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Show FIVE-MILL TAX LEVY IN DAVIS COUNTY As a preliminary move toward financing fi-nancing the construction of a concrete road across Dais county, which will cost more than $175.00. the com nisi -sioners ot thai county will probably levy a 5-mill tax at a special meet-mi; meet-mi; Monday The commissioners have requested all the towns to send rep-lesentatives rep-lesentatives to attend the meeting, and unless a majority of these are opposed to the tax it will be levied This action was taken by the com missioners following a series 01 meetings meet-ings held in the county yesterday by Governor Sprv, lesse Jewkes, state treasurer, and K R. Morgan, 6tate road engineer Meetings to sound ot.i the sentiment of the people were held at Clifton. Clearfield. Layton, Kays-ville. Kays-ville. Farming-ton, Centervllle and Bountiful Governor Spry. Mr. Jewkes and Mr. Morgan returned to Salt Lake Ia6t night and were enthusiastic over the work accomplished on the trip, although al-though they admitted that the sentiment senti-ment seems to be about evenly dlvid ed concerning the road at present They say that in the event the tax levy is passed Monday a movement for a county bond issue may be started start-ed and that meetings to boost th proposition will be held later The proposed road will extend from the Salt Lake countv line near Beck -Hot Springs through Bountiful, Cen-terville, Cen-terville, Karmlntton. Kaysville, Lay-ton, Lay-ton, Clearfield and Clifton to the Weber county line It will be twenty-seven twenty-seven miles long and will cost approximately ap-proximately $650u a mile The taxable property in the county is estimated at $6,600,000 and the proposed pro-posed tax would yield about $32,000 If this was secured the state road commission would furnish $3600 ou' of the county road fund Unless there is a special bond Issue this tax and state aid would be necessary for five years to seiurf Hie needed sum. While a recent attempt to bond the county for school purposes was turned down, it 16 understood thai many persons per-sons now opposed to the road are trilling to vote for th bonds ra'ber j than stand the tax for fle years. John Ford James T Burns and David Cook. count commissioners. ' nift the partyof state officials vester-day vester-day morning at Bountiful and accompanied accom-panied them on a visit to the towns nn |