Show iron county to pay less state taxes seduction reduction brought about largely by business administration of governor blood valuation of county shows increase iron countes Coun tys property tax payers payer will pay less to the state ut ur utah for 1936 than in 1936 1935 as a result 0 of the tax reduction accomplish ed by the present state administration according to data compiled by the state tax commission this Is a decrease ot of per cent this means that iron county property owners will pay to the state only and that money will be entirely tor for district and high school purposes practically all ot of this money will be returned in the form of district and high school funds and for equalizing equaling education al opportunities the state district school fund is distributed to the i various school districts on the basis of if III 25 tor for each person of school age residing in the district in 1935 the property taxpayer ot of this county paid the decrease in the state tax lax bill was brought about largely by the business administration ol of governor henry H blood under whose direction the state general fund levy was eliminated entirely while support for education was extended and at the same time property taxpayers were given relief this reduction throughout the state of utah will result in a decrease of in the property proper ty tax bill to be paid to the state government ern ment in 1935 1936 the total property taxes charged tor for all state purposes was in 1936 the total la Is a decrease de trease 0 of per cent I 1 this saving to the taxpayer payer was ejected in spite ot of t the ke tact fact that property tax revenues have been materially lower than they were a few years ago and in spite of the tact that the state has been forced to meet many extraordinary expenses in addition to this the state bonded debt has been reduced by nearly A year ago the property owners of this county contributed to the state general fund this year they will contribute nothing last lait year they paid to the state district school fund this year they will pay last year they paid 1616 to the state slate high school fund this year they will pay 1679 last year they paid into the state school equalization fund this year they will pay a slight alight increase provided for by statute but which will be returned to districts requiring aid iron county therefore will not contribute a single penny ol of its general property tax to the state general fund which goes to support the offices and functions at the state capitol which includes the governors office als office secretary of states office state school office public utilities commission industrial commission and such institutions na AS I 1 the prison mental hospital training school junior colleges university of utah state agricultural col loge lege state school for the deaf and blind the industrial school district I 1 courts and other state agencies au an increase of is noted in the dihe valuation of property dri iron county in 1935 the valuation total I ed in 1936 the valuation Is |