAHAGGREGA UTAHAGGREGATES AGGREGA AGGREGATES TES $40,000,000 40000000 $ $40,000,000The , , The entire bonded debt of the state stateof stateof of Utah , , including includmg the state , counties countiescities , cIties a and n d school districts cUstnots tota18 totals totals$40,904,000 totals40904000 $40,904,000 40904000 $ , , , . according to the January Januaryl Januaryissue Januaryissue l issue ue of the tha . . Utah Taxpayer which will willbe willbe willbe be relea releas released . d . during the week This Thispublioation Thispublication Thispublication publioation publication gives .gIves . in tabulated formthe formthe form the entireb entire entirebonded -b b - -bonded bonded - nded debt of the counties countiescities , cities and School school districts in UtahIt UtahIt Utah It shows that this bonded debt alone alone'Places aloneplaces aloneplaces 'Places Places ' a bond obligation of $5 5 $537 537 $ 37 on onevelY onevery evelY every $100 100 $ of assessable property andthat andthat and that if the- the thebonded - - bonded debt were equally equallydistrIbuted equallydistributed equallydistributed distrIbuted ' every 'every IndIvIdualould individual \ would \\ould ould \ be berequired berequired berequired required to bear a burden of $60 60 $ 85 , or or$300 or300 $300 300 $ for the average family faml1y familyThe faml1yThe familyThe The Salt Lake City and Ogden Ogdenborded Ogdenborded Ogdenhorded borded debt equals one-third one third - of the theentire theentire entire bond obligation obhgatIon Prove Provo and andLogan andLogan andLogan Logan come next The following coun coun- counties coun- coun counties counties - - ties have no bond obligations : Box BoxElder BoxElder Elder , Davis , Morgan , Rich , Summit Summit'Tcoele SummitTcoele , , Tooele ' , Wasatch , Wayne and WeberThe WeberThe Weber WeberThe The following school districts have havebeen havebeen havebeen been able to live within their current currentrevenues currentrevenues revenues Davis , South Summit , Wayne Wayneand Wayneand and Grand Out of the 142 cities and andtowns andtowns towns , 37 ha\ ha hay hae \ e a resisted the temptationI temptationto temptation to bond , , according accordmg to the publication publicationMoab publicationMoab Moab is one of the towns of Utah UtahWIth Utahwith Utahwith WIth no bonded indebtedness Grandcounty Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty county has road bonds outstanding ag- ag aggregating aggregating ag aggregating - - gregating $57,500 57500 $ , , while the Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county school district recently retiredIts retiredits retired retiredstanding Its indebtedness and now has no out- out outstandIng outstanding - standing bonds bond ! . Besides a very effective effeobve cartoon , the thepublication thepublication thepublication publication ' contains 'COntains an article appeal appeal- appealing appealing appealing - ing to the taxpayers to assist the leg legislators leg- leg legislators legislators - islators to resist the attempts aJttempts of publ1c public publ1cof1cIals publicofficials publicofficials of1cIals officials ! , , departments and institutions institutionsto to continue the high hfgh level of expendi expendi- expenditures expenditures expenditures - - tures " "The The " powers for economy mustbe mustbe must mustbe be more alert aIer , more morc persistent and andmust andmust andmusb must outnumber the forces for extrava- extrava extravagance extravagance - - gance if the present legislature is to toaccomplish toaccomplish accomplish its avowed purpose , " is theeditorial theeditorial the editorial comment 'Comment ' on the subject |