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Show , Tax Rate Up 14 Mills MillsOver MillsOver Over 1946 1946At At a meeting of the state ta tar statetax stateta statetar " commission held Toes Tues Toesday Tuesday Tnesday day the stite shte state levy tor for school schoolpurpoccs schoolpurposes schoolpurposes purpoccs purposes ; was set at 1910 1910mIlls 1910mills 1910mills mIlls instead mstead of 21 2180 80 mills millsas millsas millsas as carried in an the article be Jow low below beJow This will r eld eid u c e ethe ethe relducethe the total tax taJ . levy in Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county 270 2'l0 2l0 ' mills under the thefIgures thefigures thefigures fIgures carried below In Instcad Instead Instead stcad stead of a 14 mill increase mcrease m in Grand inGrand mGrand county the ta tax tat boost boostwIll boostwill boostwill wIll be 11 30 mills millsTaxpal millsTapa Taxpal Ta\.pa Ta.pa Ta .pa pa Ta\pa " \ . ; > ) ers of Grand coun y ywjll ywill ywill wjll will this i y ; > ear pay a tax b 11 11approxImately 11approximately 11approximately approxImately higherthan one third hIgher than they paid last year as the theresult theresult theresult result of the umf unaf ed school law lawpassed lawpassed lawpassed passed by the recent legIslature legIslatureThIS legislatureThis legislatureThis ThIS was determined determmed Monday Mondaywhen Mondaywhen Mondaywhen when the board of county com corn commIssIoners cornmassaoners cornmissioners mIssIoners massaoners met to fix the county countylevIes countylevies countylevies levIes and formally approve the theIlevles thelevies thelevies levies ordered by the other tax taxmg taxang taxing Ilevles . mg ang unIts-the unIts the units - the Grand county countyschool countyschool school distr dlstr ct and the city of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab ofMoabThe .1 1 .1school Moab MoabThe The total county ta tax rate as asset asset asset I asI set by the th " commissioners wIll wIll'be willbe willbe 'be be ' be 8 05 mills compared wIth with7 7 90 last year an increase mcrease of of15 15 of a mill The Tl1e he state school schoollevy schoollevy schoollevy levy which has not yet been of offiClally offacially officially fiClally facially certified by the state statetax statetax statetax tax commission will wall be 21 2180 2180mills 2180mills 80 80mills mills it is ms understood compar compared compared compared ed with 2 70 mills in 1946 The Thed Thed Thed d strict school levies have beon been beonfIxed beenfaxed be nfixed fIxed faxed by the county board of ed educatIon education education ucatIon at 6 mills malls for lfial11ten mhainten lfial11tenance mhaintenance ifiamtenance ance and 175 1 75 mills malls for bond 111 in 111terest interest interest terest and sinking sl11kmg compared comparedwIth comparedwith comparedwith wIth respective levies last lastearof "ear ear sear "earof searof \earof earof \ " of 11 25 and 17 1 17o 7o " m lls for a anet anet anet net decrease of o " 25 m llsThe llsThe lls llsThe The ( Moab city levies have havebeen havebeen havebeen been fixed faxed by the city councIl councIlat councilat at a total of 14 mills malls the samerate same samerate samerate rate tnat that applied last yearFollowmg yearFollowing year yearFollowing Following Followmg are the total t3- t3 tax t3levIes taxlevies taxlevies " - levIes of the va various nOt ! " taxIng taxIngumts taxingunits taxingunits umts units as f nally adopted b bb b-\ b bthecounty , - \ the thecounty thecounty thecounty county commissioners commlSSlon1rs : ! together togetherwIth togetherwith togetherwith wIth the corresponding correspondl11g levIes levIesfor leviesfor leviesfor for la last t sear ; > ear earState 1 < 1947 1 < 147 > 471946 1946 1946State 1946State State schools schoolsDistrict 21 80 802 2 70DIstrIct 70Distract 70 DIstrIct Distract school schoolCounty 775 7 75 7513 13 00County 00County 00 County general generalAgricultural 400 4 400400 00 400 400AgrIcultural 4 00 00Agricultural AgrIcultural aidCounty aId 2520 25 20 20County 20County County bond mterestI mterestand interestand interest mterest interestand I and smkmg sinking sinkingCounty - 70County 70County 70 County poor poorCounty 50 5050 50 50County 50County County road roadCounty 75- 75 75County 75County 75 - County faIr fairCounty 50 5050 50 50County I ' 75I 50'County 'County County County hbrary library libraryPublic 30- 30 30PublIc 30 - PublIc welfare welfareCounty - 100County 100County 100 County hospital 100 1 00 001 1 100 100Airport 00Airport 00 002o Airport 2 2o 2a ; > - Postwar projects 50- 50 50Moab 50 - - - Moab city levy 14 00 14 00 00Total 00Total - - Total district levy 37 60 23 60 60Total 60Total 60Total Total Moab levy 51 60 3760 3760Present 37 60Present 60 60Present Present at Monday s meet meetling meetang meeting ang of the county boardere board \\-ere ere were wereCommissioners \ wereCommissioners \ - ereCommIsSIoners ling i werei CommIsSIoners G 0 O Patter"on Patteron Patterson Patter"onDale PattersonDale PatteraonDale " Dale M Parnott ParrIott and L L Tay Taylor Tayfor Taylor lor for and Clerk CIerk Margie M Lea Leammg Leamang Leaming LeamingState mmg mang mmgState mangState State Representative Wmford Winford WmfordBunce WinfordBunce WmfordBunce Bunce and County Agent L C CDavis CDavis Davis met with the board todiscuss to todISCUS todiscuss IDavls ( dISCUS discuss " the possibility of eetab eetablIshmg e tab tablishing ablishing lIshmg lishing a junior Jumor livestock show showIf showfob showfoi fob 01 Grand county Representa Representat If t ve ye Bunce reported that state statefunds statefunds statefunds funds are available a\-allable a allable mailable \ - to helppup help pup ' up upport upport port such a sho show , " in 111 the county countyIt countyIt It was decided to < : call :311 311 a publIc publIcmeetmg publicmeeting publicmeeting meetmg meeting for Monday August August18 18 to discuss the matter matterand matterand matterand and see if there is JS ms enough pub publIc publac publie lIc lac interest mterest to justify the launch launchl11g launchang launching l11g ang of a junior Jumor livestock showThe sho\\ sho show sho'I1he showThe \ \ 'I1he I1he The ' following followmg committee C1JmmIttee was wasappointed ' " wasappointed as asappomted appomted appointed to promote the Jun Junlor junfor junlor lor for livestock llV'estock llVestock ' show movement movementFloyd movementFloyd movementFloyd Floyd , Trout chairman Wm Win Wmford Winford Winford ford Bunce L C Davis R L LHolyoak LHolyoak LHolyoak Holyoak and G 0 O PattersonThe PattersonThe Patterson PattersonThe The report of the county hos hospltal hospetal hospital pltal petal for the month of Julv July Julvshowed Julyshowed Julyshowed showed receipts of $1081 1081 $ 90 and andexpenses andexpenses and.expenses andexpenses . expenses of 1)f 1f ) $195221 195221 $195221There $195221There $1952 1952 $ 21 21There There was a dl discussion cusslon ofcounty ofcounty of ofprovement county road matters and an 1m im 1mprove111ent improvement provement prove111ent program progra111 for the th1 : re remamder remaander remamder mamder maander of the summer and fIll fall fIllwas fallwas fallwas : was decided on A road to Lake LakeOowah LakeOowah LakeOowah Oowah is ms now being bemg construct constructed ed and will wall be completed be before before before fore SeptemberSeveral the fIr first t of September Several bridges in 111 the West Westwater Westwater Westwater water and Cisco Casco area will then thenbe thenbe thenbe be built There is a lIkelIhoodthat likelihoodthat likelihood likelihoodequipment that the county road crews and andequIpment andequipment equipment will wall also be used rksed sed 111 in 111a ina in.a ina . : a road construction program m in mI inArches inArches I Arches national monument finaiced fl fa flna'1ced fananced na'1ced na1ced nanced ' by the state depart department department department ment of publicity and mdushl11 mdustriil mdushl11development mdustriildevelopment industiiildevelopment industiiildevelopmentDistrict development developmentDIstrIct District Road Engineer FngIneer 0 O 0Donald ODonald 0Donald Donald Miles .MIles Males . met with the theboard theboard theboard board and the commlS"Imers commlSImers commlS"Imersmade commis commissionersmade " aoners aonersmade : made arrangements to accom accompan accompan accompan pan } ; > ) him ham on a trip over all the thecounty thecounty thecounty county roads on Tuesda Tuesday ; > \ Aug J\ug J ug 12The 12The 12 12The The board also decided to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet with the commissioners 'CommISSIoners ' ofEmery of ofEmery ofEmery Emery county on Mondav Monday Aug Augit Aug11 11 it at Greennver Greenraver to take jo nt ntactIon ntaction ntaction actIon relative to the survey of ofthe ofthe ofthe the boundary line lme lane between the thetwo thetwo thetwo two counties in m the vicinity VIC1l11ty of ofThe ofThe ofThe The Island |