Show TAXPAYER PRAISES PUBLIC OFFICIALS the utah taxpayer lit in its sop sei issue takes occasion to sound praise to tile tho public officials in ili tile state for maintaining present levies despite tho the precipitate clearo decrease zise lit in assessed valuations and the alarming increase in tax delinquency on oil tills point the taxpayer says I 1 taxpayers of this state have reason to feel fed proud of the mon men and women they have placed place la in po of responsibility in their respective spec tive taxing units it has boon boen no easy task for to achieve what they have in keeping up tip the necessary functions of 0 government without making added demands upon their constituent taxpayers there la Is nothing more discourage ing to the possession of tangible property than high taxation it if any community wishes to induce people their holdings it if wish to encourage others to come came and dwell with them they had better look loolu to their problem of local taxa hon it is shown that three counties maintained the old levy sixteen counties increased the levy find and ten decreased lo creased the levy of the forty school districts twentythree twenty throe three made no change eleven increased tho the levy an and six de decreased decreases creasea tile the levy cities and towns made no change twenty increased tj their levy and twenty three decreased tile the levy I 1 one ala alarming siti situation lation Is noted in tills this issue viz that there are nineteen cities having a total levy that exceeds fifty mills which according to the taxpayer amounts to practical confiscation tabulations showing tile the levy ot each of the 21 0 taxing units in the state presented in this issue provides an all interesting and comprehensive study of the present tax situation in atah |