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Show Taxpayers Asssn. calls for lowered mill levies jy lU.h TPvrrs As-his As-his urjifJ M county 'issionrrs ihroiijjhout the -'mrf t'cMcr-l pmrnls "Vu of Ulfs u rt'l,lu'f ' rty t burdens rather Hie- Aisivlmion's Iriirr to Hif commissioners of the stale's M coiimies reads: "Hf United States Congress Con-gress dueled this leKlsltt-turn leKlsltt-turn based on the realization that properly tax burdens are Kiealer in areas where nontaxable non-taxable federal lands are more coiuenlrated. Payments in lieu of taxes are granted in un attempt to reduce that burden." bur-den." Cirand County was mailed Its 1977 check for $240,574 by the Department of Interior on Friday, Sept. 30. In October of I97 Congress passed the law which iillows payments to counties based on the amount of federal land within their borders, adjusted by population. popula-tion. The law allows payments in 1077 and 1978, but Congress will probably extend the payments to other years, the Association reported. |