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Show Gunnison Among Cities to Cut Levy The September issue of the Utah Taxpayer, official organ of the Utah Taxpayers association, contains a complete tabulation of the levies imposed im-posed upon the real and personal property pro-perty of the state by each of the 231 taxing units. Comparison in each case will be made with the levio3 of 1934. This tabulation will show a V2 mill decrease in the state lev'os for all purposes; a decrease of levies in 8 covnties; an increase of levies in 13 counties; and no change in 8 counties. coun-ties. It will also show that out of the 40 school districts, 12 decreased i their levies, 8 made an increase and j 20 made no change. Tabulation also I presents the amazing fact that in 18 j cities and towns the total levy will I run up between 5 and 0 per cent of jthe entire assessed valuation; that in one case, viz., Scofield, the aggregate levy is C0.8 mills, followed closely by Roosevelt, with 60.5 mills. In 67 cities and towns, the levies j are between 40 and 50 mills. In 59 units the levies range between 30 iand 40 mills and in 14 units the levies are between 20 and 30 mills for all 1 purposes. This publication also po'nts out the fact that one town, Salem, imposed no levy for local purposes, the only case of its kind in the state. Gunnison Gunni-son shows a decrease of one mill. The 1934 levy was 15 mills, while the 1935 levy is but 34 mills. j Editorially, the publ:cntion warns against the taxpayers being deceived , by the mirage of governmental benevolence, bene-volence, or being blinded by the glit-;ter glit-;ter of gift money and laments the .fact that Utah is paticipating in the scramble for the spo:ls of what the publication terms "legalized deprecation." |