Evening star., 1942-04-01
County Surplus
10 Augment
Tax Rate
Many Prince Georges
Items Not to Go
Against $1.35 Levy

The $1.35 tax rate set by the
Prince Georges County Board Of
Commissioners omits levies for sink
ing funds. elections, insurance, hos
pitanzation and fees paid jurors and
bailiffs IN county courts, 1t was dis
closed yesterday at the signing Of
1942 county budget In Upper Marl-
boro. ...
These items are the outstanding
ones which will be financed by the
surplus left over from the 1941
budget by revenues to be obtained
from public utilities and other prop
critics assessed by the State Tax
Commission and by automobile and
income taxes.
Also to be paid from this antici-
pated revenue Is the $112, 1000 bonus
for county teachers, which allows q
$500 bonus for $50 teachers In the
county school system.
Sinking funds include: School
bonds, $16,930.72; lateral road bonds,
$l5,705.35; Jail bonds, $2,375.69. and
public roads bonds OF 1929, $4,000.
These figures are identical with 1941
with the exception Of the public
roads bonds, which are some 5000
less than the 1941 amount.
Surplus for Institutions.
Levies paid the State as the
county's share of maintaining public
institutions will also be paid from
the surplus and State-assessed an
ticipated income. They include:
Indingent insane, 5000; Rose
wood State Training School, $4,000;
Montrose School for Girls, $500;
Maryland Training School for Boys.
$1,000; Maryland Training School
for Colored Girls, $500; Cheltenham
School for Boys. $4,000, and the
Maryland School for the Blind,
$1,000.
Other items which will not be
fiananced by the $135 tax rate are
auditing, s1,450: Prince Georges
County Volunteer Firemen's Asso-
citation. $40 800; elections, s35, 600;
insurance, $4,000 disqualification,
s12,444.l0; stationery and office
equipment. s3,97o; refunded taxes.
s2,90225 jurors and bailiffs, $14,-
900; local assessors, 1900, and jap
anese beetle control, $1,987.
Total amount to be financed by
surplus and anticipated State-as-
sessed revenue is $313.751 160.
School Budget Higher.
In addition to the teachers bonus,
the county school budget for 1912 is
$71o,610, an increase Of $37,975 over
this years figure. Redemption on
school bonds Is increased from $80,-
900 to sos, 900. ..-.
Pay raises to county employees in
the budget include counsel to county
commissioners, 5000 to $2,40o; sheriff,
$1,000 to $500; guard to jail. 81 ,460
to $4,000, and clerk to Circuit Court,
s2,350.90 to $2,54s.20.
The county Health Department
budget was maintained at $14,675,
the same as last year, although
5000 additional had been requested.
The budget of the county agent was
increased from $2,272 to safes; the
county home demonstration agent
was increased from $1,675 to $l,875.
The county police budget remained
the same as the 1941 figure, $85, 900.
Court House Net Lower.
Court house expenses appeared on
the 1912 budget at $4,000, an in
crease of 1920 over 1e41. The court
house fuel item, however, was re-
duced from 5000 to $2,50O.
Interest to be paid on school bonds
Is almost $4,000 more than 194l,
$84, ,44250.
Old age assistance Is set $l8,8l5.
General public assistance is $28 ,232;
the 1941 figure was $34 4,806. Five
thousand dollars is allowed for the
Maryland Children's Aid Society, as
compared with $500 In 1s4l.
Surplus allowed for emergency ex-
penses is $8,32126; In 1941, $7,170.O5
was allowed. Emergency expense"
does not include civilian defense, for
which separate appropriation of
SIS, 900 is set.
The 1942 budget. $1,264,0S1 is
amost $4,000 below the 194l budget
of $1,276,54423.