Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-25
AUDITORS REPORT.
IA, losu 7. Gaines Statement OIL
Uah's Finance"
:, txulrsryE DOcUALNE
.,,,,, on the Question Of Taxes
''I Resource. and LI'O'II'I''-h"''
valuable Information

rliswIng IL q tynop'" " 80, 40.
f, ..no,, Of Hon. JOnn l. Game nv
n.,l' si no d accounts Of Utah ,, for
dllot o. ,se5 no to and including Dec
ls'' year last named. IL was
'ls . ., ,as /, Governor Wells last oy'n,
ia0"'' .rew,,hs assessed valuation o.
int ' 70, 1894 10 have been ssS'oOS,'
p I,,o naltas amount Of tax 70 nn,'
.'','' . . additional A''e''.
0'su ,.n,r,,i alter the aijoutnmen'
n'Ds :. ,.,,,torlal board Of squA''
.,,sysd valuation tl'V.'
-" ,msunt OF tax sSso'SO.
Wv .a,,unts added TO the Assessed
l u', reported 70 the TERRITORIAL
'a,n ., equailAIlon make The 'o'N
vs." y.lustion Of the taxable
s,,ss,ty oi the lerfitofy
il., .sl Sf 1854, s3e,Ba2iooS'iO' lS'.,
,'..,,,,,iaI slI tuintJriAl uls.I'os
ss'i tx slg5. 4l4..5. Ihls u
tnV,, "A nom, ,iu .5sessed vaiua'lOh
I H,1s5f ot sl5.l3l. $500 anu hcohss-
80 REDUCTION VI revenue a. cum
qu 'op Vim tDat year ul al, lo9V'
,,vrrv.,ttos AND AuItrMESrs.
-, Avs az 20
b,1gei janitorial por,
u9a Of COMPENSATION
ii county AtsthanlA
"a go' , ,ss elll ,y' 5 ss,5iG q
uftHft fgulilautNa auN
a5aiemona MADE ny
e8u u boards ult guAi'
l,l.9n ana w 'ouA" 6.s5s uS aslt %
iIel,sgl q
1'stfigt school fund.- Ai.il9t -
ssrsfAl territorial iuhd als9A'' s,s. 90, A
Asr.ed valuation Of the Iefti1ory Tor
1895 was ig7, 1888, 625; amou"t VI TX
,isgelI0g; aJiiliOnai assessed N.lus-
vsr' al. SiB; am0uot Of tax, s4U7.1s.
Tbs,s nmounla added 10 tue picoc.-
loo make lhu total RttUtso1 Vniuauou
Al brotsfty IN the Territory SOD.
ull and Inc total Territorial nuu lsrf-
igtl,I district school tAx 500, S2O.lO.
Tbls Shove ialling Oh iipm lue AS
iaisi Valuations Of lhu yoIr 1893 and
1884 aud consequent REDUCTION OF
revenue from taxauvn, hs iolo"t'
r,u Aus,smenL Amount ofTaI
id uSllt.sig y Nls,s1i u
ia, asfsLeJ " tl-,tlt ~
It,revsrue of isJi thus failing
IL What " lt9,...,,..s.,..-t tt,oN2
Bt0N tnat OF tsi.'a........'''.. b'Ves 10
Amount o delinquent Territorial
snd Territorial distinct school taxes Of
lssBAui 1894, dus from counties Dec.
Bl,l, 1885, Sll,74l24.
Amount Of Territorial aHd Terri
tgflll district school tax due from c.un-
tles December 81, 1895, S08, 1925.
The compensation for assessing and
Collecting the 1885 tax and the amount
oiemit,anco Eud ATTACHMENTS made by
county boards is estimated At $50. $50,
Of which there has been allowed aud
credited 10 osrlAin counties on the
books Of this office s2l, SS5.07, leaving
q balance 10 10 adjusted SIS, il493.
Should tbls full amount DO allowed II
will reduce tho balance due from
counties on 1896 tax 10 s79,s0I32.
No credit Tor compensation haa been
given 10 Salt lake or Weber cOuntie,
81 question has arisen IA to what
piopotIlon Of the compensation the
fsfnlofy should allow for assessing
and collecting IL tax In counties in
which cities Of the hrst and second
class ate situate.
oAsE on SALT LAKE CoUaTY.
The amour, Of Territorial aud dr.
1iiel school tax ASSESSED anu the COM
Ishtallon charged the Territory for
istssing ana collecting the came In
dlasisnt years lie As follows
-. Compensation