Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-18
SUPERVISORS MEET AND
FIX TAX RATE

/ FIX TAX RATE
| notwithstanding the balmy weather
| which suggests busy farmers, large
e ovid gathered in Woodstock Court
day for the monthly meeting of the
Board of Supervisors.
| the Chief business transacted was
the fixing of.the County and district
levies for 1924, and this was of course,
the one big thing in which the tax
Ipayers are interested.
| Few changes were made in the 1923
rates. The levy for General County
purposes remains the. same, 60 cents,
but in fixing this amount it was. stipu-
lated in a resolution of the Board that
only so cents of this amount will be
available. for the current expenses of
the county, the balance of 10 cents to
be put aside as sinking fund to
liquidate the outstanding Indebtedness
of the Board.
The County School levy was raised
one half cent from 579 to IS cents on
the 500. In addition to this special
levy of 10 cents in Lee district, 20 cents
in Ashby, 10 in Johnston and 20 cents
in Davis, was made to pay off the debt
incurred by the district school boards
under the old law or prior to Septem-
Der 1, 1922.
For roads, the levy by districts was
fixed as follows: Lee, 80 cents, Ashby
80 cents; Madison, Is cents and john
ston, Stonewall and Davis each %
cents.
The rate on Capital Invested, shares
in banks etc., was fixed at 20 cents,
for general county purposes.
On intangibles, except money, the
rate for 1924 is 20 cents for district
roads only.
There was levy made in Madison
land Stonewall districts for the liquida-
ton of the old indebtedness of the
school board, though in 1923 levy was
made for this purpose of four cents in
Madison district and five cents in
Stonewall.
ROAD QUESTIONS UP
Some of the miscellaneous matters
disposed Of by the Supervisors were
the referring of the road petition of
Lester Rosenberger and others to the
Road Board of Davis district and the
appointment of C.. M. Chiles, j. H.
Keller and A. A. Miller as viewers; the
petition of j. N. Funk and others for a
change of road in Johnston district,
which was referred to the Road Board
OF that district; the ALLEGATION of 1882. 16
of the Dog Fund to Madison dis
trict which was directed to be applied
to the districts school Indebtedness;
the petition of James Artz and othersI
for concrete bridge over Pugh's Run,
which was referred to the Road Board
Of Johnston district.
For the first time inyears the in
terior of the Court House will be re-
and decorated the Board award
ng the contract for this work to the
Acme White Lead and Color Works, at
heir bid of $500. II
l.. L. Madden appeared before the
Board in the interest of an improved
Dad connecting with Rockingham
'oad near Timberville, and the mat
er was referred to Supervisor Jones
If Lee district, with instructions TO
axe the matter up with the Super
Tisors of Rockingham County. II
LEE GETS GAS TAX
The share of Shenandoah County,
was allocated to Lee district for use
On the Quicksburg road and Davis dis
.rict to be applied on the Capon Grade.
It was hoped that the Board could pro
rate the approximately 81, 900 which was
Shenandoah county's share from the
gasoline tax for 1923, among the six
districts, but inasmuch as
the fund must be expended under the
direction of the State Highway Com
mission this could not be done. How
ever the last legislature amended the
law so that the gasoline tax allotted TO
the counties GUILD be spent under the
sole direction of the Board of Super
visors and it was determined at Mon
days meeting of the Board that neither ],
Lee nor Davis districts should share in
the next distribution of this fund be-
cause of these districts having receiv-
ed the total fund necessary in the cur
rent year.