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Public HedFInQ
Set on Budgetirl
PrinceGeorges
Session Scheduled
March 10 After PIeu
By 10Civic Leaders
By ChorIes A. McAIeer

A public hearing to consider the
1852 Prince Georges County
budget will be held at 10 am. March
lS in Upper Marlboro before the
Prince Georges County Commis-
sioners.
Decision to hold the open hearing
"a new procedure in the county
before adoption of the budget late
this month was reached yesterday
by the commissioners after re-
quest for such action from a dele
CATION of 10 county civic leaders.
Most interest at the hearings is
expected to center on the school
boards budget request for 81 ,902 ,424.
This amount, if approved, will call
for an increase of nearly 81 cents
per 500 on the real estate tax. The
current rate is s1.95.
The Board of Education budget,
requesting $40S,634 more from the
county than last year, was submitted
to the commissioners yesterday. 1t
was formally approved earlier by
the school board and Supt. G.
Gardner Shugart.
Budget Total s3,s00,5s5.
The entire budget, based on
estimated requirements, call for a
total expenditure of $4,000, ,5S5 dur
ing the next fiscal year, with 81 $685.
161-the difference between the
county levy and the total-slated to
come from the State. The total for
the 1918 fiscal year was 1882, ,767.
Increased costs in the price Of
text books, materials and other
equipment, higher salaries for GER
tain personnel, and building main
tenance are responsible for the
larger county levy for the school
board, Mr.. Shugart informed the
commissioners. Enrolment also in
creased by $50 students last year and
an even larger number is anticipated
this year. Mr.. Shugart added.
In addition, the school superin-
tendent asserted, an extraordinary
item" calling for an expenditure
of $4,000 for providing water and
sewer facilities for the new Oxon
Hill High School, is included under
capital outlay" in the budget.
Another new item includes the ap-
preparation for the first time OF
$1,000 toward the cost of transport
ing parechial school pupils on coun-
ty school buses, Mr.. shugart said.
Mrs. Bogdanoff Spokesman.
Appearing before the commits
sioners to request the open hearing
were Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff, president
of the County League of Women
Voters, who was principal spokes-
man for the delegation, and Mrs.
Fannie Epstein of the same organic
zation; DIR. Eric Durand and Wall
lace L. Hall, County Civic Fedora
tion; Mrs. Zella P. Saylor and Mrs.
Emma Everson, American Associa-
ton of University Women; Mrs.
Wells Harrington, president OF the
County Council of Parent Teacher
Associations, and Richard F. Downes
and DR.. Keith Harder of the coun-
ell, and Mrs. Mary E. O'Dwyer,
Landover Hills Women's Club.
The commissioners agreed in
principle to all of the groups re-
quests except one for advance pub
lication which they termed i'm
practical" AS a substitute, they
said in the future they would pub
lish individual budgets as depart
ments submit them. The practice
has been not to reveal the final
budget figure until after the meas
ure was adopted.
In other actions, the commission
ers granted permission to Olga H.
Sheets to operate day nursery,
subject to Health Department ap-
proval, at 1890 Temple road Sc.
and accepted the resignation OF
Walter N. Liebert as county parole
and probation officer.