Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-16
RAISE SOUGHT
FOR TAX LEVY
IN THE COUNTY
County Officials Go to San
ia Fe to Request Increase
in Rate for General and
Paving Budgets.

County Treasurer Edwin +.
swope. Assessor Felipe Hubbell
and Summers Burkhart former
United States district attorney. leit
last night for Santa Fe. The mis-
sion OF the trio is to appear before
the state tax commission today ana
request an increase in the general
fund tax levy and the county ROAD
levy for Bernalillo county.
The state tax commission has SCI
the general county tax levy at
.OO072, which is a decrease OF
.O003S, or approximately one-thlru'
from the levy Of the past year,
which was .00110. The county road
levy has been decreased from
.OO11O to ,O0O56, practically loO
per cent reduction.
According TO county officials
these figures are entirely made
nuate. Moreover, they declare the
decrease has been based primarily
on n presumed balance of $4,000 in
the general county fund and $1,000
in the county road fund while, as
a matter OF fact, these balances do
not exist, according to the county
figures.
No General Fund Balance.
Instead of a balance of $4,000 in
the general county fund, the fig
ures show there will be no balance.
AS an actual fact it will be shown
that the county has not met eX-
penses this year, though the year
will he finished with closer to an
even balance than has been shown
any year previous to this.
The state tax commission figures
that with the $4,000 balance in the
general fund a levy of .00072 will
be sufficient. Interest on deposits
for full amount would produce
S3.S79.GO. Licenses issued would
raise S40O more. Yet even with
the $4,000 allowed the county
would have an allowance Of less
than $4,000 q month for running
expenses, which would be entirely
insufficient. without that amount,
with 95 per cent collections at the
.00072 rate the amount of the
general fund would be only $16,-
1872, which would be less than
1,400 a month,
Basing their figures on the pre-
sumed $4,000 balance in the coun-
ty road fund. the state tax commits,
sion figures $12.7S0.44 will be
raised at the .00056 rate. How
ever, the estimate Of $4,000 as OF
January I, 1923, available for the
fund will not be available. This is
due to the fact that the board OF
county commissioners have sci
aside for the federal aid project on
East Central avenue.
The state commission further
figures on raising $4,000 on T. q So
per capita road tax. while 1t is fig
ured 5000 will be raised from the
forest reserve. Delinduent taxes
are figured to add $65S.5S. This
would bring the total to $25, ,639.O2
Budget Submitted.
The budget submitted by the
county has provided for $4,000 t.
handle the county road depart.
ment for 1928. This is $4,000 less
than tho budget provides for 1922
| Thus, the state tax commission
! figures would be adequate II the
estimated $4,000 balance was. avail
able. Without this sum. however
the levy of .00056 is inadequate.
The county officials will ask tha'
the levy be set at 0009 for tht
county general fund, instead of al
! .00072. This will still be n reduc
tion OF .0002 in the tax rate from
last year. And even If it is grant
ed it will demand the exercise O.
I the greatest economy by the new
county commission to meet ex
| penses.
It will be necessary to raise tn,
county road tax levy from .0005t
to .000S to meet requirements. I
! It is granted 1t will mean that tn,
rate has still been reduced 900;
from last year.