| Show state of utah has decreased taxes tabulation shows the dec 1939 jan feb 1940 UTAH TAXPAYER is just off he press this number deals la largely with the out outstanding standi ng debts of the axing units of utah it should be of great value to both taxpayers and officials off ician f for or detailed tables a show the comparative bond bon situation of every taxing un t of the state chies towns school districts and counties counti cs for june 30 1930 and 1939 the tables show that 9 of the 29 of utah are entirely free from debt and that the total county bonds outstanding has been reduced from to in the period under review with school districts also a substantial reduction has been made the figures being respectively and while the debts of the school districts has been reduced by nearly 2 21 1 million dolla dollars rs in the ten year period they have spent over 13 million 1 dollars for capital improvements and have also spent for debt service bond interest and bond retirement in that time the cation points out that the municipalities unlike the state the coun coultas tAs and the school district have matei i illy increased their bond obligations despite the large grants granis made by the federal government overn ment in many cass cases the increase may be largely attributed to the desire to obtain gift gife denues ra denues for special aal improvements tables show the actual conditions in all incorporated comm communities enties of the ithe state the publication calls attention to the fact that while in 1922 the perk per capita bonded debt of utah wis was this has now been reduced to but in which fact the citizens may well take I 1 pride |
