Show information information TO PEOPLE OF SUMMIT COUNTY i A boulte a bimber of 0 have hae been revoked for a statement a of the assessed naltia tf tion 0 n of tile cl cities t lea and st hool district t of sit county for fir tile the year DJ 1921 and 11 0 12 the ties don is also asked lio ito se sets is t the lie le levies aps for the amounts of summit county for the years lwe 11 to tl be received ly by tile the cities arad and 3 school oo 00 districts and the county couert summit county Is div divided ide d into three si hool districts with one city or town in each district I 1 will take a district and a city separately and make the com comparison liaison park city and park city school district in the year 11 the va of park city within the city limits was 1 Z 1 l and for the year 1022 Is the levies to raise funds to run nin the city government gov eminent are made fly y the city itself A certificate ot of these levies Is then forwarded to the county auditor so ao that he might figure the taxes aes necessary tor for the use ilse of tl the 1 e city in th the e year 1921 lo 10 21 il the valuation of it the park city school district was gri the way a tax levy is made tor for a school district Is as follows and this explanation epla will prove true tor for the other two districts the school hoard board meets and makes up what I 1 is 8 known as a budget this budget Is a detailed statement of the amount of floney money necessary for eat each h department of the school tor for the following fellow ins year this budget la Is presented to the hoard board of county commissioners to make the levy such that it will raise the amount of money called tor for in the budget take park city school district tor for this year on a valuation of the budget calls tor for before figuring the amount of levy that must be levied to raise this amount of money we must subtract trac t which the state of utah furnishes to the schools of that district thus leaving which must b be raised by direct levy in e order to raise on a valuation of 0 a levy of 15 mills must be made tu tal to amount of the budget of the school district it you were a commissioner and had the following instructions from the attorney general ot of the state of utah relating to this very subject what would you do section compiled laws ot of utah U fall 1917 provides brov ides what a board of 01 ldina tion shall do and what items it may include in making up its budget for the year commencing july let our supreme court has held that the limitations prescribed in this particular section are void and it seems from the various dece decisions ot of our supreme court that there to is no limitation that can lie be placed upon the actions ot of the school board provided they only in lude clude in their budget such items as are particularly mentioned in this section it is my opinion that where a bud set get Is prepared by a school board and includes sikh items as are pro provided vidna for in said section it becomes the duty of the county commissioners to fix the levy accordingly they do not have the power or right to reduce such budget very truly yours harvey 11 II cluff attorney Se le of utah i south summit school district and kamas town in the year 1021 1921 the valuation of 0 kamas town was and in the year 1922 the valuation Is 1801 1 making quite a reduction in the in the valuation in order to raise the necessary taxes tor for the administration of 0 kamas town the board of 0 trustee makes the levies necessary and forwarded for them to the county auditor the valuation ot of the south summit school district tor for the year 1021 1921 was and the valtia valuation tion in 1022 Is 13 making a considerable reduction in valuation the tha reduction here comes paly in the assessed value of lands in the district the way the levy is made in explained under the caption of the park city district and making it necessary to make a levy of 0 12 mills on the dollar north summit school district and Co coalville alville city in the year 1921 the valuation ot of coalville Co alville city was 02 and in the year 1022 1922 is malting making a con reduction in the value the city counsel ot of Co alville has made it levy to raise the necessary funds tor for its administration the valuation ot of the north summit school district in the year 1021 was and in tile the year is making a reduction in the valuation ot of the explanation given under tinder the park city school district Is applicable here also making it necessary to levy 11 mills on the dollar tor for said school district state le ille I 1 lie ill r I 1 id ikes a I 1 levy ot 71 7 1 nulls on alic i T I 1 tin i H aey e V is s diddon into the win MH vor hor if li olal state stall lif 24 mills on tho ahr li ollar V H lev la Is to run tilt 1 i eminent c iha ot of utah for 1 01 the support t 0 4 altri t schools ot of tile lie state late or nf I 1 iii ia mills and tor for the lie rt afi 01 1 hoots ot of the state 02 mill 11 county 1 evi t the only lev lei ib to county county coninis t shalet c the right to ley levy fire tile the follow it the above levies lees under tit I 1 me are nin ninale de by the respective neco which they are levied county aint i int i of 18 mills county Indig ev i 1 05 mill county count road 1 1 I state rond road JO 20 mills ir I 1 levied by b the county 0 f G 5 mills on oll the dollart dall r LEVIES F rink park city 1 i i i 11 1 1 0 mills park C 1 I ty t state and 1 mite t ite S 1 county count iliin 65 i total in 01 0 1 S C kat I 1 1 ur 1 mills south 84 1 1120 12 state and county pr total in 1 out ville purposes i 11 p mills north district alii im state and I 1 1 I county chint rui pi i 15 t i total 35 j 0 6 aut 0 of a r Q TAXES LEVIED bt 6 I 1 t STATE legislature lECIS LATURE bounty on blange horses and cattle 1 mill bounty on domestic cattle 10 1 0 mill bounty on ona heep and goats coats 15 mill the treat great reduction la in the valuation of inthe in to the park hlll crepet ames le are asse aises Bea at T three times the net proceeds of the mine in the year 1011 ifal the valuation alu atlon for or assessment ot of the net proe proceeds eeds ot of mines in the park city school district was as 00 and the valuation alu atlon tor for the same purpose for or the year 1022 1922 Is 4 41 2 00 a reduction tion ot of therefore it Is necessary it if the school years Is to be as iong ion as has been the custom in this district to make the levies doubt double ot of that tor for last year there is one con sol atlon in this matter and that is that this ley levy is tor for the one year only and the prospects are that for another the ley levy van an be substantially re daved duved dui ed V |