Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-06-13
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The coanty Levy.

At their meeting on June 3rd. the
County Commissioners signed the levy and
fixed the county tax rate for the ensuing
year. beginning July 1. 1924. The total
county rate was fixed at Sis on each 500
on assessed real and tangible personal
property
The principal items Of the levy are as
follows
Attorneys $4.060. assessing $500,
bridges SIG. $50. bonds and interest $780,
366.26. eierk Of court $2.4i6.75. circuit
court expenses $500. County Commits
siOners and clerks $4,000. county treas
ures and assistants 5000. county home
$500. elections $4,000. fuel $500,
INDECENT insane Sl3, 500. insoIvencies and
attachments $4,000. incorporated towns
and special tax areas 81, 800. janitos
court house $3.50. juvenile court 81 500.
jail warden 5000. jail expenses $1,000.
local and State board Of health S2.645.
Law library $500. farm bureau 1920.
Maryland training school SLIPS. orphans
court $3.50. pauper collins $495. printing
Sl.450. public schools (maintensnce) $246.-
0i5. pensions 81 .l04. district roads SGT .22i
general roads $4,000. opening and re-
locating roads $4,000. Register Of Wills
$230ii. removed court cases $3.50. sheriffs
$7,596. supervisor Of assessments $500.
taxes in error $406. tuberculin testing Of
cattle $1,000. road machinery $1,000.
home demonstration work $1,000. fire de-
partments 5000. premiums on treasurer,
assistants and clerks bonds $760. Ivakota
farm for girls 500.
OF the total rate Of $l.l5. SIS cents is for
school purposes and 81 cents for general
county purposes.
The taxable basis Of Montgomery county
for 1924 is now $47.459.870. or an in
crease over that Of 1928 Of Sass. 095.
There has been decrease in the amount
Of assessed securities Of $96.lS5. the pres
ent basis on this class Of property being
$6.430.270. Securities bear a fat county
rate Of 80 cents. and State rate Of IS
cents on each 500.
Over 80 per cent Of the increase In the
taxable basis comes from the districts sd-
jaceni to the District Of Columbia.
In addition to the regular county tax
rate. in the following. special road rate
is imposed this year. as heretofore. TO meet
the principal and interest on bonds here
tofore assessed for special road improve
ments 10 these districts:
First election. Laytonsville district. lc.
Third election. PooIesville district. 13c
Fourth election. Rockville district. 15c.
Fifth election, CoIesvilIe district, i2c.
Sixth election. Jamestown district. 16c.
Seventh election. Bethesda district, &c.
Eighth election. olney district. llc
Ninth election. Gaithersburs district. 12c.
Tenth election. Potomac distr ct. Ice.
Eleventh election. GAINESVILLE district. Sc.
Thirteenth election. Wheaton dis. lac
Village Of Woodmont, 56c
The above rates and the county rate
remain the same as last year with the
exception Of decrease in the fifth, eighth
and tenth election districts and in the vii
laee Of Woodmont.
The special tax area rates requested by
the Citizens Associations OF the various
areas. to furnish funds for local expendi-
lures. are as follows:
Section 2. Chevy Chase. 45c.
Section 8. Chevy Chase. 35c.
Section 4. Chevy Chase. 45c.
Section s. Chevy Chase. Csc.
Martins Addition to Chevy Chase. Csc.
Friendship Heights and The Hills. zoe.
Drummond. 35c.
Northwest Park. Csc
Oakmont. Zoe.
Alta Vista. 45c.
Woodmont. 35c
Chevy Chase View. 10c
North Chevy Chase. Csc.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission has requested their usual rate
within the area Of the sanitary district Of
cents on each $780,
II will be noted that the county school
rate constitutes the larger portion Of the
county rate and the amount requested by
the Board Of Education and allowed by
the County Commissioners absorbs the In
crease in the taxable basis