Evening star., 1942-06-02
Montgomery
Budget Set al
$3,A7,594
Hearing June Is;
offieioIs Hope to
Retoin Tax Rate

Calling for An outlay Of 1921.
tol47, q proposed budget for the
1e42-43 fiscal year was before the
Montgomery County Commissioners
today. s.
Submitted by county fiscal adyis-
sfs at = special meeting Of the
board yesterday, the budget will be
given = public hearing in Rockville
Courthouse at 3 pm. June 16.
County officials previously have an
nounced that they intend to at
tempt TO retain the present tax rate
of approximately $l.5e per 800.
Following receipt Of the budget,
Thomas Z. Hampton, president OF
the county board, issued q state
ment pointing out that the budget,
rs recommended. provides for all
increases requested by Supt. Edwin
". Broome and the County Board
Of Education.
Sl6s,00e for Civil Defense.
Provision also Is made for $l68, 900
for civilian defense activities and
for three more public health nurses
toSether with sum sufficient to
"place the county dental clinic on
the, basis of q full annual appro-
priataon."
other high lights Of the budget:
Continuation Of 4 pay-as-you-go
policy for county operations.
A reduction of $l6l ,o12 In the cost
Of county street and road main
tenance and construction.
A $40 ,383 81 appropriation to make
the first Of five equal payments on
the voting machines installed In the
county.
A $35, 900 increase in the appropria-
tion for police protection, which will
include provision for Is special
policemen already on duty.
A $4,000 increase in the appropria-
ton for the Welfare Board. due to
the increased cost of providing for
children and also to place this work
On the basis Of full annual appro-
priation.
S12,7ss Federal Grant.
Disclosure that, for the first time,
the county will receive from the
Federal Government q payment OF
$12,766 in lieu of taxes for the hous-
ing projects in Montgomery.
The proposed budget was prepared
By County Controller Alexander
Hancock and j. Forest Walker, clerk
70 the board.
In his statement, Mr.. Hampton
said in part:
Figured on an annual basis, next
ytar'saoouHty school .hudget-MR|
vides 3 larger Increase than has ever
bsen voted ld the operating costs Of |
the county school system in enc
year. Increases IN the school budget
include $39, 1000 for temporary war
increases of teachers salaries and
$4,000 more for the regular annual
increases In teachers salaries as
veil as the increased amount needed
for the salaries of additional school
teachers who win be placed in
county school buildings now nearing
completion, and the increased cost
u hest, light, janitor service and bus
service incident to these additional
new school buildings.
The school construction budget
was increased by $25, 1000 over last
year due to the increased cost re-
quired to finish the cafeteria and
assembly building at Rockville and
the combined of1ice building for the
County Board OF Education, the
County Health Department and the
County Purchasing Department now
nearing completion on the site for
nerly occupied by that portion of
the Rockville High School that was
destroyed by fire.
Fsy-as-You-Go" Basis.
The budget as recommended
keeps the county on a strictly pay
as-you-go" basis because the budget
not only allocates $342,5 of next
years current tax income for the
construction Of new school1ouses,
which under previous county ad-
ministrations, including the late Re
publican Fusion administration,
were always built from the proceeds
OF new county bonds, but also pro-
rdes the funds to pay of $4,000
worth OF old county bonds which
come due next year.
1T was impossible for the county
to buy tar and other road mainte-
nance material and new road con-
struction is out of the question due
10 scarcity in material, labor and
equipment. s-.-.
Early last summer with the prob
ability that road maintenance ma
tsrial would be hard to buy this
year, the commissioners spent more
than $4,000 more than the year
before in putting new tar and chip
surfaces on all suburban county
streets and roads and on many
county roads in the agricultural
county. This years pending budget
provides as much money as we esti-
mate We will be able To spend on