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Show STATE'S TAXES ARE MILLION OVER I m I TltK.SK.NT Mail TltOMX UTAH 8 oBH hnm:h om: HI Carlioa Count) With An AsH-mmrnl LH ritxc In l'lftecii Millions or Dollar II C'onlrlhiiliti Morn Than tllguty BLllI Tlim Tlioiionnil Dollarxlinicrj'ii BKifl Mmrc In I,oi TIiiiii Hair Tills Sum. fcM Tnxwi to be paid Into the stale RkH treasur) for tin llscal )eor 1917 b HH rountleti of Utah will run nenrly $1,- LVH 000,000 more than 1916 The total for kaH 1917 I $2,869,310 8(, n against 81.- 990,681 13 for 1916 In the tnxen us- 81 scKSed iignlnst tin Iwent) -eight coun- HH Hi of the state I'tnh hn estnbllsbeil SHU tin bet rnord for mrlpt elnte ihH statehood The )enr 1916 vvn mark- BflH ed u reenrilhriwhir but thn rrtord of HI that )or I far txteedid In Ihe year Mil Just closed This, necordlug to Hlnto iB(l Auditor Joseph Itlrle I due to u morn Ml equal method of taxation emplo)fd In RHtl the past two )enr than lx fore the klkkl )iar 1916 In 1916 the new law, due H to the drnstli ihangr It ri quired In H tho method of assessing, did not work H n smoothly iim In thn last )ear, when nil the Intrlrnte detail of thn mart- ment wini worked out to perfection B In the )car 1915 tho total amount col- H letted b) thi) state In tnxis wua II.- H The tnxr are divided nmonr lliu state, state si hoots, state bounty, statu road nnd npprnprlnllon fund fur dl- B burst ment. The new state assessment law required a tax of five mill, whlln j In 1916 Ihe tax wn 4 4 mill. Thn j law nlso compels assessment on it full IB valuation system Not alt tho money duo the statu on tnxe ha Ik-ci re- ' turned to the state treasur) a yl, iH them tx-lng it different o of several hundred thousand dollar outstanding H when thn treasurer fiscal year sum- mnry was made up at Ihe tloso or No- v ember These money nrn romlng in l gradually and the balance should bn iM murly cm ned whin the year 191V H opens. The count) figure for 1(17 nnd 1910 urn given H |