The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06
SCHOOL BOARD REQUESTS
1921, 1863 FOR NEXT YEAR
Of This Amount Garrett County
Is Asked to Furnish $1O3,365,
The State To Pay Balance
MANY REDUCTIONS MADE

penses, $1,000 for capital outlay, and
$1,326 for debt service, making a
grand total of $291,36 was the
amount estimated as necessary to run
the public schools of Garrett county
for the school year 1933-34 in the an
nual school budget presented to the
Board of County Commissioners.
The amount requested from the
county commissioners was $1O3,365.
Receipts from the State to help pay
current expenses were estimated at
$187,998, or $15,313 less than last
year.
State aid was divided as follows:
$3,414 for general control; Sal, 1884
for Institutional; $42,650 for auxil-
larry agencies.
Capital Outlay
Requests for money for capital out
lay was greatly reduced from $116,-
1850, to $4,000, which included 81, 100
for Accident elementary and High
schools; $1,000 for Oakland Elemen-
tary school; $500 for Swanton water
and toilets; and $4,000 for Kitzmiller
toilet room and toilets.
The largest item in the estimated
receipts from the State and other
sources was $89,501, from the equili-
cation fund, but this is $46,590 less
than the amount received from this
fund for 1928. Another item of
$36,125, is estimated as the apportion-
ment of the $1,50O,O0O new tax. The
state reduced its appropriation for
transportation of pupils from $4,000
to S42,650. Last year they furnished
the entire amount, whereas this year
$8,O38 is requested from the county
for this item.
1t is estimated that teachers salar-
les in elementary schools will cost
$129,576, $112,255 of which is fur
nished by the State, leaving S17,321
for the county. Estimated cost of
high school teachers was placed at
$51, 729, $22,547 of which is furnished
by the State.
Many Reductions Made
Many reductions were made in the
estimated budget, printing and adver-
Using being reduced from 5000 to
$500; legal services from $3.50 to $3.50;
superintendent salary from $4,000
to $3,825, of which the county pays
SLATE as compared to $1,740 last
year; travelling expenses Of the su-
perintendent from $500 to $500; sal
airy of clerks from $4,000 to $4,000.
The salary of the attendance Off
Ger was reduced from $1,000 to 1854,
of which the county pays $516, COM
pared to 5000 last year, and his trav-
cling expenses were cut from $500 to
$500.
Salary of supervising teachers is
SAILS as compared with $6,720 last
year, a reduction of $2,602. The coun-
ty is asked to pay $1,373 of this sum
compared with $2,240 last year. The
travelling expenses are cut from $1,000
to $500.
Janitors' wages are reduced $1,000
and supplies cut in half. The entire
operation and maintenance of school
plant is reduced from $1,000 to
$4,000. Total fixed charges increased
from S1,451 to SILT.
The amount requested was esti-
mated from the assessable basis of the
county, which is S20,242,282, making
a total tax rate to the county for pub
lie schools .5O71 per 500 valuation.
The budget was submitted by the
County Board of Education to the
Board of County Commissioners as
provided by law and according to the
rules and regulations of the Mary
land State Board of Education. 1t is
necessary, to comply with the law,
that the budget be in the hands OF the
commissioners twenty days before the
usual date for levying county taxes.