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JState s Highway Maintenance a'frd Construction Fund.
Taxes were collected on 253,196,485 gallons of automotive fuels for June, a decrease of 10.7 million gallons from May, and a decrease of 23.5 million gallons compared to June 1978.
Hill indicated that the decrease in collections from May to June reflects the cutbacks in gasoline allocations to the state during those months.
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