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Show I I 10 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Thursday, March 17, 1977 Utah Pays 44.7 percent Business is biggest BE taxpayer Owners of business property paid 44.7 percent of the total property tax bill in Box Elder county last year. Throughout the state, about 48 percent of all property taxes charge during 1976 were collected from owners of commercial property. These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization in its latest analysis of the property tax burden in Utah. According to the study, property taxes charged by all units of government in Box Elder county last year amounted to $6,185,630. Of this sum, the various classes of commercial and industrial property $2,763,441, for accounted or 44.7 percent of the total. Other property categories clude residential in- property, $1,832,843 (29.6 percent); motor vehicles, $394,806 (6.4 percent) ; agricultural property, $1,139,098 (18.4 percent) ; and miscellaneous, $55,442 (0.9 percent). of the property taxes collected on motor vehicles represents taxes on business and industry and part on indivi- Part duals. State Gain Throughout the state, property taxes charged during 1976 totaled $240,134,711. The report points out that this amount represents an increase of $32 million or 15.4 percent over the 1975 total. Most of this gain can be accounted for by new properties being added to the tax rolls and by increases in existing valuations resulting from the statewide reappraisal program. Last year the revaluation was completed in Iron, Juab, Piute, and Utah counties. Taxes charged in these four counties rose by $7 million or 33 percent in 1976. The the mountains east of Harper Ward in this scene taken Monday following a snow storm Sun- day. Skies cleared but more snow is expected today as CLOUDS HOVER ON Come when they can stay longer? Kids do For the average Box Elder county resident, the likelihood of living a long time is greater than ever. A local child, just born, has the prospect of living about 13 years longer than its grandparents did when they were born. It also can look forward to four years more than his parents could at the time of their birth. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the general life expectancy at birth is now 72.4 years. For a baby boy, the probable span is 68.5 years and, for a girl, 76.4. Since the early part of the century there has been an increase of 25 years in longevity for the average person. Utahns look to a hot and dry summer. Snow pack well below normal, Most of this gain was achieved in the years prior to 1950, a period in which the infant mortality rate was sharply reduced and in which antibiotics and other drugs came into being, conquering many of the infectious diseases. Box Elder county residents of all ages are benefiting as a result of the progress that is continually being made by medical science. For local people who are 40 years old at the present time, there is the prospect of another 35 years of life, on average. At the level, the expectancy is nearly 27 years. One effect of the increase in longevity is that many more people are reaching retirement age and living well beyond it than was the case a generation or two across-the-boar- d average mill rate throughout the state declined during 1976 for the fifth consecutive year. Foundation analysts hasten to point out, however, that this decline does not necessarily mean that the property taxes paid have declined during this period. In many cases, the lower mill rate was more than offset by higher assessments placed on the properties. This was especially true in those counties that were revalued under the five-yea- r reappraisal program. Support of Schools Approximately three out of every five dollars in property taxes collected in Utah goes for the support of local schools. According to the foundation report, local school levies accounted for $144.3 million, or 60.1 percent of all property taxes last year. In addition to the property tax, public schools receive all of the individual and corporate income tax revenue plus a substantial part of the sales tax through transfers from the general fund. Although the schools receive the bulk of all property tax revenue, the largest percentage increases during recent years have been by special improvement districts. The foundation study points out that property taxes imposed by special improvement districts rose by 274 percent over the past ten years. This compares with property tax increases of 119 percent for counties, 78 percent for schools, and 74 percent for cities and towns periduring this same ten-ye- es for the public schools, on the other hand, was moderated by the substantial increases in state aid that were made in the period. Last year there were 425 different governmental units in the state that had the authority to impose a property tax. The study observes, however, that because of overlapping configurations, there were actually 565 separate taxing areas where a different overall mill rate could be imposed. The overall property tax mill rate varied from a low of 44.77 mills ($44.77 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in one unincorporated area of Utah county to a high of 114.77 mills in one section of Salt Lake City. The average mill levy for the state was 74.69 mills last year, compared with 75.06 mills in 1975. Big Corn Producer When it comes to producing corn, the United States has no peer. This country accounts for about 45 per cent of the worlds corn production and over 70 per cent of its com exports. at Box Elder High school held a din- - man food and cafeteria. in the school became effective. What are the dates of war Q service to qualify for VA nonservice-connected pension as a Vietnam-er- a veteran? A August 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975. I draw 100 percent comQ pensation from the VA. My wife is deceased. I have three minor children and draw an addition amount for them. I plan to marry a widow with two minor children. May I draw benefits for them? Will I have to adopt them? A If the children live in you may claim household, your and draw them as benefits. Adoption is not step-childr- THELMA ' Statisticians can tell you how much medical care will cost in a year for the country as a whole, but they cannot predict which families will need to spend little, and which will need to spend a lot. 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Can I get a waiver of premiums on my JR policy JOHNSON is still Compared with the early 1900s, when there were only 3.1 million Americans over 65, equivalent to 1 out of every 24 persons, there are now 23 million, or 1 out of every 9. In Box Elder county, the population includes some 2,300 men and women who are over 65, representing 7.7 percent of the total. For those who have just ar- rived at 65, the probability is that the men will live another 13 years or so, on average, and the women, about 17 years. Further extension of the life span may be expected in the years ahead, according to the Biometric Research Panel. It claims that science has reached the stage at which the control or elimination of disease is within its long-terreach. Heres Your Answer Insuranc FACTS od. Population Growth The rapid growth in special district taxes is attributed to the population expansion in the unincorporated urban areas, especially along the Wasatch Front. The increase in property tax Veterans! 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