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Show Utah Cities, Counties Spend Nearly $4 Million on Local Roads Class C '(city) streets. The allocation allo-cation was upped to $972,000 for 1947 and Ho $1,328,000' for 1948. Under the 1949 law earmarking the" entire registration fee- for B and C roads, cities "&nd counties coun-ties received two and one-quarter million dollars, including distribution of the ' carry-over balance in the fund. Allocations for fiscal 1950 amount to' - $1,-638,875. $1,-638,875. ' ,. .. . .- ,.. Utah cities and counties spent I nearly four hiillion dollars for constiaiction and " maintenance of local roads'Vand streets in 1948, according to an analysis by . Utah Foundation, the nonprofit non-profit tax reseaKch agency. One-third of the amount was provided from the state motor vehicle registration fund. Counties and cities now receive, re-ceive, the entire revenue from motor vehicle licenses after costs of collection and adminis- tration of the fund are paid. From 1938 through 1946, the Legislature appropriated $800,-000 $800,-000 annually from the "plate" ntoney to local gnvernments for Class B (county) roads- and |