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Show SCHOOL LEVY TO BE RAISED i SAL.T LKE, Jan. 1 0 -According to a tJibulatlon prepared in tho statoi school offlceR yesterday the various j school districts in t't.ih h.ive demanded demand-ed of their respective county coni- J mi8ioners a local tax rate which aver- : sge.H l-M per capita added to whlrh tho $25 per caplt.i levied by the- state ! brings the- total revenun of the schools up to $69 SP This will moan that approximately ap-proximately $65 per capita, will be ral.vd by direct taxation according to the state school officials. They point out that this is alio -inc: for uncollected taxes, rronooua assessments and other deductions. have LrrrLK choice They also point out that tho various county ( ommlssloners under court decisions, de-cisions, have little choice In the insVtcr of lovylnjr tho amount fixed by th-school th-school authorities which Is In addition addi-tion to the state-wide, levy of 4.G mills. Tho rate fixed In tho local lsvles varies all the way from 5.6 mills on the dollar to as high as 1 8 mills. The average citizen In the state paid In taxes lst year $l.i on each $100 of his aSbessod Valuation for the cause of education. MANY REASONS "The tabulation" t. was pointed out by E J Norton, assistant state ' superintendent of public Instruction, yeetcrday, "must be read with uncW- ! Btai 'ilng" of the local conditions. Poi example, in som() c.r tho di"trici.s i he K of this school year wo authorized i by vote of the people In the preceding ! y-.ir when It was decided that teachers were entitled o better pay than they had ben receiving. In other cases ihore wore debts left over from previous prev-ious administrations that are being cleared off and In still others tho building program is being carried out l' annual levies In accord with a definitely def-initely outlined policy and In preference prefer-ence to bOtld i.-csueM SOLVE OWN PROBLEM "The policy of the state s hool c.f-ficers c.f-ficers was defined last week by tho state board of education. It was to tho effect that each school district hat Its own financial problems to solve, but that each should make a more careful examination of its expenses to determine de-termine where any posslblo reduction may bo made, and to stop all waste and uneconomical expenditure." In the following tabulation th local school levy in ench district is sin . tho amount of the tax produced therefrom, there-from, if every uorson assessed pay his laxo."- nnd tinulh the- average per capita cap-ita of school population produced 1 such revenue from local taxes It must be remembered that In eaoh cac Che state theoretically will add $23 to the per capita tax riven, although duo to exigencies of collection this money may be reduced to about $L'-1 LOCAL SCHOOL LEVY If" 2 1 local Per capita' school Amount from District levy- of tax local tax Alpine ...... 9.3 $ 1 62.776 18.76 Beaver 14 4 104,n81 70.57 BOH Elder .. 6.7 l't8,382 4 4 5 7 2c 195.712 36.56 1 Carbon .60 1 70.2F. 7 39 90 DafrRett . 6,6 8,802 31 75 1 DaViS 6.4 126,222 33 81 Duchesne .... 8.6 48,51 9 10 99 Emory '10.0 102, 8o2 42 S3 Qarfleld . . 12.U 38,861 20 94 Grand 8.85 40,075 82 63 Granite 10 6 423,081 76. ,4 Iron 0.2 71,802 44 68 Jordan I 336,672 72 6X Jjb 5.5 46 629 36 88 Kft"? 18.6 40.322 62.04 Millard 7.H 147,088 46 VI Morgan ..... 8.u 44.840 .7 1: Nb 8.: 242,1 88 46.1;:. North Sanpete 9.9 87.379 3o 3 1 N- Summit .11 ii 67,666 88 31 Park City . . 7.7 39 81 1 47 90 PI"te 9.0 L'6,505 33.26 Rich 6 5 21,877 37 Ul Ban Juan ... 8.6 21,583 23 16 Sevier 6.3 89,209 23 79 .South Sanpeto 6.7 53.883 20 fil I South Summit 12.0 r Jjf ;j( Tlr lc 12.0 90.760 66 04 Tooele 6.3 125.276 61 96 Uintah io.O 77,238 86 4fl Hatch .... 9.0 68 070 86 58 , IVashinrton 10.& 33 492 35 81 Wayne .90 10.2 16 18.6G weber 7.95 1 ? 1 .oft c 46 69 (Salt Iake City 8 5 1.646 981 65 j'Jfc'den 9.45 371,333 41 S" Provo ...... .10.0 87.468 26 3b ! Lpfan ll.fi 80,785 26 85 Mirrav 1M6 56,428 38 44, Total or av 8.64 $5 876,655 $44 SO |