Evening star., 1934-08-19
TAX BILLS Mailed
WITH EXPLANATION
Montgomery County Ac-
counts for Expenditures
of S867,727.
By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ny STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 16.-
An explanation of the purpose for
which their tax money is used is
being sent to all the taxpayers of
Montgomery County this year, along
with the approximately $4,000 tax
bills now being mailed by County
Treasurer j. Forest Walker.
The summary, prepared by the
Board of County Commissioners, ac-
counts for the expenditures to be
made under the current levy of
1857, 1879
In addition, the taxpayers are
being furnished with a rate schedule
so they may verify the amount of
their bill.
The largest appropriations made
under the levy are $444,771.50 for
operation of the public school system,
$86,855 for welfare purposes, S67,-
1888 for bonds and interest not to
be refunded or retired through State
contributions, S60,929.65 for the
county police and $4,000 for the
contingent fund.
Items of Appropriation.
Included in the welfare appropri-
ations is $10,945 as the countyS share
of operating the Health Department,
$4,000 for the county home, $4,000
for disqualification of residents uh-
able to pay their own hospital bills,
$4,000 for the placement of county
boys and girls in State industrial
schools, $14,571 for mothers and old
age pensions, $4,000 for social well
fare and relief, $4,000 for INDECENT
insane, $l,639 for pauper ambulance
and funeral service and $2,700 for
the supervisor of county aids salary.
Appropriations for attorneys total
S7,940, among them $940 for appear
ance fees in pauper cases, $4,000 for
legal service to the county commits
sionerS and $4,000 for the States at
torney's salary.
Other items in the levy include:
Assessor and assessing, $4,000; as
siStant county agent expense, 5000:
auditors fund, $4,000; Board of zon-
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inspection, $500; Circuit Court, in
cluding expense of clerk and court,
$10,226.50; county accountant and as
siStantS, $7,500; county commission
ers' salaries, $4,000; clerk to county
commissioners and assistants, $11. 700;
county treasurer's salary, $500:
county treasurer's assistants salaries,
$4,000; election fund, $18,055.31; en-
gineering fund, $4,000.
Insurance and bond premiums fund,
$1,000; janitors and elevator opera
tors, $1,000; Jail warden, $1,000; Jail
expenses, food and supplies, $4,000;
Juvenile Court salaries and expenses,
$4,000; law library for Circuit Court,
$500; lights and telephone fund, $6,-
300; cattle testing, $4,000; Farm Bu-
reau, $l,500; home demonstration,
SLABS; Orphans Court, $4,000; Po-
lice Court fund, $4,000; removed court
cases, $319.50; county repairs, fuel,
stationery, supplies, $4,000; salaries
and expenses of sheriff and deputies,
$1,000; supervisor of assessments,
$2,400; taxes in error, $2.966; town of
Rockville for water supply, 81 ,o50;
appropriations TO the II volunteer
fire departments, $4,000.
Tax Rates Explained.
Detailed explanation Of all tax
rates contained in the bill is made
In the schedule.
Walker said today that the entire
$4,000 tax bills will be in the mail
by August Is and warned property
owners that interest at the rate of 6
per cent per annum will begin on
September /. Due to the delay in
mailing the bills, the county COM
missioners have decided to waive in
terest for the month of September
on all bills which are paid by Sep
tember 80, he declared.
However, bills still unpaid after
September 80 will be charged the full
interest from September /. After
January the property will be marked
delinquent and subjected to addi-
tional penalties of 81 for listing the
property for sale and 81 for advertise
ment.
If the bills then are not paid by
April 8, the property will be sold at
auction on that date and an addi-
tional $3.50 handling charge will be
fixed. Taxpayers will have two years
In which to redeem their property,
however.