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Show COUNTY CLERK WANTSJHANCE Ask County Commission to'Glve the Collection of License Tax Into His Control Salt Lake, Jan. 29. Whether tho co lection of license taxes should ,bo taken from tho sheriff's ofTico and placed In tho hands of thovvounty clerk or whether a special .tax assessor as-sessor nnd collector for the county should bo nppolnted, Is a matter to bo ionsldorcd by tho county commissioners commis-sioners as n special order of business nt an early meeting. It was decided by tho commissioners jestordny to call tho sheriff nnd tho county clerk beforo tho-bonrd when tho subject Is tnken up for consideration. Thomas Homor, county clerk, placed plac-ed boforo tho board yesterday a communication com-munication recommending an ordl-1 nanco placing tho work of collecting lljenso taxes nnd issuanco of licenses licen-ses in tho hands of tho olork"s office. With tho communication was an opinion from tho county attorney that tho matter was ono In which the board could oxcrclso its own Judgment. Judg-ment. It was suggested to tho board that tho county might greatly In-creaso In-creaso Its annual revenue from license li-cense taxes by appointing a special assessor and collector to dovoto his entire timo to this work. Chairman Crnbbo nlso was of this oplnlbn and It was decided to look into this phaso of tho matter boforo taking any action. ac-tion. Tho clerk desires a change' In the present system boiauso, ho says, his ofllco is required to issuo tho licenses yet hns nothing to do with tho collections col-lections and has only tho sheriff's report re-port and treasurer's rccoipts to show" for tho work. Ho wants his office to liavo credit for tho collections it It is to do tho work of chocking up nnd issuing tho Hconses. f |
