Show REPORT GIVEN OF 0 COAL LAND CASE CAS investigation county to receive if case Is won by state at a recent mechin t of the carbon action ww wits taken reg regarding aHing lie the law euit suit between the tile state and the federal govern goern anent regarding the title to the car bon coal mining company land lands rile commission appointed a corn com mittic to make a thorough invest gation of the case and report its finding findings to the commission george M miller carbon legislator was ap pointed chairman of the omm omett ommittee tt of W E knox knot walter C gease bilas and william Willi ant Wood bend mr air miller nas as instructed to go to salt halt lake to make the investigation and report the findings will no doubt prove proe very valuable to the county which mil will lose approximately annually in tax money and back taxes from 1924 to 1931 fol lowing owing is the report as submitted by mr miller price utah july 27 1931 to the taxpayers of carbon county on july the county commie commis boners a appointed the following corn c om mittic namely W E knox chair pan man wm win silas rowley walter C cease and geo nf miller mille to investigate inv the amount of taxes due de carbon county from the carbon county land co and the In depend ent coal i coke co and to ascer aseer tain the legal datus status of all matters in dispute regarding the coal land titles the commissioners appointed geo if miller secretary gee rotary and in cd ed him to to salt lake la ke city and make the inesti investigation gation and report this report is the result of his investigation firby we find that the state of utah issued patent no to the carbon county land lana co on feb 10 1020 1920 co covering Nering 28 acres lo 10 bated in carbon counte and said patent is on record in the office of the county recorder SECOND the state of utah had sel selethel etel the lanig janis embraced in fid vid patent anler and by matue of the laws of the united S ates as is pic pre scribed in tl ti e ambling act admit ting utah into the union ind the same certified as within the rule or method of ejection selection as prescribed by the commissioner Commis oner of the general band office and approved by the beere tary of tha interior these selections nere made during the period of cwi to 1904 continued on page fi fie e REPORT u GIVEN OF COAL LAND CASE CAS L 1 investigation I 1 ION continued from page 1 THIRD the laid said landi lands ere re told to the carbon county liand co by the tate state of utah for per acre AM malting making a total of 00 payable in installments extending until 1050 1950 with 6 5 interest the sail aid carbon county land co giving to the state of utah a mortgage ti up I 1 on eaid said landi lands to secure the payment at of raid indebtedness FOURTH when this patent wag will recorded carbon county right to tax these landi lands became absolute and it his continued to assess them until t alic amount 1 I luc u e is about 00 0 of wa alich tell Is due cal calbon bon county amu amA tinting inting tu to bout about v epou this tax lien in our judgment li Is valid even cien against the state of coalt for the reason that tho the purchasers have hilie been in ill un disputed as against the more mote than eight year years SIXTH 81 in 1020 20 the C carbon abon county land co told sold to th the I 1 in dependent coal coke co 11 1120 0 o acres of Ms this tract for blell they paid them harrs shares of stock and laid said ind independent ep aident coal coke co in addition assumed and und agreed to pay n of tho the origins nil I 1 indebtedness or mortgage A deed from the carbon county land co wai was gi glen en to the inde pendent coal coke co on oil oct 16 19 1920 10 and the mortgage ae its re corded in book 01 0 wa was modified according and thie this trans rang netlon action was by the state board of land commissioners as re corded in minute hook look no 16 dated december 8 1020 1920 independent coal coke co paid taxes on this abi land for or the ear ears 1921 22 and 23 anio amounting f to ban at which time auit suit was uns filed by the united states of america to cancel the title of the carbon county land to co and the independent coul coal coke cole cu co and the interest of carbon county ahen ahen this euit suit wa aas file the independent coal coke co on june 23 1924 t applied to the state hoard board of equalization and assessment and requested that tin this be cancel cancelled lm chich was wa done with nith the understanding that this land inguld be assessed for back taxes in the chient that t their air onner oner ship is finally established see let ter from state tax commission iiii i on account of this agree ment nith the state tax commission and modification of mortgage and the acceptance of the ame some by the state board of dand dina commissioners Commissi oneie tins this tract of 1120 acre acres was neer advertised and sold for delinquent taxes by carbon county but the in dependent coal coke co tick now ledges they paid about per year as heretofore explained and they are anxious to con continue their payment of taxes to carl cation on county we estimate therefore flint there is die from the independent coal acke co about of which carbon county will get about 83 j T TENTH From the forego ng it appears therefore carlan county will receive reecie in taxes from the car hon bon county land co and the in dependent coal coke co for back t ties in case this suit is ason on by the state Stat ejof of utah taxes amounting to apar approximately 0 Xi 00 |