Evening star., 1929-06-05
MONTGOMERY SETS
S1,Oo1,S11 BUDGET
$3.50 County Tax Rate Not
Increased Despite Addi-
tionaI Expenses.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

snecisl Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 5.-The an
nual levy signed by the county COM
rnissioners here yesterday afternoon
shows that 81 ,oe1 ,s11.57 will be needed
to run Montgomery County during the
fiscal year beginning July !.
The amount is somewhat in excess
of that provided for the year now draw
ing to a close and is record Tor the
county.
The steady development Of the coun-
tv. especially the sections adjacent 10
the District of Columbia, made 1t nee
essary to substantially increase a num-
Der Of the expense items.
School Appropriation Boosted.
The biggest boost was in the appro-
priation for public schools. The amount
allowed is s444, ,6a7. or about $4,000
more than Available for the current
wear, The budget as originally submit
ted nv the County Board OF Education
called for approximately $4,000 more
than was finally decided on. The re-
duction was suggested by the educa-
tional board. which took the posltlon
that a number Of progress items coulo
e be deferred without impairins the eIn-
cheney of the schools or preventing
lIOHl AECPAA6 SN~P
Of the county.
The increase in the appropriation for
schools was made imperative by the
necessity of employing large numoer
Of additional teachers the next school
year and because of heavier other ex-
penditures incident to new and enlarged
schools. The. other items OF the levy
are:
Bonds and interest, 1924, ,626 go: gen
eral roads. $47,500; election district
roads, s72.716; police department and
police court, 'S45, 800; road machinery.
equipment, supplies, etc, $34,078.02;
pensions and relief, $l8732; incorpo-
rated towns and special taxing areas,
slf,500; county commissioners and
clerks. $l4,soo; INDECENT insane, sl4 200;
volunteer fire departments, $4,000; cir
cult court expenses, $10,360; county
treasurer and clerks. $10,1oo bridges,
$4,000: opening roads. $4,000: sheriff
and deputies. $1,000; insolvencies,
$1,000; building inspector, $4,000: at
torneys. $4,335: county home, 34,SO0;
iail, $500; supervisor of assessments,
$4,000; local and State boards of health.
S3,f00; cattle testing. $4,000; Orphans
Court. $2500: assessing. $2,40o: clerk
Circuit Court $2,243.30; fuel, $2,1o0;
Maryland Training School, 81 800; Farm
Bureau. $150o; home demonstration
work, s1,495: pauper coffins. $l,500;
ianitor courthouse. $3.50; auditors:
$1,000; Juvenile Court, $1,000; Jail
warden, 5000: taxes in error, $32002:
law library $500.
Fix Special Rates.
In addition to continuing the general
county tax rate of 80 on each 500
of real and personal property the COM
missioners fixed special rates against
the various election districts and spe-
cial taxing areas for roads and other
local Improvements as follows:
Laytonsville district, .13: Clarksburg,
.02; Poolesville, IL; Rockville, 10;
thesda, .o2; olney, .O6; Gaithersburg,
10; Potomac. OF: Barnesville. .06;
Damascus, IA; Wheaton, .05; Wood
mont, 80; first and third precincts of
Wheaton district, .04; second precinct of
Wheaton district .04; section 2, Chevy
section 4, Chevy Chase. So: section S,
Chevy Chase, 80; Martins addition to
Chevy Chase 80; Friendship Heights,
20; Drummond, .35; Northwest Park,
.35: Oakmont, .05; Alta Vista, IS;
North Chevy Chase, .25; Chevy Chase
View, 10; sanitary. OF; Battery Park
.l3: Silver Spring Fire Department
area, is; Bethesda Fire Department
area, 10; Montgomery County suburban
district area, 80; Maryland Washington
metropolitan district, TO-
OF the $l.30 county rate, II 7-10 is
for public schools and SO $40 for gen.
eral county purposes, and of the IL 7-10
school rate. is 6-10 is for the payment
of interest and retirement of principal
on outstanding school bonds.
OF the SO $40 rate for general county
purposes, 80 8-10 is for road construc-
ton, repairs, road relocation and
bridges; approximately .l2l2 is for
courts, sheriffs, police and other SIM
liar purposes, approximately 08 is for
eleemosynary purposes. .02 for assessors
and assessing and approximately .03
for salaries and administration.
The new taxable basis on real and
personal property is $79, 9,22s,s $50, which
is an increase since the last levy of
$2.64l 1865
On securities, which bear a rate of
AS, Of which 80 goes to the county and
is to the States, the new basis is $l2,-
22l,535, or $2,921.145 more than that
OF the current year.
Taxable Basis by Districts.
The taxable basis by districts is as
follows:
Laytonsville-Real, tl2sO2O0: per-
sonal, $l45, ,985; total, $1,526,lS5. Securi-
ties. s79370.
Clarksburg-Real, $1.s52,s45; per-
sonal, $l54,465; total. 3l,507,3lO. Sc
curities, Sle.870.
Poolesville-Real, 81, ,56l $50; personal,
$4,000; total, $l,754,6 Securities,
s213.l05.
Rockville-Real, $5s77,82o; personal
s3l9.56o; total, $6,ls7,3s0. Securities,
s1.5l6.075.
Colesville-ReaI, sl,s64, $50; personal.
$l29,295; total, $2,093,945. Securities,
$14833O.
Darnestown-Real, $1,365,545 per-
sonal. 1925 26S; total, $l,490,8l0. Sc
curities S93, ,405
Ecclesiastical, s3l, l,143,ss5; personal,
S8s7,950; total, $32,o3l, ,8o5. Securities,
$7.405.675.
olney-Resl estate, s2,4sl.o2s; per-
sona!, s206,625;' total, $2,6s7,65o. Sc
curities, $722,6l5.
Gaithersburg-Real estate, $3,l72,-
ATS; personal, $206,555; total, $3,379,-
030. Securities, $254,330
Potomac-Real estate, $2,865,315; per-
sonal, $82,455; total, $2,947,770. Securi-
ties, S3l9,390.
Barnesville-Real estate. s1,5O6,345;
personal, $149,930; total, $l,656,275.
Securities, s173.425.
Damascus-Real estate, s1,211,465;
personal s123,675; total, s1,335,14o.
Securities, $ls500.
Wheaton-Real estate. $l817s,360
personal. $29l.550: total, $lS,470,9l0.
Securities, $1,274,425.
The above figures do not include au-
tomobile assessments. the total for the
county being approximately 81, 900
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FILES CANDIDACY.