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BOND ISSUE ENDORSED
Citizens From all Parts of County
Behind Proposition TO Float
Loan of $35O,O0O for
Roads and Schools

Roads and Schools
Without dissenting voice cltlzens
from ali parts of Dorchester, assem-
bled Tuesday afternoon in the Cir
cult Court, put themselves on rec
ord as favoring a bond issue OF $780,
900 for school buildings, roads and
bridges. Of this amount it was es-
timateu that $150,000 would be
spent for new school buildings,
bridge over Cambridge Greek, set
Gown as an absolute necessity, 1t was
thought would cost $4,000, While
the remainder of the money would
go to repair bridges and join with
the Nation and State in Compre-
hensive plan for the construction OF
improved highways.
Mr.. Luke X. Hackett, president OF
the Board of County Commissioners
called the meeting to order and sta
ted it's object. He stated that when
the County borrowed $4,000 few
years ago, it was expected that all
debts would be paid, but that float
ing Indebtedness of $4,000 remain
co.
Col. Albanus Phillips was chosen
chairman. Col. Phillips said that it
is a hard time to get things done,
but that it is no time to stop work.
Schools, he said are the first need OF
county and both they and the roads
must be taken care of, a bond issue
being the only way to do 1t, as 1t
J would be too hard on the tax payers
, to raise the entire amount at once
by a levy. He read statement show
ing that many of the counties have
determined to issue bonds in large
| amounts.
County Superintendent, James b.
! Noble was the next speaker. He SAID
| that if any bond issue is justifiable
| one for school buildings is for they
who will eventually pay the bill reap
| the benefit while in the case of roads
| and bridges built with bonds, the
fathers get the benefit and the chill
dren pay the bill. He said that
S15O,00O had been discussed as the
amount to be secured. Imperative
additions to Hurlock High School he
estimated will cost $4,000. A High
School building is needed in Cam
bridge and will cost probably $780,
600, the cost of construction being
greatly reduced by the sale of the
waterfront property on which the
present building stands. Some $780,
600 would be left for repairs and
painting needed by one and two
} room rural schools of which there
! are over a hundred. The need oil
J additional space at Hurlock is press
ing and four rooms should be added
The Cambridge High School build
! ing, he said, is the most poorly equiv
ped of it's kind in the state and it is
due the people of Cambridge to give
them a modern, commodious build,
ing especially in view of the large
number Of children who come il
from the county which makes it {
, County matter. Teachers salaries
. he said are provided for in Governor
Ritchie's budget. The amount to Dc
raised in Dorchester to meet the
. State on a fifty-ffty basis will raise
I the tax rate ten to fifteen cents. Mr.
Noble quoted statistics to show thai
. Dorchester stands Goth among the
counties of Maryland in the tax lev
led for school purposes there bein!
nineteen which have higher rate
!: He said that a colored school buiId
ing is needed at Vienna for which
the colored people have raised $35t
I and to which the ROsenwald funt
will give $3.50 more.
Mr. Charles N. Spence spoke of thu
: crowded condition of the school a