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Show TAX ON GASOLINE GIVEN ATTENTION SALT LAKE. Jan 13. The slate tax commission at its meeting yester-:day yester-:day began a study of the question of I eubttitutlng a gasrdine (ax for the ),. i sonal uroperty tax on automobiles I Chairman William Iialley read a .re-Iporl .re-Iporl relative to what took place at the Special meeting of state tax commls- sioners at Washington, recently. The study of the gasoline tax will be re -Illumed by the commission today. The gasoline tax proposals aroused llii1 most interest. The ceuisideratlon Of the commission differed from the proposal recently sponsored by H. E. Crockett, secretary of state, In that Mr. Crockett suggested a gasoline tax ,ii a Jut and equitable tax for tho purpose pur-pose of raising state funds lor the use of roads, and as a substitute for a part of the present fairly high license fees 'charged aulemiobiles in Utah. Tlo commission, on tho other hand, was considering substituting a gasoline ta. for the personal property tax On au- tomoblles. This would be possible onl' if the tax amendment to be subiuitie'i I to the poople of the state next November No-vember passes That amendment provides pro-vides fer the classification of property, proper-ty, anel would make it possible to place automobiles in a separate class. |