| Show 81 Spent on I State Roads Roada In Uintah County Past P s 15 Years j I What the diversion of gasoline tax moneys would mean to Oln Uin tab tap county Is 18 indicated n In n data just compiled complied by the state highway high way department During the past pat fifteen years yeah expenditures on state f highways i within this county reached a to total total to to- tal tat of 1 of which the total collections made within this county amounted to only During the 15 years yearl from 1920 to 1935 inclusive the state collected from state road toed taxes tax 11 TJ while the county contributed from other sources Iq tt addition ad d I Jt Is 18 computed the that themo the moo moo- Of this county paid In gasoline paoline taxes bringing the to total total to to- tal raised this county to as indicated above To this the state added another 10 and from allocated l from federal appropriations to make the total expenditure as reported The money which the state highway highway high high- way department used from Its iU L r funds 1 help finance this road Improvement ent program prop within this county came largely from gasoline taxes themore the more man populous lous areas areal of f the the state state and proved e a direct benefit toward Improving and maintaining the road mileage mile mue road are age In the sparsely settled sec sec- tlona 1 Ot Of late Ite years yarn Governor Blood mood I has hu repealed the taxation of property pro perty party for construction and maintenance main of state roads or purchase of way and has also stop atop stopped f I ped the practice r of calling upon the counties counties' to advance funds to match federal aid In construction j of state roads This has hu Imposed the entire burden of matching federal fed era eral road funds and sod of of maintain t ing state roads roads and and of purchasing rights of way wayon on the gas eu tax col col- Diversion of these theae mon mono eys to the clUes cities would cripple the state road pro program am from being carried tarried on in m the county and would necessitate the property taxpayers frs ers here lure either making up the difference dif dlf ference or would require shutting g down part of the highway program being being- carried out If U the state matching was w. cut the state would lose lote a considerable part pert of ot the federal fed eral enl aid now being provided During the 15 IS year period mentioned mentioned men men- more than theme has haI been spent on m state roads In m UM tN entire state The counties have T collected from tat road tax lev rev lee fee t on property some lOIDe an and have raised another from froDI other sources The gasoline pao Y e. e i LL 1 s sum m amounting to of 8 Y has baa come from state road bon bonus bonds The federal government has put up a total of I IOnly Only orgy In the counties of Weber and salt Lake have havethe the expenditures been less Ie than the 1 amount of money collected from within those cn counties either h i property taxes or gasoline taxes This excess collected from these two counties has hu been used to I fi-I fi finance fl I nance the road program elsewhere Thus the diversion of ot gasoline tax moneys would benefit these theae I two counties at the expense of the balance of the state Furthermore Further more under the federal law diversions diver diver- atone of gas tax money rimy would result result re se- sult suit In reducing the he amount of federal aid allocated to Utah |
