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Show I COUNTY TREASURERS SEND STATE FUNDS SALT LAKE, Jan. 12". W. D. Sut-!ton, Sut-!ton, state treasurer announced yesterday yester-day afternoon that within the last few 'days tho state has received $460,000 in state and state school taxes from I tho various county treasurers. This will defer for a lime th borrowing from the state gen oral fund, he ;eil The state general fund will receive net about $105,000 from the $460,000, ,th remainder gedng to various educational edu-cational purposes. i At tho close of last year the state officials had tho option of renewing notes of the general fund for $r00.-000, $r00.-000, thus placing that fund on "easy iHtreet" for some months, if not the entire year of 1921'. However, it was (decided to pay off the notes instead of renewing. cen though the money could have been hael at about 6 1-4 percenU For every day that the State general fund staves eff tho borrowing bor-rowing period it saves $bS in interest, it is pointed out by Mr. Sutton. When borrowing Is resumed, as it Inevitably will bo In the near future, a smaller amount, possibly $200,000, will first be borrowed, thus saving additional interest over the other arrangement. The state has received $23,64 1 from the federal government in repayment re-payment for money already expeneled on the Mnntl-Kphralm-Pigeon Holfbw road paving project, of which the United States Is bearing one-half the expense. Quarterly receipts turned into the state treasury from the office of H-E. H-E. Crockett, secretary of state, total-lued total-lued $1 19,439.87, a- compared with $113,315.59 a year ago. Tho receipt was issued yesterday. General foes, including interest, wero $9,S49 87 for the last eiunrter of L92-1, as compared with $8,809.02 In 1920 Other accounts compared: Corporation Cor-poration taxes. $99, 409. 05 as against $ 100,702.07, Hale of compiled laws. SS7 45 as against $1S4.50. motor vehicle ve-hicle license taxes. $10,093.50 as against $;t.5(0 |