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Show ATTEND COUNT COUNT1 COUNTh ! . OFFICERS OFFICERSMEET OFFICERSMEET OFFICERSMEET MEET AT CINCINNATICounty CINCINNATICounty CINCINNATI CINCINNATICounty County Commisisoner Commlslsoner G 0 0Patterson 0Patterson 0Patterson MrsIpatterson Patterson accompanied accompamed by IMrs Mrs MrsPatterson Patterson left Tuesday for Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Ipatterson Lake City from where they theyplanned theyplanned theyplanned planned to accompany a group groupof groupof groupof of Utah county officials to Cm Cmcmnatl Cmcinnati Cmcmnati cmnatl cinnati Ohio OhlO to attend the an annual annual annual nual convention of the Nahonal National NahonalCounty NationalCounty NationalCounty County Officers assocIatIonOne associationOne association associationOne One of the matters which the theconvention theconvention theconvention convention is scheduled to take takeup takeup takeup up is a proposal to induce mduce the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal government to relmbur reimbure reimburecounties reimbur'ecounties reimburecounties ' e ecounties counties for the loss of tax rev revlenues revenues revenues lenues by'the bythe enues caused by the purchase by bythe bythe ' the government governme'lt governmelt governmeot ' of private privatelands privatelands llands privatellands lands Federal acquisition of oflands oflands lands takes _ such prop property rty of off ! the tax rolls causing fmanCIal financiai fmanCIaldIstress imanciaidistress Ithe dIstress to many counties It wIll wIllbe willbe willbe be the policy of the assocIation assocIationIto associationto Ito to get a law enacted reqUlrmg requiring reqUlrmgIthe requiringthe requiringthe ' the government to pay taxes on onsuch onsuch onsuch Ithe such landsIn landsIn lands landsIn I In Grand county during durmg the theperIod theperiod theperiod ; , perIod from 1937 to 1939 193929 29 086 42 acres af of privately privatelyowned privatelyowned privatelyowned owned lands in Grand county countywere countywere Iwere countyIwere were purchased by the federal federaland federalgovernment federalgovernment [ ' government and given to the Ute UteIndIans UteIndians UteIndians IndIans This brought about a asubstantial asubstantial asubstantial substantial loss of tax revenues revenuesto revenuesto revenuesto to the county Had the property propertybeen propertybeen propertybeen been assessed in 1945 it would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have produced tax revenue of of$195334 of195334 $195334 195334 $1953 1953 $ 34 It is understood that thatSenator thatSenator thatSenator Senator Abe Murdock of Utah UtahwIll Utahwill Utahwill wIll be at the C ncmnati ncmnah ncinnati con conl'ventIon convention convention ' vention and the Utah offIcers offIcerswIll officerswill officerswill l'ventIon lventIon wIll enlist his aid in obtammg obtaining obtammgIleglSlatlOn obtaininglegislation obtaininglegislation legislation to require the govern government government government IleglSlatlOn ment to reimburse counties for for'tax fortax fortax 'tax tax ' losses sustained sustamed through throughlpubllc throughpublic throughpublic lpubllc [ public ' ownership 'OwnershIp of lands |