Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-15
ZON|NG LAW URGED
FORMONTGOMERY
County Club Women Also
Favor KindergartenS in
School System.

ROCKVILLE. Md. May Is (Special)
AT the annual meeting al theVy
Chase Yesterday Of the MontGomeiN
County Federation Of Womens CLUBS
resolutions were adopted urging en-
actment bv the next General Assem-
hly OF a zonine law for the county,
establishment by the county BOARD Oh
education Of kindersartens whefe
needed appointment by the board OF
education OF a fulltime county super,
wiser of drawing, with an estaoiSheu
course. and a Summer readinS course
for children The federation also
voted 10 continue to work for county
circulating library
Mai +. Brook Ice. one or several
sneakers. discussed Civic Activities
in Montgomery County.
Cites Low Tax Rate.
Mai Lee said that Montgomery
County enjoyed the lowest county TAX
rate of any of Maryland 70 countles'
rho present rate being $115 on the
500 assessed value. The state rate
is IS 1885 cents, which represents q
reduction of 10 cents during the last
seven wears. He stated that the basis
az assessment is uniform throughout
the county and that the assessed
value is far lower than the owners
will take for their property.
The Mont GomerN County Schoos
system was rated The third pest IN
the State. and that the state had al
vanced from thirty-eishth to hfth IN
educational standing during the past
seven years.
That $3.50 900 of bond issue had been
spent for new schoolhouses curing
the past three years. and that the IN.
20 wears and increased cost of opera
tions on the new and enlarged schools
required Sc to 80 per cent of the total
taxes derived from the new houses
built in Montgomery County during
the last three years. One hundred ana
sixty thousand dollars was also spent
for school construction between 1871
and 1923.
Road system Praised.
The road system was described as
one of the most complete of the coun-
" systems in the State that leads the
United States in the good road move
rnent and in the percentage OF It's
total road milea &c which had been i'm
proved
C'o.operation between the county's
legislative representatives, the Board
Of County Commissioners (who also APP
point the police forcel. the ponce
force and sheriff and States attorney.
had rid Montgomery County OF the
,ommercialized gambling resorts which
had formerly been operated from
Washington City. disorderly resorts
and prize fight promotions. The coun-
~ authorities also prevented the es-
adjustment OF a large race track at
Rockville.
Law Enforcement.
Mai Lee stated that while certain
men and women who are dissatisfied
with political conditions and person.
mel in the county. are agitating for
increased law enforcement. effec-
tive and honest law enforcement
has been the rule as a part of the
usual course of government in Mont
gomery County for years past: that
the county's prohibition law. which
was passed by direct vote in 1883, had
beg strengthened at the last Legis-
Ia Ere and that even the Anti-Saloon
League OF the county in their semi
annual meeting last week made no
complaint against the type of en-
forccment that the county's prohibi'
ton law was receiving.
Attention was called 10 the vast
help that the water and sewerage
systems built by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission had
been to health, general living and de
velopment conditions throughout
suburban Montgomery County. The
new Maryland rate for water and
sewer service is 1880 a year for a
SO foot lot, while the prevailing Dis
trict of Columbia, rate Is on the basis
of $14.25 a year, and the rate in the
metropolitan suburban district around
Baltimore Is SIS a lot a. year.