The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-22
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET
ALL DEMANDS IN THE LEVY
FOR OPERATION OF PUB
Lie AFFAIRS.

The Board of County Commission
ers on Tuesday levied $4,000 for the
maintenance and support of the
schools of Garrett county during the
school year 1920-1921. The Budget
of the County Board of Education as
submitted requested S120,500. In adj
dition to the 100000 provided for
maintenance, $20,604O4 was levied
for permanent improvements which
have already been made. For further
information, see the County levy as
published in this issue of The Repub-
lican.
In April, 1919, $4,000 was levied
for maintenance and support of the
schools during 1919-1920, there being
an increase accordingly of S31 900 for
the same purpose for the next year
year. The whole of this increase
united with the States share will be
available next year to teachers of
the county as salaries to them. The
county tax rate for schools goes from
AZ 1-9 cents to II 1850 cents for all
purposes for schools, an increase for
schools of about 291a cents; the county
tax rate increases "a cents, or from
SLAP to S166. Accordingly, the
schools have secured more than the
total of the increase in the county
rate by about 512 cents.
This increase in funds is wonder
full and decisive victory for the schools
and the cause of education in Garrett
county. The whole of educational
work of teachers rises to a higher
plane The community can rejoice as
educational work goes forward little
by little. The new Statewide sal
airy scale for teachers can be carried
now without question, and provision
has been made for many other forms
OF school improvement that have not
been possible heretofore.
The members of the County Board
of Education, Mr.. Frank E. Rathbun,
superintendent. Miss Edna Marshall,
supervisor of schools, and all others
who so earnestly gave their assistance
in making the campaign a success
are to be commended. The campaign
was only made a success by faithful,
untiring, hard work, lasting for many
months, and now that their tasks are
accomplished the county as a whole
can feel grateful to them for the fact
that Garrett county will have schools
that will be credit to it. The cam
paign consisted of a series of news
items appearing in the county papers
every week for many months: the
Educational Sunday; the Pageant.
and various other forms of publicity
to the needs.
The County Commissioners, collec-
lively and as individuals, are to be
congratulated and commended for
having taken this forward step in the
of rNI1hlio /
by their action, however. be subject
to some adverse criticism, but it will
not come from the true friends of
EDUCATION nor from the boys and girls
OF the county who are soon to be the
men and women of the county. The crit
les VIII be those in great measure who
value a dollar paid in taxes as be-
ing far above good citizenship and
intelligence.
In addition to providing, adequately
for the schools the Commissioners are
commended for their liberality for
public roads and in appropriating a
fund sufficient to discharge every debt
owed by the county with the exception
of $500 due in 1922 to the Tioga Tan
ming Company for that amount, pay
able without interest, which was ad-
vanced to the Board of School Com
missioners for the purpose of erect
ing, and equipping the Hutton school
building.
The Commissioners also provided
salaries for the outgoing as well as
the new States Attorneys; a sum ia
excess. on account of the increased
tax rate, of 5000 for the County Treas
urer's Office was also provided as
we'll as nearly $4,000 in excess of
last years appropriation for public
and badly-needed bridges in various
parts of the county.
Taken as whole the Commission
ers acted wisely and well, keeping
ever before them in their delibera
tons of a hard weeks work the well