Evening star., 1948-12-22
Schools Receive
Extra $4,000
In Montgomery
Council Authorizes
Treasurer to Accept
Estimated Taxes

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Continued maintenance work in
Montgomery County schools is as
sured by a supplemental 100000 ap-
preparation by the County Council.
The council acted yesterday at
the request of the Board of Educa-
ton after rejecting recommended
ton by County Supervisor Irving G.
McNayr for $4,000 allotment.
Earlier, the council authorized
Treasurer John B. Diamond to ac-
cept estimated 1948 real estate taxes
from property owners who have not
yet received tax bills.
This was done to enable ap-
proXimately 5000 persons to pay
their estimated taxes by January l
and deduct them from their 1948
Federal income tax returns.
100000 Probable Deficit Seen.
Mr.. McNayr, in recommending the
payment of $4,000 for school main-
tenance for the remainder of the
fiscal year, told the council the
county faces a probable" deficit of
$4,000 by June 80. He said this
would include the amount he rec
commended for school maintenance
He attributed the prospective
deficit to the provision in the cur
rent budget for payment of $780,
600 in short-term notes, part of a
$150,000 loan made by the former
Democratic Board of Commission
ers three years ago.
The supervisor said $4,000 had
been paid off during the last two
years and the remainder must be
paid when it becomes due June IS,
under provisions of the county's new
charter.
The less we make this appro-
priation," Mr. McNayr declared,
"the less chance we have of going
into deficit financing. I am sure
the Board of Education can replan
its work to operate within the $780,
000."
S142.984 Fund Cited.
F. Barnard Welsh, attorney to
the council. said a S142,984 appro-
priation for school maintenance had
been provided in the 1948-9 budget
and that this was supposed to last
the Board Of Education full year" :"
At this point Councilman Wesley
I. Sauter asked that action be de-
ferred so he could give the matter
further study. Councilman Charles
H. Jamison then made motion
to adopt Mr.. McNayr's recon-
nendation, but it was lost for lack
of second
Later, after Mr.. Sauter and Coun-
Gilman o. w. Youngblood had left,
Councilman George C. (Ace) Es-
worthy presented a motion to grant
the Board of Education the full
100000. He was supported by Mr..
Jamison and Councilman Brooke
Johns.
The action dealing with payment
of estimated taxes was taken on the
recommendation of4Mr.- Welsh. Last
week, the council extended the dead
line for payment of property taxes
for 80 days after the postmark on
bills sent out by the treasurer's
Office.
Assessments Delayed.
The extension, the third in four
months, was ordered because Of
delay in the receipt by the county
of front foot benefit assessments
from the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
Mr.. Welsh advised Mr.. Diamond,
in estimating the taxes, to add a
reasonable" amount. such ass per
cent, to the tax bills TO cover any
possible increase in the front foot
benefit charges.
Each taxpayer, it was explained,
will have to sign a receipt in which
he agrees to pay the difference be-
tween the estimate and the actual
tax, if the former is smaller. If the
estimate is larger, the county agrees
to refund the difference.
Mr.. Diamond emphasized the esti-
mated taxes must be paid at his
office in the Rockville Courthouse.
Citizens in areas adjacent to Whea-
ton and Bethesda are affected.
Hearing Postponed.
The council postponed a hearing
keheduled yesterday on a proposed
c0unty-wide fire code until after
tie new elected council takes Office
ISnuary 10. Mr.. Welsh said the
pfesent interim council could not
:Ntt since it has no legislative powers.
@9He made a similar ruling when
III Duncan Clark, member of the
scpalnty's delegation to the General
sASsembly, renewed his request for
action on proposed amendments to
the zoning ordinance. Action was
deferred last week after a hearing
Despite Mr.. Welshs opinion, Mr..
Youngblood made a motion to ap-
prove the amendments. The motion
was lost by a 2-to-2 vote. Mr..
Youngblood and Mr.. Sauter voted
il favor of the motion and Mr..
Johns and Mr. Esworthy against it.
Mr. Jamison was absent.
designations Accepted.
The designations of Policeman
Warren B. Oden and Mrs. Eleanor
M. Lanigan, executive secretary to
the council, were accepted. Mrs.
Lanigan explained her job will be
"nonexistent" when the elected
council takes Office. Her resignation
will take effect January 7.
The council also gave Mrs. Esther
z. Fleishell a six-month leave of
absence. effective January T. Mrs
Fleishell, deputy clerk to Mr. Young
blood, explained she wanted to join
her husband, who is in Florida be-
cause of his health.
Taken under advisement was a
petition by Arthur c. Hyde for the
reclassification from residential A
tqcommercial D of about five acres
on the Congressional Airport prop
efty near Halpine.
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