Show MOTOR VEHICLES CLES ALREADY PAYING PAYING PAYL PAY PAY- ING L G HUGE ROAD nOAD BILL New York York Twenty one one states today today today to to- day levy leyy no general genera property taxes and make no appropriations from their general funds for main or state road road programs and the entire amount of road load taxes so collected in the other 27 states is less than ten per cent ent of the total state highway income intone statistics statis statistics ti tics show In other w words motor vehicles vehicles vehicles ve ve- and motor vehicle facilities representing representing rep rep- representing resenting an inv investment of more than pay b by far the larger share for the support through taxes of the nations nation's Investment invest iu investment ment in highways Not Jot only the are motor vehicles pay pay- I fug ing this huge tax bill estimated at nt more than thau for tor 1930 but hut the they are aie lm paying in a steadily increasing increasing increase ing share hare of nf the costs of or building int- int hi highways pro proving ln ing and maintaining Althon Although h good g roads road are arc of general and unrestricted l benefit motor vehicles ve ve- vehicles hicls hicl's alone paid more than ilum 12 42 per percent percent percent cent of the highway tax bill in H 1930 30 as Uj compared with less than 40 percent per pel percent cent paid h by property Motor vehicles chicles paid in ht the form of taxes ei eight ht times limes th the amount supplied U by federal aid nu and 1 more than Hunt twice the amount obtained ob tamed Cd through bond issues It is estimated l that tha motor trucks represent 12 per tent rent of ot the motor vehicles in ue use pa pay CS tS per cent of the motor vehicle taxes In a n half- half dozen states states' the lar larger er trucks pa pay more than 1000 each annually in taxes in 5 1 states they pay pay from flom to 1000 each |