The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16
COMMISSIONERS
FIX TAX RATE
$2.l0 FOR l947
County Figures on $5OS,9S2.20
For Years Expenditures With
County Tax Collections To
Amount To S439,S29.29

Amount To S439,S29.29
The County Commissioners in COM
pleting the annual levy this week
fixed the county tax rate at $2.10
per each 500 of assessable property,
raise of 60 cents. For the past two
years the rate had been S1.50
Included in the figures for the year
were the increase of $4,000 to sup
plement salaries of school teachers,
and debt of $32,05769 in the county
roads department. There were some
| increases in a few of the other de-
partments including over $4,000 in
| the welfare appropriation.
The county will operate on an eX-
pected revenue of ,9S2.2O, and of
this amount 439,829.92 will come
from the county tax rate of $210 on
I a taxable basis of $20,944,282 The
tax basis on real and personal prop
erty is $14,644, 282; automobiles, $500,
! 600, and returns from the state tax
commission which include the Penn
| sylvania Electric company and other
i corporations, are based on a tax basis
of $6,000,000.
Other estimated income includes
$4,000 from the state hospital fund,
/ $4,000 from beer licenses and tax,
! 81, 500 from magistrates, 81, 400 from
State Forestry department, 500
from the franchise tax, $1,000 from
income tax, $3.50 from motor vehicle
fines, $4,000 from miscellaneous
items. Cash on hand was listed at
| $14, 4022S.
School System
! The school system of the county
will receive $178,O8856. The 56-cent
basis will bring $117,07902 Addi-
tional items include $500 for agri-
cultural and industrial arts teachers,
$4,188.54 for the library fund, $3.50
! for rent at Kitzmiller High school
/ 81, TAP for underpayment in 1915 on
the 51-cent requirement, sos for
wiring Red Oak school; $78 for wiz
ing New Germany school, $3.50 for
digging we'll at johnson school, $3.50
for chairs at Friendsville, $1,72O for
boiler in Oakland High school, $436
for boiler sections at Kitzmiller
school and $46,290 for supplementing
salaries of teachers. In addition there
is an item of 100000 required by the
acts of 1915 for the school building
fund
The County Welfare Board will re-
ceive $49,144.56, over $4,000 more
than last year. This includes aid to
dependent children, s. $50; board for
, children, $4,000; General public as
sstance, 500, 44224; Old age assist
iiance, SIT sol. 88; aid to blind, $99247
;and administration, $4,757.97. Other
items for welfare included $4,000 for
! hospital care of needy, $4,000 for
! almhouse and asylum.
| The Commissioners levied $73, 44S.-
"a for equipment, repairs, labor, etc,
for the County Roads department, and
S32, 05769 to take care of debt in
that department, making sos, 5O6-
! SO for the county roads department.
| Other regular items were about the
same as other years. The Commission
ers provided $4,000 for a garage for
the Jail, an item that grand juries
! for several years have been recon-
mending. An item of $4,000 was also
levied to purchase filing equipment
for the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court.
j. j. Ashby, clerk to the Commits
sioners pointed out the amount of in
crease necessary as the result of GER
tain items in the levy. The amount
granted to supplement salaries of
teachers took .221 of the entire rate.
i the debt of the county roads office
.l53, the new boiler for the high
school 0l5, and making up the under
! payment to the Board of Education
! upon the levy of 1915 .0OS3. These
! grants made a total of almost 40
cents. The entire raise was 60 cents
on each 500.