Deseret Evening News | 1905-03-21 | Page 1 | A New Form of Taxation

A Sew New Form of imf Taxation Salem Or March Mach II IJ Petitions arc being prepared timid will eIll II soon be In clr dr for the tho Initiation of ot a bill bi au nu authorizing all requiring the tho levying of an tnt al IP I all ni property In to tho l state not heretofore assessed since the tho year If I enacted Inta lit law by hy tho th people In II June 1000 1906 the tho hUh bill bi will ivill wi have havethe tho the effect of ot enriching the tIme tr of several counties of o the state to tile the ex CX extent e tent of ot hundreds nf of o thousands thol of dol dollars lars bars Int The fhe principal al part of ot which will wi como come train from tron the time railroad companies and ani wagon root road ral companies holding exten sivo land Interests In tho time state und have escaped taxation to the present prent time It I IB is II estimated that at nt I oust ten temi tOi townships of ot land laud In Iii title this Marlon county alone Are arc held hail hel by h the railroads railroad upon milton which no taxes havo been beon paid Pl 1 since SinN 1800 which would moan mean about 10 If It assessed apes 11 under the proposal net lct Many 1 ni sparsely ly settled counties In iii time tho th state would exceed this acreage In such land lant