Show state of utah enriched by inheritance tax law in payment of the largest 11 in I 1 herit anee tax ever assessed as hessed in the united states mury mary W harriman widow of tho late railroad king edward edvard H harri ham mail an and executrix of his va vast st estate lias sent her check for to state treasurer david mattson this ends the negotiations which have boon been carried on oil by attorney general A R barnes for 18 months for the collection of the inherit inheritance anco tax as provided by statute on oil the desiate of edward II 11 harriman in the HIP state of utah this estate consists of stock ji in the union pacific railroad under mider its incorporation in the state of utah bated on the market arket iii quotation of union p pacific deific jei fic represented Harri mans holdings in the state of utah from this amount was subtracted tr that amount being exempt and the claim made against the estate for forthe alie amount of the check received the amount of this collection I 1 lacks but of being equal to the revenue of the state from all al other lother sources scour ces for the year 1911 HOW THE TAX WAS PAID the payment ot inheritance tax into the tre treasury a su of the state by mrs mary W harriman Harri maill executrix of the harriman kirnan estate is attributed by the local railroad officials as it a direct result of the liberal laws on oil the utah statute bookap under which tiie the union pacific ill incorporated corp orated at the time of the sale and reorganization of that property the laws under winch the union pacific made its permanent per manant anant home in utah was passed in 1897 the union pacific was incorporated a under mider the laws of the state of utah in 1898 and following this canie came the incorporation of the oregon short line the contral central pacific the san pedro the national railroad of mexico and the pacific fruit express company resulting in iii the payment into the utah treasury of more than in filing fees feed and that with subsequent other oilier filing fees fee added to this last pay anent by the harriman estate makes it nearly which has flowed into the treasury of this state as results of favorable laws encouraging tile the investment of capital |