Evening star., 1925-06-03
MONTGOMERY TAX
RATE SET AT Sl.15
County Valuation Bases
Show Increase for Year
approximately $4,000, 900.
snecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. June 3.-The
county commissioners yesterday after
noon fixed the general county tax rate
for the year beginning July 1 at $1.15
on each 800 of asSessa BILE real and
personal property. and also signed the
annual levy. The rate is the same
as that for the year now drawing to
A close. Since the la st levy. however
the taxable basis of the county has
increased S2,747,325 on real and per-
soma! property and $50. $40 or securi-
ties, the total basis now being as fol-
lows: Real and personal property, $780,
207,395; securities. S6,505,125. Securi-
ties bear a fixed county rate of so
cents on each S100
Because of bond issues for road
purposes in the various districts, spe-
cial rates will apply as follows: Lay
louisville, .01; Poolesville, .12; Rock
Vile, IA; Colesville, IL; Jamestown,
.16; Bethesda, .04; Olney, 10; Gathers
burg, IL; Potomac, Is; Barnesville,
.05; Wheaton, .12; Woodmont, so.
These rates are 1 cent less than
those of the current year for the fol-
lowing districts: Poolesville, BROCK
vile, Colesville, Bethesda, 'Olney,
Gaithersburg, Potomac and Wheaton.
Special Rates Set.
At the request of the citizens com
mitteeS for the various special taxing
areas. and as required by law, special
rates have been imposed to raise funds
for those areas for local purposes as
follows: Section >. Chevy Chase. so:
section 3. Chevy Chase. .35: section
four, Chevy Chase. As section five,
Chevy Chase, 80: Martins Addition to
Chevy Chase. 80: Friendship Heights,
20; Drummond. .35: Northwest Park,
IS: Oakmont. 10: Alta Vista, .45:
Woodmont. .35; Chevy Chase View,
10; North Chevy Chase. .35.
The rate in the Washington subur-
ban sanitary district remains un-
changed-.05 on each 500. The State
rate for the new year will be 81 12-S5
cents on each 500. which is a reduc-
tion of nearly cents.
The total State and county rates
for the various districts for the new
year will, therefore, be: Laytonsville,
s1.43 12-35; Clarksburg, SLAP 12-3o;
Poolesville. $1.54 12-35; Rockville.
$1.56 1885; Colesville, s1.5s 12-S5;
Darnestown. $1.5S 12-S5; Bethesda,
s1.46 1895; Olney, s1.52 1885; Gathers
burg, s1.53 12-35; Potomac, S1.57 1885;
GAINESVILLE. $1.47 1926; Dana sous,
SLAP 12.35; Wheaton, $1.54 1235;
Woodmont, $1.94 1926. These rates,
however, do not include the special
rates in the special taxing areas and
the washington SUBURBAN SANITARY
district.
School Item Leads.
The principal items of the new
levy are: Public schools, S263,127;
bonds and interest, 1925, ,265.63; roads,
$11S,121; incorporated towns and
special taxing areas, s14,500; indi
gent insane, $1S,500; county COM
missioners and clerks, s13,S00;
bridges. 10000; attorneys, s5,135;
assessor, $2,400:' clerk circuit court,
$2,549-75; circuit court expenses, S.,
$50; county treasurer and assistants,
$500; county home. $4,000; fuel, ST.
100; insolvencies, $4,000: janitor court
house. $3.50: Juvenile Court, $1,000
warden of JAIL $500; Jail expenses,
$1,000; law library, $500: local and
State boards of health, S2,851.72;
County Farm Bureau. $1,000; Mary
land training schools, S1,325; Orphans
Court, $3.50; pauper coffins, $3.50;
printing, S1,450; pensions, sS,316; re-
moved court cases. $79s.S5; supervisor
of assessments, $1,S00; sheriff, s6,-
000; volunteer fire departments. So
ESQ; tuberculin testing of cattle,
$4,000; miscellaneous, $2,015.99.
The principal increase in the budget
over that of the present year is that
for schools. This item in the new levy
is $15,112 more than appropriated for
the current year. OF the general
county tax rate, so 2.3 per cent is for
school purposes and 54 1-3 per cent for
all other county expenses. The net
increases for all school purposes, in
Guiding expenses of bond issues for
new school buildings and repair OF
old ones, is $29 1880.