Show power firm s tax rebates aid farmers salt lake city nov 24 irrigation farmers in iron county who ha purchase power from the dix dixie power company to pump their water supply will receive back 34 percent of their power bills it developed monday when the state tax commission figured out the tax bill ol of the power company the total refunds or credits will be on that part of its plant devoted to the development and distribution of power the power company would be expected to pay in taxes the commissioner figured on information furnished by the company dui but since per cent of its marketed power output was sold to the irrigation farmers for pumping the last legislature decided in accord with a new provision of the state constitution thit that per cent of the companas comp anys taxes would not be paid to the county treasurer in the usual manner but would be returned by the company pro rata to the farmers using pumped water it happens that about the only water pumped with energy from the dixie company is in iron county whereas the hydroelectric hydro electric development of the company is in washingto county though there is a gasoline driven generator at cedar city the effect of the new law therefore is that washington county will rot collect this month of taxes from the power company that it would have collected had the law not been passed on property of the co that is in the county and district but not in III any town or city the exemption is on oil property in la verkin town it is in st george in hurricane and on other municipalities in the county small sums cedar city also faces a heavy reduction in taxes expected from the company from to or a total of 2066 i property of the company elsewhere in iron county brings the total exemptions exemption in iron county to but as noted iron county farmers who use the power to pump water benefit in the aggregate of iron county record PT |