Show Property Taxes Explained by Commission The anwer answer to the question who ho pays S property t taxes is not easy eay to determine It Is b i pointed out In a It study made of the subject et ct In the offices of ethe the state tax commission But pro petty porty taxes levied on motor ve ye In lri Utah last year con 79 per cent of all property pro pro- perty petty taxes levied In n the state for local and state purposes Ten years a ago o the motor vehicles ve ye hicks paid per cent of all local rind state property taxes I The proportion of f property ta taxes tax i ics cs es borne e by the motor vehicle as property has ha Increased about per cent regardless of all the other ether taxes and fees paid by the motorist as such The amount of taxes paid has of course grown much more ra rat In 1940 1910 taxes levied a against motor vehicles totaled Last year they totaled more than five ll times Umes as much or The excludIng mining industry industry in Ing custom smelters and steel milts milts-is m mills lis-Is lis Is also paying a much higher percentage of the property property pro perty taxes than formerly In 1940 the metal coal and other mines s of ot the state so tat fat as as their property Is assessed by the state tax commission were charged with in property property pro perty taxes which was per percent percent cent of all general property I taxes charged In the state tate that year In 1951 such mining properties pro were charged with 6 6 II in general property taxes tax es which was per cent of ot all aU such taxes charged Tax Commission reports show that property assessed as city or town lots Jots exclusive of the buildings thereon paid about 1 out of every 8 3 collected in general property taxes in 1940 1930 but only about 1 in every 11 charged against such property In 1951 Likewise land assessed as acreage acreage farm farm lands and grazing lands chiefly paid chiefly paid 10 per cent of the total gene general al property taxes charged in 1940 19 but only 7 per cent of such taxes tax es Cs in 1951 During the period covered inthe Inthe In the study improvements on city and town lots Ints have paid consistently very close to 25 22 per cent of the total general property taxes charged Improvements Improvements Im on acreage have climbed in percentages over the perl period d from per cent In 1940 to per cent In 1944 only and and per rent the tent t in the following g year In 1951 the percentage pet per was Several large industrial plants such as steel mills sugar factories canner canne les Ies and many others are arc assessed asses sed sod with acreage Livestock assessment receives es much public attention but actually does not pay a high I percentage of th the general property property pro pro- perty taxes The percentage in 1951 was and In 1950 These figures compare with In 1940 and a high for the per lod Iod of in 1943 The state tax commission said Patrick Healy Jr Its chairman chair chairman man assessed property paying about 31 per pet cent of the taxes In 1951 In In- general property taxes while in 1947 the percentage per per- was just over 30 All AU other taxable tangible property Is assessed by the county assessors assessors asses asses- sors under the supervision of this commission Neither this commission nor the county assessors assessors assessors as as- of course determines the rate of the tax levy that after all aU is determined by the expenditure budgets fixed by various governing bodies such as school boards county commissions com corn missions city commissions and councils and town boards The lions share of the general gem gen eral property taxes goes to the school districts In 1940 1910 some per pcr cent of all nU such taxes were levied for school purposes and by 1951 the proportion had grown to per cent |