Evening star., 1931-06-26
BUDGET ADOPTED
IN MONTGOMERY
$1,184,341 Estimate Fails to
Boost Tax Rate of $1.30
Per $1OO.
sy stan Correspondent Of The star.

Ey Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 26.-A 1891
budget Of Sl,1s4, 4,34l 3B was approved
yesterday by the Montgomery County
commissioners, who continued the tax
rate at the present figure of $l.30 per
500 of assessed valuation The COM
niSsioners also ordered advertisement
for bids on bond issue of $1,055,0oo
for school and road construction. The
budget is substantially the same as was
announced tentatively week ago.
Largest in History.
The budget is the largest in the his
tory Of the county and represents an
increase of approximately $72, 900 over
last years figure. Increase in eXpendi-
ture was made possible without an in
crease in the tax rate, 1t was an
nounced. by the addition Of 100000
to the taxable basis of the county. This
increase is due, it was explained, to
new property assessed for the first time
The total of the county tax rate. the
State rate and special district rates was
announced by districts as follows: First
$1.73; fourth, s1.64; fifth. $1.61; sixth,
s1.66; seventh, $1.57; eighth. $1.61;
ninth, 1852; tenth, Sl.6l; eleventh,
sl,65; twelfth, $l.68, and thirteenth,
Sl.59. The rate on securities will re-
main at the present rate of 80 cents
per $100.
Additions Are Listed.
Additions to the above rates in spe-
cial taxing areas are as follows: Sec
ton 2, Chevy Chase, so Gems; section 3,
CaNArrrv i.v,
Chase, As cents; section 3, Chevy Chase,
80 cents; Martins addition to Chevy
Chase, 80 cents; Friendship Heights, 80
cents; Drummond, 35 cents; Northwest
Park, 35 cents; Oakmont, s. cents; North
Chevy Chase, rs cents; Chevy Chase
View, 10 cents; sanitary district,
cents; Battery Park Is cents; Silver
Spring Fire Department area, cents;
Chevy Chase Fire Department area,
Is cents; Bethesda Fire Department
area, 10 cents; Montgomery County
land-Washington metropolitan district,
10 cents.
Special assessments.
The first, second and third precincts
of the thirteenth district, and Wood
mont in the seventh district, have
several special improvement assess
LSy
cents for streets and cents for COM
rnunity tax; first and third precincts of
the thirteenth district, cents for the
Viers Mill road. and the second precinct
of the thirteenth district, cents for the
Brookeville pike grade crossing
The budget by individual items Is as
follows: Attorneys, $5,37o; assessors and
assessing 8,400; auditors, $4,000; build
ing inspectors, $500; bond retirements
and interest, $358, ,43302; clerk of CIR
cult Court, $2,193.45; Circuit Court ex-
penses, $10,360; county commissioners
and clerks, $25 900; Disbursement
Committee, $3,4o0; county treasurer and
assistant, $19,750; county home, $4,000:
elections. $4,000; fuel, $1,000; INDECENT
insane, $4,000; insolvencies. $1,000; in
corporated towns and special taxing
areas, $18,548.52; janitors and elevator
operators, 81, 140; Juvenile Court, So 900;
Jail warden, 5000; jail expenses. $4,000;
Circuit Court law library, $500; local
and State Board of Health, $2,250;
county road repairs, $33,420; County
Farm Bureau, $500; Maryland Train
ing School. $500; home dsmonstra-
ton agent, $1,495; cattle testing, $4,000;