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Show TAX ON GASOLINE MAY NOT BE LEVIED SALT LAKE, Nov. 17. No consid-'erahle consid-'erahle gasoline tax is to be levied due to th failure of the constitutional amendment at the recent election, according ac-cording to William Bailey, chairman !of the stale board of equalization und of the state commission on tax revision. revi-sion. l the same time he admits that the problem of maintenance of state road ID Qtah is becoming a serious one. and he quotes estimates that fGOu.OOO an-nu an-nu .lly Is a minimum requirement for maintenance of the federal highway Bvstem in Utah, if the roads are to be maintained properly. The lax commission had practically agreed that. If the constitutional amendment referred to should pass, It would submit to the next legislature legisla-ture a proposal that the ad valorem, personal property tax. on automobiles j should bo abolished. This eould be done it property could be classified As the constitution remains, however, all property of whatever kind and Wherever found, with certain limited exceptions which do not Include automobiles, auto-mobiles, must bear Its share of lb'-taxes, lb'-taxes, proportionate to Its value. Ibis mi me that the personal property tax etands. |