| Show STATE rATE PROPERTY TAX FO fOR ROAD B URGED Assistant En Engineer n IGl o. o r. r Amend- Amend f Constitutional Tax to 0 Gas o Increase nt Increase Gallon Per 3 f C tax X A wide stale property the creation of ot a state stat enable oud 1 fund is advanced ad as a no permanent per per- hil fay hig way v lw manent solution of Utah's road load con con con- n- n problem in an article by byi traction pro assistant state t road i C c. Knowlton Knowlton ass s. s n app appears in the tle Oct October Octon Octo- Octo ber fer ber issue o of Utah Utah Highways official Om ll p publication of or the road oa commission amendment would constitutional before su such h a levy be necessary c could ld be made time timo the commis- commis At the present 1 without a state road load fund and ands andE is E ion o on from making desired d s 5 pr prevented on th the a I Movements ID leading Into the thee e D atal highways s Money Ioney Tort Tor writer cr says 1 tale ate the Wr t c- c can cn n be only new neR projects rough a state road tax levied by the 1 co unties counties The money must 1St be pe exco exp expended ex- ex 1 p ended in m the counties in which it collected The gateway r roads a s of the engineer says are so s fadly in need of ol improvement pass 4 through through the poorer counties in fit entering entering entering en en- the tho state It is impossible II 1 for for these counties to raise the necIE neceSsary itt IE Ury eSsary fund and j if they could he headds headds hed 1 adds d 8 they would be unwilling to do doTo 11 EO To o as a federal aid project must beU Tie Lie built standard far above that U butt u to a refit required for tvr local needs eeds f t Gas Tax Tn Retires cs Bonds tax has been leen an aid aidin 3 f. f ni The gasoline d. d i u I to in in keeping up the highways ays but most 1 for tor reaz retirement re re- u bf of this money must be used az of ol bonds bands the article points G dr nut bat ut ate ae i 1 air Ir Kno Knowlton believes that a ar statewide property tax for highways r b Jo 1 i fh y the only permanent sound plan pIau ie le for lor or E solving the problem but that as as A I ry 1 iette f 1 tte M f a temporary expediency an appropriation led ked i might be made from the ni JK general general fund to match federal aid 1 1 for construction of gateway roads j hr hr the gas tax could be Inci Increased eased m. m ii iia JJ a from rom 2 cents to 3 h cents He Het Hel t l Eton hD lj Pressed the opinion that the latter J 1 I Increase would increase would raise t if 0 I cur W 50 OOOO annually Y to match federal w S nIl tr aid d. d A fund of 2 50 would ter r bw ik clest 1 batch atch on a 74 basis fiat aking ing a construction fund of 1 1 is F 1 a considerable portion oft or of t p c could bo he used on gateway iJ 1 It t was vas pointed out an pry pryl P I l Expenditures r h ar r theY ry Expenditures for roa road n maintenance inte i 1 Dane nance s l e and c construction in Oct October t er erf f reached a an n amount in in 1 elcess cess of any previous month this thisE E C Kar Icar r according to figures compilers by the accounting department de of the road commission The unusually eved r ed ea kt f p loge e figure figure- is ac accounted for by the q 0 fa ct that work ork Is ls being beins rushed to as an 11 S as many Projects as ut at rei r lie hIe before winter sinter n he le re res 1 Expenditures IE from rom state road lD 40 p pere r es ca and the balance remaining to d i e credit cre o of the the varIous counties Show ilea ty Expended Balance Balanc Id ep J r Cr C. CO lan In aa i ro 38 has a vis sis 90 15 chesne J gelt 2651 4 r. r l V mery ry 67 S 'S a h eld 80 and bUS bUS- t. t ra rand n d S 7 I 11 SD is tier etier 4 Of t the u b I C Ct aI e n ne nt t bY bf Ill 1174 t tP p ard It of t on 11 his b 5 r gan 13 lh h to tor toD he e I I ch c. c Jf r ld d l liar r eh h 1512 66 jute r 4 J 8 l 1559 IS It t ead a t r. r a Lake ake 13 1645 1 r al I ft u c u pete 8 u 81 lh vier epi S Gf Jt t or aLfOr tp t I 0 i t 27 14 1199 8 53 8 0 1 pele r S o e l ritt I I pt Int h 2 1 iI a. a G 14 71 7 81 r 4 tai 14 Il C of s aEa 01 9 86 IC Ing 3 pp d f teh t IC h 14 70 75 i 09 ate te Bahl Va n G 48 4 11 river r also 32 coa 4 hr h c I 9 I 7 1 t it Sal oT or l tab 21 l pp l' l 98 lateen |
