Show I Taxpayer Gives Comparative Levies The current Issue of the Utah Taxpayer Taxpayer Taxpayer Tax Tax- payer Is Just off tho the pre press S. S In It are presented the tho comparative levies of all the taxing unite units of or the state cities towns counties and school districts The levies Cor 1936 are also shown and in addition tho the amount of increase or decrease from last year ear are indicated This is n a most valuable compilation and as ae asit asit it is the only place where such Buch completo com COUl- complete pleto Information Is published the Issue will be of general interest io to taxpayers and officials alike The tabulation of levy changes show that 20 of the tho 29 counties Increased In Increased Increased In- In creased their levies These increases es are arc due largely it is pointed out to the fact that the tho counties have been brought Into the social security security security rity picture to cooperate with the tho state biennial appropriation tion for tills this purpose This new responsibility re now assumed b by the taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers accounts for the tho levy y in creases The levies of ot cities clUes and towns show little change for the taxIng taxIng taxing tax- tax Ing units but 44 made Increases while remained the tho same game as last las t year rear and 20 decreased their levies Despite the tho Increase In to ta tax tat collection collet tion 21 of the 40 school districts district s made mado levy Increases due largely t to debt service changes arising fro from m building programs But ono one dis dis- lowered Its levy while the theother theother other 18 IS made mado i ro 10 o change Tile The Taxpayer shows that lovies levies le lo vies aro are largely of oC local origin The median levy In cities clUes and towns i is la lashown s shown to be 37 mills Of this amount all but the mills lev levy made mado for state school purposes 1 is s for strictly uses viz for Cor city school and county governments Then it states that virtually all money derived from tho the state school levy Is distributed to tho the r respective e school ol districts where it is budgeted budgets d and spent Editorially the Taxpayer points out the need for organized taxpayer participation In tho the affairs of gov The h heading Par r m or Confiscation forcibly ills alls attention alten atten Lion tion to the growing levies I which even now have haYe reachel reache hc he point o ol 01 confiscation In some somo 1 1 s where the total bur ul Is la h 50 an and 60 GO mills The edin closes close s with the tho slogan Taxpayers rs I val Lies in Expenditure u Con Control t |