Show STATE PROPERTY TAX X J FOR ROAD FUND URGED I C C. C l 1 Assistant l Jn Engineer in l' l Suggests Constitutional se ment Gas Tax to 83 32 Cents Per Gallon A state wide property tax whim would enable the creation of a state hl wa fund is advanced as a permanent per per- manent solution of oC Utah's road con con- problem In Inan an article hy by E. E C. C Knowlton assistant state road engineer which appears appear In the Octher Oct Oct- her ber Issue of Utah Highways official ll publication of the road commission A c constitutional amendment would he necessary before such a levy could be made At the present time the commis- commis lion slon Is without a state road fund and andIs andis Is prevented from making desired improvements on the transcontinental highways leading Into the state the writer says Money Ione for new projects can be only trough a state road tax levied by the counties The mane money rn must be expended expended ex- ex In the In which It Iti i collected The gateway roads which the engineer says sars are so badly In need of improvement pass through the poorer counties in entering en- en the state stale It is impossible for these counties to ralso the necessary necessary essary fund and it if they could lie he headds adds they would be unwilling to c Go Goso o oso so ns as a federal aid pr protect must ire ie built to a standard tar far above that required f for r local needs Gas Tax fax Bonds The gasoline tax has been Deen an aidIn aid In keeping up the highways but most lOt of this money must be used for re- re of bonds the article points Mr 11 Knowlton belle believes that a statewide property tax for highways 4 Is the only permanent sound plan do solvang the problem but th that a as tee cope dry exp cU n ani an I might be made from the general fund to match federal aid for construction of gateway roads l' l ads Or the gas tax could be ln Increased front 2 y cents to 3 cents Ile He expressed ed the opinion that the latter Increase would increase would raise annually to match federal aid ald A fund of f would match on a 74 has basis Is making a construction fund of 1 a considerable portion or of which could be used on gateway highways It was pointed out 1 Ul- Ul Ul'S S 'S Expenditures for road maintenance nance and construction in October readied an amount in excess of any previous month this Fear according to figures complIed compiled by the accounting department of the road commission The unusually large huge figure Is accounted for by fact that work Is being rushed to complete as many projects as possible hIe ble before winter Expenditures from state road taxes and the balance remaining to the credit of the various arlous counties follow County Count Expended Balance Beaver Deaver 5 Boxelder Cache ache Carbon Davis Duchesne 23 Daggett 2651 Emery Emer Sll Garfield Grand 25 1 Iron 58 Juab I lane ano 1174 1114 Pints Plute Rich Gan hum 39 1 bake 3 Suffer c 1 n 4 1199 SS fI o- o 2395 o Wayne 2853 1 V. V I Weber r 17 Total |