Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-03
COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAX
Rates OF Each Are Materially Re-
duced-Substantial Increase
In Assessable Basis.
CLIPS IOc FROM GENERAL RATE
And Fourteen Cents From School
Figures es-New Assessment Exceeds
Old By Over Six Million Dollars.
Contract For New Road In Fifth
District At Last Awarded.

contract FOR New Road In Fifth
District AT Last Awarded.
Based upon the material increase
in the new taxable basis of the coun-
ty, as shown by the result of the re.
cent General Assessment made in
accordance with an act of the Legis.
lature, the County Commissioners
were enabled to make a gratifying
reduction in the tax rate for this
year. The new rate which was fixed
at special meeting called on Friday
last, is so cents on the S100, COM
pared to 62 cents, which was the rate
for last year.
Because of few minor errors in
the figures of assessment, the lew
will not be published until next week.
However, the figures will show an in
crease of over six millions of dollars
compared to the assessment for last
year. The new assessment will ex-
ceed $40, 900, 900, whereas the figures
of the old assessment were SI4,1O4.-
706. The Board also reduced the rate
of the school tax from SO to % cents
on the $100, this including the follow
ing appropriations for new school
buildings and furnishings at the fol-
lowing places:
Pasadena, Omar, GambriIIs, Camp
Parole, Mount Calvary, Bristol and
McKendree, $500 each, and $3.50 for
the colored school at Shady Side. max
ing a total of SIS, $50. To this amount
is added $1,000 for repairs to build
ings, making total of $3.50. This
amount added to the other funds from
the general levy, viz $3S, $50, makes
a total of SAT, TAO, available for school
purposes.
The rate of the road tax in the diff
ferent districts was fixed as follows ::
First district, "A cents on the SlOO;
Second district, "a; Third district, SO;
Fourth district, 81; Fifth district, 80; !;
Eighth district, 81.
That the assessment in this county
should show such substantial in
crease is due primarily to the land
booms in some of the districts, notab-
ly the river front property on the Sew
ern, located in the Second and Third
districts, and in the Fifth district,
contiguous to Baltimore city. Not
only have land values in these sections
greatly increased, but in recent years
many costly houses have been erected
along the river and others are going
up all the time.
Also at the special meeting of the
Board on Friday last, the offer of ex-
pert accountant Rodgers to open the
new system of books for the Treas
urer's office was accepted. Two hun
dred dollars is the amount to be paid
Mr.. Rodgers for this work.
At the meeting on Tuesday the
Board cleared up number of other
details in connection with the assess
ment, settling various bills, etc.
These included the per diem salaries
of the members of the board, sitting
as Board of Control and Review, and
other assistants connected with that
body, the payments representing an
outlay of more than $1,000. Including
the salaries of the men employed to
do the actual assessment work, the
new assessment cost the county some
thing like $4,000.
Receiving a bid that approached the
amount estimated by the County En-
gineer for doing the work, the Board
awarded to Mr.. H. E. Gray the con-
tract for constructing a new spur of
road in the Fifth district. The road
in question runs from First street to
Pennington avenue, in Brooklyn, the
distance being about mile. 1t is to
be constructed jointly by the State
and the county, one-half being paid by
the State and the other half coming
from the Fifth district road fund.
The awarding of the contract to Mr..
Gray is subject to the approval of the
State Roads Commission. Mr.. Gray's
bid was SIS, 326.O7.
Messrs. John A. Crosby. C. n.
Prout and ]. w. Trott, who were ap-
pointed commission to consider the
advisability of constructing a county
wharf in Rockhold creek, in the Eighth
district, reported unfavorably upon
the project, and the Board adopted
the report.
The Board received from Mrs. Lu-
bers the deed of strip of land in
the Fourth district, which the coun-
ty needed for the construction of a
new road leading to Woodwardsville.
This removes every obstacle that
stood in the way, so that the county
may now go ahead with the work on
the road.
Upon the certificates of insanity
from Drs. Collinson and Henkle, Sam
uel Tagg, colored, was committed to
Montevue Hospital for treatment at
the expense of the county; also upon
the certificates of Drs. Collinson and
Cawood, Adeline Casey, coIored, was
committed to the same institution.
The following receipts were record
ed: Justice John N. Davis. collee-
tions from fines, s62.5; Justice w. D.
K. Lee, same, $500; Justice John E.
Potee, same, sS4.25; Justice E. F.
Joyce, same, s1450; R. T. Williams.
refund of amount paid for burial of
pauper, same having been paid bv
family, $40; Edward B. Watts, refund
on account in error of road bill. Dis
trict 4, $3.50; A. L. Harman. same.