Show y i mi tia i i r legislative kills bills would deprive taxpayers of opportunity of studying financial statements it has been brought to light during the past week that four mon ibers of tile tho lower house of tho the atah state legislature aro are fostering it a bill which if passed aou would id do away with the require ire i ment I 1 w k that city officials of cities I 1 i of tile tho third class and officials of YA ft town cowna a publish in ft newspaper 1 city ordinances and annual financial nandlal statements those spon iff W i port n 9 the bills known as IID 1 and IID are represent 1 ati ve of garfield Gartl eld county I 1 whitaker t meaker xi of pluto county s i geoage 0 Al murdock ot of heaver deaver I 1 county and frost of kano kane county tait the laws na as they now stand i rt t requiring that such notices bo be published were put into effect i for forano lifie protection of the require that city officials ficiala and town officials in ili this 1 sta stater I 1 e 4 publish it a financial state ment menta of the city or town each year 1 I also that they publish nil all city and town ordinances or to ordan ordinances only as ak Ather otherwise wise specified in the I 1 law V T taxpayers s in every aie city and town in ili the state pay day percentage of their taxes into ln the corporation tor for the pur I 1 pose cosof of paying the cost of publishing i g these statements and ordinances din ances tho the officials are arc required qui d to sot set up a fund in ili the annual budget tor for that purpose and towns where these 4 publications have not been made thel taxpayers are paying tor for they are not receiving ce iving it would seem that ac ng to reports there aro are several communities in the state ariere such Is the case au rumor mor has it that officials of ame mme on cities and rind and towns practically refuse to publish financial statements according to the re of the present stat ute la is stated that they have at div given 91 1 1 many reasons for not doing so bo ona 06 reason as reported by 0 a tax taxpayer pay er Is that the corporation can not a afford to publish the stai abate em ments ants this reason in the face of the tact fact that tho the tax pay sTave er ora have been taxed a percentage ot of their taxes for that purpose peem adema weak and ill founded unless othero is something wrong in ih 0 ad ministration of the corporation A a affairs I 1 adother reported reason is attorney for the corpora advised the officials that it was not necessary to publish the statements ta it such la is the case that attorney or attorn les who have fiad received payment from tax funds for advise has advised of ot not to adhere to the rights of W the avery very taxpayers ers from whom tit ho or they have received pay liny for their services what over the reasons rei isona may bo be tor for nut not publishing these state Ilie ilievits lits there has been no report of taxes being reduced in tile tho communities chero officials havo have failed to publish tile required statements many havo asked what la is being dono done with tile tax money that la Is being paid in for that purpose A fow few leavo asked if it could bo possible that tit money that taxpayers are paying in ili for tho the publishing of such notices Is being used by city and town officials for tile tho purpose of defeating th the 0 laws lawa that have boon been enacted tor for tile the protection of those very same taxpayers |