Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-20
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uts$9,454,000
Ceiling on Bonds
Issue Would Be Used
For County Facilities;
7Meusures Offered

J Measures Offered
Authority to issue up to &c..
4S4 600 In bonds for schools, roads
drainage facilities and a county
building plus a maximum 81 mil.
lion bond issue to construct q
county hospital is contained In
two bills before the Montgomery
County Council.
They were among seven intro
duced last night In session which
included final passage of two other
measures submitted May /. The
latter become effective August IS.
The 1914 million bond authorize
ton was broken down as follows:
For school construction and site
acquisitions. $7.395. 900; for roads,
bridges, storm water drainage ia
cilities and rights-of-way, $685.
000., and for a new county building,
$3.50. 900.
introduced as Ceiling.
The bills sponsor, Mrs. Dorothy
Himstead. explained 1t does not
commit the council to issue the
entire amount but merely sets a
ceiling which cannot be exceeded.
The $7.3 million earmarked for
schools is $1,000 more than the
Board Of Education estimated
should be spent during the fiscal
year beginning July / when 1t re-
leased its proposed five-year cap
ttal budget last week.
A provision In the bill calls
for reducing the school allotment
in proportion to the amount of
money received from the State,
either as loans or grants.
In introducing the hospital bill,
Councilman Harold F. Hammond
said he had been advised by the
county attorneys Office that the
county has no authority to issue
bonds for the benefit Of the Silver
Spring Hospital Association to
build a general hospital in that
community.
81 Million Requested.
= The association had requested
o 81 million bond issue for con-
struction Of a 150-bed hospital on
q 27-acre tract owned by the
group at Sligo Creek parkway and
Forest Glen road.
Mr.. Hammond's measure follows
generally the recommendations Of
the county's Hospital Facilities
Advisory Committee. It also calls
for q $50. 900 appropriation to pre-
pare preliminary plans for the
structure and appointment by the
council Of a 10-member Board of
Governors to operate the institu-
ton.
No bonds would be issued. how
ever, until the county has received
title to the Silver Spring Hospital
Associations 27-acre site and
until reasonable assurance" has
been received that at least $780,
900 In additional funds is avail
able in the form Of grants from
the Federal or State governments
or other sources.
Mr.. Hammond said he had dis
cussed his proposal with officials
of the Silver Spring Association
and that they have expressed will
ingness to transfer their land to
the county.
Commends Silver Spring Site.
While he noted that the Hos
pital Facilities Advisory Commit
tee had recommended the hospital
be built on East-West highway
east Of Rock Creek. Mr.. Hammond
contended the Silver Spring Asso-
cations site lis as good as any
In the county because of its
proximity to the center Of popu-
lation."
Another provision would au-
thorize the Board Of Governors
to negotiate with any other Mont
gomery hospital toward a merger.
This, he explained. is intended
to leave the door open to CONSOLE
dalton Of the proposed county
hospital with Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, as recommended in the
Hospital Facilities Advisory Com
mittee's report.
Other Bills Offered.
The five other bills introduced
last night would:
/. Prohibit activities which cause
the obstruction of any county
road, street, alley, sidewalk. bridge
or right-of-way.
2. Require guest registers in all
hotels. rooming houses, tourist
homes, tourist cabin parks and
trailer camps.
8. Provide for the regulation and
licensing of doorito-door solicitors
and statesmen.
4. Prohibit the making OF false
or fictitious reports to police.
S. Prohibit the use of obscene,
indecent or threatening language
over the telephone.
Adopted were bills making tech
nical changes in 1949 law re-
lating to the adoption of ordi-
.nances and regulations and au-
thorizing the private sale Of tax
sale properties after they have
been offered at least once at pub
lie auction.