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Show Utah County Citizens to 1 Resort to Supreme Court In Valuation Fight Upwards of 200 American Fork and vicinity taxpayers yesterday voted to resort to the Supreme court of Utah to ascertain if the State Tax Commissioners have the authority au-thority to raise the 1937 assessed valuation of improvements in the face of protests of county commissioners, commis-sioners, the county assessor and taxpayers tax-payers themselves. This action came when it was definitely ascertained at the Provo meeting Thursday that the State. Tax Commission would not yield in the matter., and after prolonged ar? gument. and questions on the matter had been flung back and forth. County taxpayers contended that improvement valuations in the smaller smal-ler cities and communities should not be as high as in the largest cities of the state, while the tax commission holds that these values should be exactly the same in all general locations, regardless of the size of the community or location and that the difference in assessed value will be made up through the difference in value of the lot or farm on which the improvements are located. The meeting was directed by Frank Snelley of American Fork. L. M. Atwood, county assessor; Howard How-ard Leatham, of the state tax commission, com-mission, and County Attorney Arn-ald Arn-ald Roylance, discussed the numerous numer-ous phases of Uie question at issues. Numerous taxpayers asked pointed questions on the matter. On Wednesday, another group of Alpine,' Highland and American Fork property owners protested the elevation of the 1937 assessments. Clifford E. Young, former state senator, and Frank G. Shelley, chairman chair-man of the Utah County Farm bureau bu-reau tax committee, both from American Fork, and Mayor John Wnitby of Alpine, were spokesmen for this group. Hearings for other groups of Utah county will be heard during the balance bal-ance of the week. |
