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Show To Check Up Utah Property Valuation i Special investigators will soon be 'sent into Weber county and other counties throughout the state to cbeck I up the actual market value of property in the various localities and lo compare com-pare the figures thus obtained with jhe assessed valuation for the property sold and for neighboring or similar property, according to a decision reached yosterday at a meeting of the state board of equalization, in Salt Lake. It is contended by the board that tho only way to gel a Just distribution oi taxation is for all property to be assessed on an even basiB, and for this reason, the Investigation is to be made. Tho law arms the state board with power to make such Investigations, to swear witnesses, if necessary, and to demand certain details of property values. val-ues. Should a property owner persist in lefusing to give Information which the board under the law, may require, he would render himself liable to an action in court and to a fine of not to exceed $500. oo I |