Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-13
Tax Rate Of $3.50 Agreed Upon
BY County Commissioners For
Fiscal Year Beginning July
Increase In Public School And Police Appropriations
Together With Decrease In Aid From State Causes
Jump 81, 6125OO To Come From New Bond
Series-Several Budget Reductions Made

The Board of County Commission
ers have agreed upon a tax rate of
$3.50 per 500 assessment for the new
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1886. The
rate will mark an increase of so cents
and it was said that the basis Of
assessment is so per cent of the act
ual value of property in Montgomery
County.
I Actually, the county's estimated ex-
penditures for the forthcoming period
construction bonds authorized by the
total $3.50, OS4.51, but $1,612,5OO will
be realized from refunding and school
State Legislature,while reserved re-
Iceipts will raise an additional $242,-
1858.
| The new budget represents an in
crease of $685., 679.69 over that of the
current year, with the jump due pri-
marily to increases in public school
and police appropriations the fact that
no aid will be received from the State
gas tax to meet bond interests and a
change in the method of paying GER
tain salaries that is necessitated by
reduction of tax sale fees.
| In discussing the budget, the COM
missioners directed Ira C. Whitacre,
their clerk, to arrange with Balti-
more law firm for the preparation of
resolution authorizing the sale of
$4,000 worth of bonds to refund
obligations maturing during thekim-
pending year. /
They also instructed Whitacre to
confer with Karl W. Corby to deter
mine the most advisable manner of
disposing of $272,00O in bonds to re-
fund suburban district street improve
ment certificates which come due next
year.
Both issues were approved by the
recent State Legislature to enable the
county to keep its tax rate as low as
possible for the new year. The board
announced that it will determine at
its meeting tomorrow the interest
rate it is willing to pay on the bonds.
The Commissioners reduced the ap-
preparation to meet insolvencies from
$42.21S.13 to $3S,714.10 in completing
the budget conferences, while they
further cut the Health Department
appropriation from $40 900 to $14,536
and that of the county home from
$500 to $1,000.
1t had been hoped to slash the ten
tative budget to the point where a
1$140 rate could be set for next year,
hut the board was unable to carry
1.-THE reductions beyond that point.
Public schools receive the largest
appropriation in the new budget,
$6O5, e91, while the second largest ap-
preparation, $S59,773.5o, will go to
meet the principal and interest
charges on certain bonds. The sum Of
$S5, $50 is to be appropriated for the
new Public Welfare Department, but
this represents only a slight increase
over the various appropriations made
for welfare activities this year.
Police are to receive $4,000, while
$6O,O00 will go into the contingent
fund. Other appropriations to be met
from general revenue raised on the
new tax rate follow:
Assessors and assessing, $11,800i
assistant county agent, 5000; attor-
neys, $7,720; auditor, $5,925; Board
of Zoning Appeals, $1,000; building
inspection, $4,950; Circuit Court ex
penses, $1O,s47.7O; contingent fund
$50, 900; clerk to the county commits
sioners and assistants, $17,7oO; county
commissioners, $4,000; county. &C
!, countant and assistants, $14,66O
county treasurer and assistants, $24,
900; County Home, $1,000; elections
I$14,7OO; engineering, $10,460; extinu
fishing forest fires, $125; insolvency
1913, 714.1O; insurance and bond prem
|iums, $4,000.
Janitors and elevator operator, ST,
900; Jail expense, $500; Juvenils
Court, $4,000; Law Library, Circuit
Court, $500; lights and telephone. 81,
500; Montgomery County Board Of
Health, $14,536; Montgomery Count.
cattle testing, s2,7O0; Montgomery
County Farm Bureau, $500; Mont