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Show I NO REFUND FOR PAVING WORK Mayor Francis Says State1 Went Into Contract Without Deception Ogden City is not In ft position to refund re-fund any money to the state which is claimed by the state road commission as an overcharge approximating m ly J60.000 in connection with the paving pav-ing of North Washington avenue, according ac-cording to Mavor Krank Franr" The state road commission s seeking the refund on the ground that it agreed to participate In the paving ofi an 18-foot striD. but was charaed for a portion of the entire work, inrlud-j ing engineering street intersections, and other items. Mayor Francis said today that the state entered into i h "niiat to participate par-ticipate in the paving without trickery or deception and at that time ihe con-j tract was thoroughly understood l: said that without the state nld the i Hy could not have gone ahead with the work. Furthermore. Mayor Francis said, the present c It commission Is help- less in the matter of refund tor the I assessment for the paving has already' been levied and passed upon , nd payments have been made by the ree I idents of the district. The city treasury, treas-ury, he asserted, is not in rendition to he called upon foi a drain of this sort, and the city would be unable ! pa; the amount ecn if the commission decided the refund should ty mad : Information came from Salt Lake thin morning that Harvey H Cluff, ,t-torney ,t-torney general of T'tah. li.nd rendered an opinion to the effect tha, hr State I road commission prior to 1P21. whs without power to co-operi t4 with dtlee n the construction of roads through the territory within the cities. |