The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-28
IS
BELIEVED NEAR
ON TAX RATES
Majority Compromise Hinted
So That Emergency Can
Be Declared.

The Marion County Tax Adjust
ment Board was adjourned today
with indications that compromise on
the disputed civil city and county
levies will be reached when the
board reconvenes Monday.
The board instructed Joseph j.
Daniels, school board attorney, at
the close of stormy session yester-
day, to draw up emergency resolu-
tons, leaving the city and county
levy figures blank.
The minority faction of George
S. Olive, Murray H Morris and A.
c. Byerly, which steadily has re-
fused to sign emergency resolutions
unless l cent is taken from the
$115 city levy and 3 cents from the
Accent county levy, indicated it
would vote an emergency Monday.
A vote of five members is neces-
sary to declare an emergency and
void the $150 tax limit law. The
total Center township levy, as pro-
posed by the majority, would be
1884 Majority members are Frank
w. Quinn, chairman; Alan w. Boyd,
school commission Edward Cook,
Pike Township trustee, and William
Brown.
Faced with the minority refusal
to vote an emergency, the majority
yesterday attempted to force the
minority into line by threatening to
cut all budgets until the levies were
within the $3.50 limit.
GriIled on Works Budget
Both factions were deadlocked for
several hours, until at noOn each of
the majority faction agreed to re-
consider every item in the disputed
budgets.
Maurice Tenant. city sanitary
board member, and Walter Boetcher.
city controller, were questioned yes
terday afternoon on items in the
consolidated works and sanitation
board budget.
Mr. Morris suggested that an adj
ditional cents might be taken from
the city levy by reductions in the
sanitary budget.
Monday Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr.
is expected to announce his opinion
on the questioned city general fund
levy, which the City Council in
creased from $06265, the advertised
rate, to $O6383.
Township Rates Approved
The approved rates for townships
and towns were announced as fol-
lows:
Center, 25 cents; Decatur. 70
cents; Franklin, $l21; Pike, $1.O1;
Washington, 81 cents Lawrence.
1923; Perry, $2.14; Warren. 81 cents.
| and Wayne, $1.67, all exclusive of
county and state rates.
The town rates are Beech Grove
civil, 81; Beech Grove school, SO
cents; Castleton, "a cents; Clare
mont, 80 cents; Lawrence, 80 cents;
Lyndhurst, 40 cents; Ravenswood,
$3.50; Rocky Ripple, 81; Southport,
40 cents; Speedway City civil, So
cents; Speedway City school. 70
cents; Warren Park, IS cents; Will
Hams Greek. 40 cents; Woodruff
Place civil, $120, and Woodruff Place
school, so cents.
Perry Levy Is Reduced
The Perry Township budget
which had been attacked by citizens
associations, was slashed so cents
from 1854.
Since Beech Grove changed its
status from town to f1fth-class
city. after the board had passed on
its levy. board members believe any
change in budget figures would have
to be fixed by the state tax board
Mr.. Boyd said however. that If
the municipality came before the
board Monday with requested
changes due to the new form of
government the board probably
would have to make some effort to
alter the budget.