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<br />A total of $1." ,7')5',71.>' ,,0.11 go to' the c'ol.'nties under the largest distribution
<br />of roact building fl:rds ev~r made in Color<:do for one hontho
<br />, In all $5,889,0'+2 ,faG OK'd to be split betHGen cHies, counties. 2nd the state
<br />Highway department by Sta',:e Trensurer Eome:c Bedford, (Pre I' $2.5 million in auto
<br />license fees helped tJ 5'Tell monthly higl:],ay use tax receipts in harch, Bedford said.
<br />A total of $3,827.2.7'1 will go to the highway Departj,lent, and $294.452 to the
<br />cities...........
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<br />Colorado income tax collections cO;ltinued to Sh01: a gain over last year but
<br />se-les taxes are ,decreClsine. a c~ording to Cl~'de r'. Fugato, revc}nue director. In-
<br />come t ax collections amounted to $2.901,94,1.2 in l:arch, an increase of 5.35); over
<br />l-iareh" 1953.
<br />Taxes coJ:lected from all sources by the de,Jart,nent amounted to $13,001.588.14,
<br />an inc~ease of ~83(),055.10 over t~le I:arch, 1953 collections. The sales tax dro~;ped
<br />to $3,:;09,,966.05, 6;; less than last year. I'lotor fuel taxes had the largest increase-
<br />12.3~. amounting to $2,309,966.05.
<br />Total collections for tbe first nine months of this fiscnl year came to
<br />$75.10'i',096.:n, an increase of $833,361.43 over the $74.107,096.37 of a comparable
<br />period lust year.........
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<br />Earl M.~ouns, former Pueblo county cm,mUssioner, organizer of the state depart~
<br />ment of public :ielfare alid director si,nce "pril 1, 1936,' died at the age of 63.
<br />Hr. Kouns suffered a' heart attack in January and Sl)ent almost two months in a
<br />hospital.
<br />A national figure in the field of public welfare, hr. Kouns' 18 years in office
<br />saw old aee pensions reach \:In all-time record of $109/month, highest in the country.
<br />Born Sept. 1, 1890, in Kansas City. j,;o., ;'.r. Kouns cmne to Colorado in 1903,
<br />and settled in Pueblo. He had been active in ?ueblo labor organizations, and serv-
<br />ed as secretary-manElger of the Pueblo labor temple.
<br />In 1933 Er. Kouns l1as elected "ueblo county cO.,.t1issioner. In July of 1935.
<br />former Gov. JoImson asked hiw. to help organize a public ~1elfare repartnent, and Hr.
<br />Kouns became its first and only director...........~..
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<br />Hae Hynes died at the age of 81; Hiss Hynes had been Denver countJ' clerk and
<br />recorder.
<br />hi.ss Hynes had '," rked for the ci.ty of Denver oyer 41 years. retiring last Dec.
<br />1, when Layor Newton had 9raised hel' service as "conscientious and ~'oyal effort".
<br />She had served as chief county clerk from 1913 to 1931, as deputy public
<br />trustee from 1931 to 1947; in 1947. Nayor 1;evlton appointed her clel'k and recorder...
<br />In liay of last year hiss Hynes Has named president of the Denver election com-
<br />mission---the first woman ever to hold that post. and one of the few non-elective
<br />com:nission members to serve <.:', head. As clerk and recorder she was automatically
<br />a member of the election commission.............
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<br />Furtherance of the proeram to promote repeal of the person",l property tax
<br />was reported as ~ sum-up of a recent meeting between Ira Van Dreal, secretary of
<br />t;'le County Assessors' ;cssociat.ion, and Layor Nel,lton.
<br />"ell "ere appointed to study methods of gaining financial support for an
<br />adver+'ising and publicity TJrograIil, as welJ as tile r,lost efficacious meth"ds of
<br />gett':.ng t"e job done"
<br />Is"ue at stake is the personaL property tax repeal, as ;Jassed by the special
<br />lAgi.sla'viive session, HCR 1. Tile issue ~I ill be placed on the November ballot for
<br />vvr,.,rs to decide vlhether they Vli1l empovrer the legislccture to abrogat& and repeal
<br />~8!'t"in parts of t"e tax.
<br />"-ssessors have been in opposition to the tax for SOl,le time.........
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