Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23
SCHOOL FUND BILL
SURE OF PASSAGE
S466, 483 Measure for Mont
gomery County May Be
introduced Today.
BY a stan Correspondent of The star.

BY staf Correspondent OF The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January %. -
Montgomery County's emergency school
bond issue. intended to provide the
funds for the school construction COM
pleted during 1928, is expected to be
introduced to the General Assembly
late today. Senator Eugene Jones OF
Kensington will present the measure
and 1t is expected that he will push it
through the upper house. The county
delegation in the House of Delegates
headed by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of
Silver Spring, say that the measure will
be given a clear legislative track when
1t reaches that body. However, bond
measure will not be introduced in the
House unless it appears later that
there is delay in the upper house.
There is a certainty that the measure
will pass. A vote of the delegation in
each house carries with it the sup
porting votes of those from other coun-
ties on strictly local legislation. The
measure which Is to be introduced by
Senator Jones covers the total cost of
school construction for 1928, including
equipment building lots and buses for
the transportation of the children.
The construction is practically all
paid for, but from funds in the hands
of the county commissioners and the
school board. In reality the emergency
bond issue proposed is a refunding
measure When the bonds are sold
the proceeds will be used for reimburs-
ing the county commissioners and the
school board for the money they adj
vance, and to pay off certain balances.
Covers Work Completed.
Edwin w. Broome, superintendent of
county schools, in a letter to Senator
Jones today said:
In keeping with the plan worked
put in the conference with you yester-
day. we have reported to the county
commissioners the amount to provide
for the emergency school construction
in the amount of $466, 43317, which
amount covers the work completed from
the last bond issues. The amount in
cludes the figures for the land already
bought for the board of education for
the Somerset building and for the
Gaithersburg School ground.
I'VE are advised that the board of
county commissioners have instructed
their attorney, Joseph G. CisSel, to pre-
pare a bond issue to finance or ref
nance, as the case may be, the school
construction of 1928 in the amount
reported and mentioned above. I'M
derstand Mr.. Cissel is limiting the
purpose of the refunding school con-
struction bond issue to a definite list
of the actual items of expenditure
which were discussed with you. The
board of education feels this emer-
gency refunding issue should be made
an emergency matter.
Since the Board of Education feels
mature Judgment should be exercised
In connection with any provision for
new construction work, definite action
on such work has been deferred"
Scope of Expenditures.
The recapitulation accompanying the
Better follows:
For construction - Bethesda, ST.
AS7; Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, $123,657.75; Takoma-Silver
Spring High school, $58,255.47; East
Silver Spring, $14,161.36; Takoma Park,
$50, 1861; Glen Echo-Cabin John, $13,-
286.20; Poolesville High School, So
791.02; Damascus High School, So
26359; Germantown High School, ST.
735.O5; Chevy Chase, $6,425.68; Lay
louisville, $1,572.65; Woodfield, $2,47457;
Somerset, $43,792.10: Dickerson, ST.
1852; Rockville High School, $45,-
60O07; daily inspection and super
vision of construction work, $2,231 81:
electrical work on buildings, $3,34776;
completion work from 1924 issue, SILL
92802; completion work from 1927
issue, $6,905.12.
For furniture and equipment-Furni-
&ure, Sl7,290.36; transportation buses,
5000.
For land-Somerset building lots,
S4o,085; Gaithersburg School land,