Show STATE Will WILE mil INCREASE LEVY I School Costs Blamed for Higher T Tax x Rate This Year SALT LAKE July The 23 23 Tho The state stale ta tae 11 levy for tor the current year ear s is estimated at 7 6 mills millo as compared compard with Ith the th 7 1 mills levied 11 led 1 11 lut 1 year r and It t would now appear that the tho 11 levy this year ear will Bill be on an as- as assessed as assessed seed valuation of at to 65 as compud with Ith the toI I on which th the levy W wis IS made lat ear act car I The state stille boar board 1 of oC equalization I IThe still III not fix the le levy lew for Cor this year ho eHr until It kno knows knos s the as- as assessed assessed as assessed sahin valuation Ion of ot the state and lip up t to date the county auditors QC of SnIt Salt Lake and 1 Uinta counties have ha not reported their valuations as tl fixed ed by the county commissioners Therefore the state elate hoard Is q un- un Unable un unable able ablo to equalize as between bet een coun coun- counties coun- coun counties counties ties and unable likewise like 11 to deter deter- determine determine determine mine the final valuation of othe the state Howel However er from all ad- ad ad advance vance vanco anco Information obtainable the tho thenet thenet net result when hen all has been said and done that must be done by next Wednesday th the total assessed valuation of ot the slate will 11 be as Indica Indicated ted The levies leles for tor state purposes purpose the current year ear as It appears non no noI compare with Ith those of oC last year vear ear as follow tollow 1923 1922 Mill Mille Mills lUlls State Stale general fund 24 2 4 24 State high schools school 2 2 2 State District schools 50 4 45 5 Tota Totals Is 7 76 G 6 7 1 I DIU REM J LEVY U As to the state general fund the state board has for some time been beens s seeking the best official information Information tion obtainable as to the probable needs of ot the state government for tor forthe forlie the current year e r It must be re- re remembered re remembered that 28 per cent of ot the state gene general 1 fund le leIs levy Is dl divided Ide J among tho tre three Institutions of higher education supported by the state the the University of Utah the tto Utah Agricultural college collego at nt VJ- VJ Logan Lo-gan Lo gan and the Branch Agricultural 1 cOllege at Cedar City The 25 per cent goes to help the th current expense or maintenance account of ot these respective e Institutions and Is helped out by fees required of ot the students The remaining 72 per cent of the 2 4 mills which Is the highest rae rao permitted bv by the state constitution for tor the state elite general fund Is h- h demoted d voted Qt d to the expenses of oC state gov- gov gOe t e It Is q helped out from froma various a other sources Mark Tuttle state auditor and John II Glenn state director of finance and pur pur- purchase pur- pur purchase purchase chase have ha been asked to submit their estimates of the th states state's re- re requirements requirements re requirements for the current 3 year ear RAISED BY LAW W It will 11 be noted that the in increase In- In Increase increase crease In the state tax rate will not come by reason of Increased cost coat of oC state gOI government but only because tho the last legislature ge- ge re required d that the amount of oC state all raised for tor the tha schools school of the slate tate should be Increased to the constitutional constitutional limit of 25 26 per annum The 1921 legislature fixed the state school rate at 45 mils The Tho 1923 legislature refuted refused to n fix any such rate and thereby intentionally made effective Q the 25 2 pro pro- provision pro provision vision in the constitution The B mill rate for tor the state dis district school fund Is not of course a certainty at this time The The board 13 required b by the law now effective effective tive to tic fix a rate rato which will with state aid from the total state aid up to 25 per capita of school population State aid from other sources source as now Indicated would Include about that being this year s fig fig- figure fig figure ure In receipts receIpt from tax sale re- re redemptions redemptions re redemptions and the like and about from tram the Interest and rentals account of the state school land grant 01 00 |