Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-09
TOWN COLLECTS
$A,S609 TAXES
Falls Church Treasurer Sub
mits Report at Council
Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. July 9.-Town
Treasurer r. A. Castleman last night
reported to the Town Council that he
had collected taxes amounting to
$34,366.O9 from all sources from Sep
TENDER /. 1928. when he took off1ce, to
June 80, 1929. when he is required to
submit his fiscal report.
OF this amount $1,000 was borrowed
from the bank before the November
taxes were paid in, and has been repaid
with interest, leaving balance for
other town expenses of $24,666. The re-
port further shows that real estate taxes
in the town yielded S18.638.07, with
S344.13 IN penalties; school bond tax,
"a, 500. "a, with SS5 so penalties. This
money was expended: $21, 1855 for gen.
eral expenses, salaries electricity, in
Guiding $1,000 for the town schools;
Sc 1865 SO for roads, $2.739 for the school
band; a total expenditure OF $3l ,324.07,
leaving a bank balance to carry on with
of $3,042.02. In the road account the
first ward received $1,684.28; the sec
ond ward. $3,893.76. and the third ward,
$1,288.48.
Delinquent Taxes Collected.
The report of the delinquent taxes
collected during the past month as
result of special levies sent out by the
1928, $3l .06 for 1927. $32.41 for 1926,
65l for 1925, $496 for 1924, and $3.74
for 1923. There is still due and uncol-
lected, according to Mr.. Castlemans es-
Inmates, a total delinquent list of
$6,046.55. The finance committee Of the
council will meet at the home Of Cas-
tleman this week to check the list of
delinquent taxpayers.
Samuel H. Styles, clerk of the school
board. presented to the council the esti-
mated annual budget for the school
expenses of the town for the year end
ing June 80, 1880. This calls for Sal
l0O.55, an increase of $5l1.50 over the
actual expenditures during the past
year. Styles also submitted an esti-
mate of the appropriations to be re-
ceived by the Falls Church town schools
from the State, Fairfax and Arlington
County funds and from the town, total
ing $21, PAP.
Styles Is Reelected.
This budget was referred to the
finance committee for report In August
Styles was reelected a member of
the town school board by the council.
Election returns, as submitted by the
judges of the June town election
Messrs. CaStleman, Westcott and Rob-
erts, we're approved and Charles Boyd
declared elected to represent the FIRST
ward, beginning September / DR.. Julius
Parmelee the second ward, and Charles
Gage, the third ward.
The mayor reported that he had
been in conference with officials of the
Standard Oil Co. in regard to improve
ment of Oak street, on which the COM
pany's tanks are situated, and that the
company had promised to undertake
the work within a short time. 1t is
proposed to macadamize about two and
and one-half blocks.
Council Gets Invitation.
The council received an invitation
from the library committee of the
Woman's Club to attend the open house
to be held July II, beginning at $50
and extended to the club the privilege
of using the council rooms for that
evening.
Building permits were granted to
Jesse Sewers for the construction of a
garage on Lee street near Broad; to
w. F. Evans for an addition TO his
house on Shreve street, and to DR.. j
T. D. Howard for construction OF a
poultry house.
The application Of A. L. Anderson
for a permit to remodel his house on
Broad and Fairfax streets was referred
to the councilmen from the first ward
for investigation as to whether the pro-
posed building line was in compliance
with town restrictions.