The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-01-10
Commissioners
Keep $500 Tax
Rate for 1857
Levy Being Completed This
Week; County To Spend
$o20,l74 In Year

The Garrett County Commits
sioners, in winding up the annual
levy this week, announced they
were keeping the county tax rate
at $500 per each 500 of assessable
property.
The county will operate on an
expected revenue of S92O174.73 and
of this amount some S637 900 will
come from the county tax rate of
81 on taxable basis of S31, 1881, 345,
less an allowance of some $4,000
for discounts, insolvencies, etc, al
lowed taxpayers.
The tax basis is over million
dollars more than last year.
Other estimated income of APP
proximately 100000 includes I'M
collected taxes of SSO,826.5O, auto
mobile license fee taxes of $4,000,
beer tax of $4,000, the county's
share of income tax of $4,000 and
other lesser items. Cash on hand
amounts to S63,08938 which in
cludes $4,000 levied for voting
machines last year which was
never spent.
School System
The school system of the county
will receive $332,9O1 with $12,9OO as
the county share of teachers
salaries. S165OO as school share of
motor vehicle license fees, S261, 300
for Board of Education operating
expense; S13,O51, debt service; S16,-
$50 for incentive fund; $4,000 for
capital outlay; and $500 for Mary
land School for the Blind.
The county library fund totaled
S6,377.28. with the Ruth Enlow
library also receiving So percent
of the county marriage license fee
of S2,720. The other Is percent of
the special license fee of $3.50 goes
10 the Garrett County Historical
society,
The County Welfare Board will
receive S54,70314 with most of this
necessary to qualify for Federal
and State contributions. The total
is about the same as last year.
The Commissioners made pro-
vision for SCI 46945 for the Gar
rett County Memorial hospital
which included debt service of S18,-
7O8 on both the hospital and addi-
ton to the hospital. The hospital
this year will receive SLIPS from
the natural gas fund since all
money over $4,000 annually goes
to the hospital and the. gas tax
fund exceeded $4,000 this year.
The hospital operating expense
was listed at $4,000, but with the
natural gas fund placed under this
category, the levy for this item
totaled only S17761.45.
The Commissioners levied $780,
600 for the county roads depart
ment. The election fund levy
totaled S65,000 which included $780,
900 for registration and election
capital outlay, which means voting
machines.
School Bonds and Interest
Under school bonds and interest
it was noted that 1919 bonds to be
paid amount to $4,000 with inter-
est of S18,75O; state bonds of $780,
629.96, with S11,273.9O as interest
on state bonds and $14,250 as in
terest on 1856 school bonds. or
total of $150,9O3. Subtracting the
state incentive fund of S4S,95O, the
county incentive fund of S16.15O,
and the natural gas fund of $50
coo, leaves S43,8O3S6 to be levied
for paying off the bonds and inter-
est. This is $4,000 less than was
needed for the same item last wear.
Other items in the levy include
$1,000 for legislative and cxccu-
tive; S21 ,965 for judicial; $40, 700 for
finance; $3.50 for legal counsel; S45,-
500 for general government build
ingS; $4,000 for public safety; S24,-
9l5 for conservation of health: So
300 for correction; $12,295 for pub
lie service enterprise: S4,12O for
liquor board and S35,S75 for miscel-
laneous. A contingent fund of SIS
600 was included in the miscellan-
eOuS section.
The detailed levy will be pub
lished in The Republican next
week and for the following two
weeks.
The state tax rate this year has
been set at 1425 on each 500 of
assessment.
Announcement of the tax rate
was made by II. D. Swartzentruber,
president of the County Commits