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Show Collecting County Tan Costs Were $1 0,594.1 9 Cost of assessing and collecting taxes in Duchesne County the past year amounted to $10,594.19, according ac-cording to reports compiled by the county clerk's office. This cost was listed by Porter L. MerrelL county clerk, at $5,785.92 for the first half of the year and $4,-808.27 $4,-808.27 for the last six months of 1954. The cost is calculated on the basis of county warrants issued is-sued to the county treasurer, county assessor, their deputies and assistants, Mr. Merrell explained. ex-plained. Total cost tallied for the assessor's as-sessor's department for the year was $5,629.19 and $4,965.00 for the treasurer's office. In 1953, cost of assessing and collecting taxes was $10,297.56, with $5,535.90 charged to the assessor as-sessor and $4,761.66 charged to the treasurer. Various taxing units participated participat-ed in the cost of assessing and collecting taxes for operation and maintenance of the taxing units. For 1954, under this share-cost basis, Duchesne paid $303.71; My-ton, My-ton, $104.49; Roosevelt, $1,-208.10; $1,-208.10; Tabiona, $9.49; Altamont, $10.52 (for last six month's report re-port of costs.) The local school district's share of this cost, calculated on its 20.00 mill levy was $4,914.56. Under a new Utah law, this was the first time the school district had been required to share in the cost apportionment ap-portionment of assessing and collecting col-lecting taxes. Cost share of the uniform local levy for the first half of 1954 was $645.82, also paid through the local district, and the state school levy, $438,68, remitted re-mitted by the state treasurer to the county clerk. These levies were not calculated for the second half of 1954, inasmuch as these two levies were not set in the 1954 levy schedule. Apportionment of the cost to the State of Utah for special taxes on livestock is listed as $268.09. This amount represents $10936 for bounty; $43.50, for predatory animal control; $90.65, for brands inspection; $24.58, tuberculosis and Bang's disease. Taxes charged to the treasurer for collection on the 1954 assessed evaluation amounted to $315,-201.17. |