Show school taxes cut despite cost increase e twenty four of 40 school districts decreased their tax levies this year according to figures compiled from data sheets in the state tax commission office and made public wednesday by the research department of the utah education at the same time the education group pointed out that both the uniform local levy and the uniform state levy on property for school purposes are lower this year than last school levies noted are lower this year because assessed values of property have risen sharply according to state tax commission figures the valuations on property in utah for tax purposes have increased from in 1940 to this year galb gals rose research director pointed out that a recent utah foundation report shows that this increase has resulted largely from addition of new taxable prop properties erUes to the tax rolls and expanded metal mining A check on specific properties that were being taxed in 1930 shows a tax increase of only about ten percent over that year mr rose points out that school boards are arc able to get as much revenue to operate their schools this year as they did I 1 last ast s year eve even n though the levy is smaller because assessed valuations have risen risea considerably if t they h ey h had haa ad k kept ept the same levies as last year mr rose said much more revenue would be forthcoming this is an indication that school boards in spite of hugely swollen enrollments and inadequate school housing in most districts are oper operating aUng on a conservative budget basis while 24 districts show decreased tax levies this year mr rose said 14 districts marked an increase there was no change in levies of two in nine of the counties in which school districts decreased levies the county increased levies six also increased levies for county purposes in all 15 counties increased 1 levies ev i es f for or coun county t y purposes six counties made the same levy as last lad rear year and eight decreased levies mr rose points to the fact th that at the U utah ta h foundation report shows that thiV though costs of g government av have risen and assessed valuations have risen in lin line e with the whole war anit antt war wan economic picture the ratio of the property tax to tot total alsta state and local revenue has actually decreased six percent since 1940 and 35 percent since 1931 almost all eng english lish sparr sparrows in the U V S are descended from eight pairs imported from england in im 1850 plato held that an animal that killed a man should be prosecuted for murder |