Evening journal., 1922-06-02
TAX RATE
IN kent COUNTY
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tricts for capitation. real and per
sonal property:
First district. capitations. 1881;
real estate value. s2.sO2,720;. per-
sonal property value. $13s,57. Total,
| S2.941,196.
Second district-sO9 capitations,
real S3,254,s75; personal, S170,757.
Total. SO, ,425. .6S2.
Third district-43 capitations;
real. S2,327.49S; personal, $2O5,s44.
Total. $2,533,437.
Fourth district-Capltation 644;
real. S1.sO2.242; personal, s163,1Os.
Total. S2.O65,S51.
Fifth district-Capitatio 1909;
real. SS,414,5O5; personal, $Ss,745.
Total. S3,454,25O.
Sixth district-Capitatio 629;
real, S1,611.267; personal, s177,es5.
Total. S1,7ss.ss2.
Seventh district-Capitation $40;
real, $2.713,615; personal, S1O4,s46.
Total. S2,s1S,461.
Eighth district-Capitation sos;
real. s2.4O4,4OO; personal. s24,s75.
Total. S2.52e,375.
Ninth district-Capitatio 1892;
real, $2,6sO.O41; personal, SlsS,264.
Total. s2s7S,sO5.
Tenth district-Capitation s51;
real, $2,35s.462; personal, $135,445.
Total, s2.494,eO7.
Total capifations. sO7s. Total
real value, s25.4sO.62O. Total per-
sonal value. S15.442.5s. Grand total,
s26,s24,s7s.
The budget for the year as pre-
pared by the Court on the above as
sessment is based on the following
for each district, at the rate OF So
cents for all districts. except the
Sixth district where the rate is fixed
at 66 cents.
First district. s1e,117 with cap
itation tax aggregate S20,1ss.7s;
second, S22.266.61 with capitation.
S23.O75.61: third, s16.467.34, with
capitation. s17.31O.34; fourth, si3.-
4247s. with capitation S14,06S.7s;
firth s22,452.63. with capitation,
S23.661.63: sixth. s1,s07.15, with
capitation S12.436.15; seventh. s1s.-
$4,000 with capitation s19.23O.00;
eighth, S16,440.94, with capitation
s17.34594: ninth. S1S,676.4s, with
capitatlon s19,76s.4s: tenth district
S16,216.9O with capitation w.
1920. Total. S1S4.s63.62.
Balance General Fund December
1. 1921. $27.991.92; Special fund,
December 1. 1921. s9,2s0.46; es-
timated Receipts county offices,
S21. 100000; miscellaneous receipts
$4,000. From State Treasurer Mo
thers' Pension. $1,000: Good Roads
Fund. $4,000; total Of s15,000.OO,
making a grand total Of S25s.5S6
revenue expected for the next fiscal
year.
The rate Is as follows: so cents
on 500 for general purposes in
cludlng sinking fund; 10 cents, road
purposes: and s cents, special
road purposes.
The expenditure OF the budget Is
apportioned as follows;
General fund. s1O1.563; General
Road Fund. $4,000: Special Road
Improvement fund, $4,000; Bonded
Indebtedness Fund. 100000; Poor
Fund appropriation, $4,000; out
standln Warrant Fund. $1,000; Wit
ness and Jury Fund, $4,000. MAX
inc a total OF s259,536.
The county officers submitted their
reports for the month OF May, the
following collections: Prothonotary
Ridgely, s166.11; Clerk OF Peace
Hevd. SIG; Register OF Wills. Willis.
s4621.sS; Recorder OF Deeds. ST.
Ooo.50.
Under the new law for the col
lection OF deliquent taxes. the Court
is authorized TO appoint special
constable for this purpose. Arthur
7 Kingsbury. OF Dover. a former
Kent County Constable was appoint
ed nv the Court. The Court auth
or,zed a loan of $4,000 from the
Farmers Bank to tide over the run
ming OF the County Government un-
ri the taxes are paid which VIII
be within a month.
Scott and Wells were awarded the
contract to build the crossing at
harrington their bid being So
S06.62.
County Engineer Gooden was in
structed to prepare plans for sluice
bridge at Leispic.
The question of salaries OF clerks
in the county offices which has oc-
cupied the attention of the Levy
Court for many months. was dis
cussed and the following resolution
adopted:
Resolved. That beginning with