Show school taxes doubled in past 10 years year S SALT LAKE CITY property taxes charged for school district purposes in utah have mole moie than doubled in the past ten years it Is revealed by the state tax commission for the school year ended in 1941 school property taxes were less than 10 million while 1 e ten years later they were close to 23 million ten years ago about 7 out of every 8 of school revenue receipts came from the tax on oil property now the proportion pro pollion is about 2 out of every 3 how the minimum school program authorized by popular vote vole in 1946 is working out in so tar far as it affected the property tax Is the subject of a somewhat detailed study made in the tax commission offices the has helped some so called poor dis eilets undoubtedly it is ia helping other districts that are not in great need of such alsista assistance 11 ce they are rich enough to take care of their own problems other poor districts not because of the minimum school probia pro giam in perhaps pe but rather in spite of it find themselves in much worse condition from the standpoint of the property taxpayer tax payer than they were before the minimum school system was put in operation by the 1947 legislature la is faring in district how your compari comparison or with others that have problems similar to yours may the report of be ascertained from somewhat more m ore this study perhaps readily than from the reports of the state school office on which based you the study was largely are welcome to a copy of the report which Is entitled the minimum school program and the property tax it if you will address the state tax request to your commission state capitol I 1 I 1 building salt lake city |