Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Commissioners Fix General Tax at
$1.O7, But It Will Be Higher
in Eight Districts.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Speclal Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 20-The
county commissioners have fixed the
general county tax rate at $1.O7. This is
the highest within the history of the
county. and exceeds the rate of last year
by 10 cents. Because of bond issues for
road improvements the rate for eight
districts will range from S1.O9 to $130.
as follows: Gaithersburg, s1.09; Darnes-
town and Bethesda, $1.16; Rockville and
olney. SLIT: Colesville, $1.1s; Wheaton.
81. 13: Potomac. $1.3O The state tax rate
is the same as last year. 81 cents.
The big increase in the rate is due to
increased appropriations for public
schools. elections, bridges. INDECENT in
sane and other expenses due to new leg
islation. The public schools will this
year receive So, 1881 81, as against 1000
last year. and this appropriation alone
necessitated an increase of 3 cents in the
tax rate. The county school commission
ers asked an appropriation or SS6oUo,
but the appropriation decided upon
makes no provision for the following
items included in the estimates Of the
school commissioners: Contingent fund,
5000: school building for Friendship
Heights, Somerset and Drummond. SJ,OOo;
colored industrial school at Sandy Spring.
Sc, 600; colored school at Linden. $500;
general equipment iuHo, %ir-Oo'
Appropriations Total $685., 515.4s.
The annual levy. which has been signed
by the county commissioners, includes
appropriations amounting to $2S5,515.4S.
the items being as follows: Almshouse,
$2.71425; attorneys s3,1I4: assessing,
S6O3.04; bonds and interest, SIS, Ioo;
bridges, $4,000; county commissioners
and clerks. So, 15O: clerk circuit court,
s1.6s22 %; drafting plats and certificates.
$500; circuit court. s6s6O; constables.
s1.25S; elections, $500: fuel, $3.50; incor-
porated towns. $3.50; induests. $92; in
digent insane, 50, 500; insolvencies, 81 500;
janitor courthouse, 5000; justices Of the
peace S623.10; local board of health.
s3.9ss IS: orphans court, 1900: printing,
S1,4J0; pauper collins, 500; sheriff's, 3d.
440.3O: public schools. ST., 293.s7; survey
ing, sos: pensions, $685.; supervisor of
assessments. $500; roads. $47,2,O; road
superintendent. 5000; Union turnpike
purchase, 5000; examiners and damages,
S1,92S; register of wills, $JS7.90; miscel-
laneous. S2,0o9.52.
the clerk of the circuit court here to
Charles August Summerlott, sixty eight
years old, and Mrs. Margueretta Finger,
aged sixty-two, and John NJ. Ferguson,
twenty-five years old, and Miss Nettie
NJ Valentine, aged nineteen, all Of Wash
ington.
The members Of the Rockville Woman s
Club are arranging to hold a kirmess on
the lawn of John L. Dawson, Thursday
evening, for the benefit of the club. Mrs.
Berry E Clark is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge.
Mrs. Elizabeth Peter, widow of William
Thomas Peter. died this morning at her
home near Bethesda, aged seyenty-six
years. She had been in poor health for
some time. Surviving her are four sons
held at clock Monday afternoon from
the residence. Burial will be In Oak Hill
cemetery Washington. Mrs. Peter was
born at Seneca, and was the last surviv-
of revolutionary war fame She was a
sister of the late George Peter Of Rock
| vile, and the late Dr. Armstead Peter OF
| Washington.
The supervisor of assessments for this
county, a position created by an act OF
| the last legislature, will be selected by
| the state tax commission from the fol-
! lowing, who have been recommended by
| the county commissioners: Richard E
| Darby, Jacob M. Allnutt, William p
| Dawson Lloyd Fawcett and Charles F.
| Brooke.
The supervisor will make recon-
menda tons to the county commission
ers concerning the assessment and re-
! assessment OIL pTUpcTty. Inc law LahSS
provision for appeals from the decisions
OF the county commissioners to the
| state tax commission.
| The recommendations for this county
were made after a stormy session OF
the ommissioners. Inasmuch as five
persons were to be recommended 1t was
| thought that each of the five county
commissioners would be allowed to
name one person. The democratic stat.
central committee, which is composed
/ of friends of Senator Blair Lee, how
ever, is understood to have feared that
Iif County Commissioner George g.
| Bradley. who is regarded as q friend OF
| the Peter faction in the country. a.
allowed 20 name a man he would be the
.-,-o 49,, oil y. the stale tax com
.s.i9a. - ..e committee submitte,