Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1953 — Page 6

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City Budget To Be Presented Aug. 4 1954 Budget Before TtCity Councilmen i On August 4 the proposed budget for the city of Decatur for 19p4 will be presented before the city council prior to advertisement in newspapers, it was disclosed today by 11. Vernon Aurand, clerk treasurer. Following are the steps required to be taken by the city, and subsequent action, regarding the setting of the budget. (The dates are those supplied by the Indiana municipal league.)

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August 13: last date for first publication (of budget). (Eighteen days of notice of budgets must be given before levies are finally fixed.) August 20: Last date for second publication. August 31: Final approval of budget by officers of civil cities and towns—the last Monday in * I September 12: Last day to file two copies of budget and tax lev* ies with county auditor. September ,14: County tax adjustment board meets — second Monday in September. September 28: Last day for taxpayers to appeal budget to state tax board from final action of civil cities and towns officials '<— fourth Monday in the month. October 1: Last day for tax ad-

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Relates Incidents Os Fire On Sunday Mrs. Jess Gilbert, 68, (he only one who escaped from a fire Sunday in which her son. daughter-in-law and bafby grandson were killed, today relates the incidents whi:h ended when she left the upper story windaw to safety. The words were whispered, her lungs still bacjly smoked from inhaling larg e amounts of smoke. “...I thought I heard some kind of explosion, but I dressed,' made the ibed, and walked for the head of the stairs. 1 I . i *T was about to go down the stairs,” she related, “when I could see the thick smoke at the bottom. After that, things were hazy; I opened the window and...” Here Mrs. Gilbert said she |was con. fused. She couldn’t tell whether she actually jumped from the window or let herself down. Following that, Mrs. Gilbert recalled regaining consciousness in the ambulance as she was taken to the hospital, her condition now described as “good.” justment board to fix rates and levies. Duties of the county tax board terminate. After the county tax adjustment board makes its final determination of what the taxes should be, the county auditor makes [public notice of the fact. Within 10 days after this notice, 10 or more taxpayers have the right to appeal to the state tax board against the county tax board’s determination. This is done by filing objections with the county auditor, who, in turn, forwards them to thd state board. The city may also appeal: If they dislike the final determination of the county tax board, they may, within 10 days after the county auditor makes this determination public, file an appeal against the action of the county board, if the tax levy set by the city has been lowered by. the board. The appeal is also taken to the state tax board.

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Taxing Units Work On Annual Budgets 1954 Budgets To Be I Set Here By Units Thoughts of all county taxing units .are turning these days to the setting of the 1954 budgets, estimates of which will be filed on August 5 by these tax units. A;JI boards concerned with the budget are following the calendar outlined below, as stated by law. August 1: Taxpayers may, on or before this date, file a petition with the county auditor for a reduction or revision of the schobl cumulative building fund levy (of any tax unit). August 5: Last date to flje county budget estimates with county auditor. August 7: Last date for first publication of budgets by township trustees. 1 August 8: Last date 1 for first publication of budgets by {school cities and school towns. August 13: Last date for fir|t publication of budgets by civil cities and civil towns. August 14: Last date for second publication of budgets by township trustees. August 15: Last date for second [publication of budgets by school cities and school towns. August 20: Last date for second publication of budgets by civil cities and towns. August 21: Last datF for first publication of county budget. . August 25: (Meetings held of township advisory boards. August 27: Meetings of .city and town school boards. 1 August 28: Last date for second publication of county budget. • August 31: Meetings of city councils and town boards. Sept. 8; Meeting of county council. Sept. 12: Last date to file budgets with county Sept. 14: Meeting coun ty

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board of tax adjustment. Sept. 28: Last date on which' 10 or more taxpayers may appeal; to the state board of tax commissioners from action of the: county council, township advisory board, city council, town board and board of school trustees . 1954 budget set. Oct. 1: Last date for county board of tax adjustment to complete its duties. * The county board of tax adjustment is an annual board, sitting tor only one day, Sept.. 14. Members of the board ate as follows: (1) Mayor of the largest city; member of the county council; member of the township trustees; four freeholders chosen by the judge of the county circuit coprt, Myles F. Parrish. ' Os this panel, ne rrore than four members may be of the same 'political faith. (Judge Parrish staid today he would appoint the four members after the meeting oflßhe township trustees in September.) Members serve without pay. J In filing remonstrance against any one or more of the budgetsetting boards, citizens follow this procedure: They must file action with the county auditor, who i in turn files notice on the state board of tax commissioners. They may lower the rate but not raise- it, except on appeal. Likewise, the county tax adjustment board May lower the rate set by the county council, but may lower it onli. * . I Singing Star Weds Film Actor Monday | DALLAS, Tex. UP — Singing star Rosemary Clooney, who Tyed actor Jose Ferrer at Durant, Okla., Monday, planned to leave for Hollywood today without her groom. • Ferrer said he would join her in about a week, after he finishes the run of the musical play "kiss Me. Kate,” in Dallas. It was the , third marriage for Ferrer, 41. Miss Clooney, who gave her age as 25, had not been married before. I

Ag Secretary Benson On Hot Seat Politically Forced Into Action Conflicting With Basic Philosophy WASHINGTON!, UP—Ezra Taft Benson is on a hot seat, politically and economical!iy. It's a normal posture for a secretaryi of agricul-, ture, as Henry A. Wallace, Charles F. Brannan and others could have told him« Benson firmly believes In reducing the subsidization and regimentation of the American farmer. His thinking along these lines, at a time when farm prices have been falling, has given the jitters to many farm state Republicans who face re-election fights next year. The combination of skidding prices, surplus crops ’■ in most areas, disasters in other areas and the stipulations of existing law has forced Benson into many actions that conflict with his basic philosophy, i Benson advocates less “government regimentation” in farm programs. But surpluses have forced him to ask for federal controls on wheat next year for the first time in 10 years and on sugar cane for the first time since 1941. He may also have to impose controls on cottdn for the first time since 1950. Benson thinks the government should cut down on price support spending. But he had to spend 1337,000,000 for price propping his first four months in office. The 33,248,000,000 total now tied up in price support programs is more than double the figure for the same time last year. Before this crop year is over, the total may hit $6,000,000,000, the statutory limit. Benson thinks the government should stay out of the grain storage business. But he has been forced to build enough additional federal bins to handle 89,000,000 bushels of surplus grain. Benson thinks it’s time for a change in farm laws which have forced his hand on these and other matters. But politically sensitive congressmen are working against him. he and President Eisenhower are pledged to support the law "now on the books.” Now scheduled to expire with the 1954 crop year, the law requires mandatory 90 percent of parity price supports on six ’basic crops, sets a range in which supports have to be fixed on other crops and provides for federal controls to cut down output. 'Benson feels that a more flexible support law, allowing a drop in price props, i would be a more effective way of turning off output and stopping the flood of surplus crops into government ownership. The difficulty in dropping supports on farm crops was seen in Benson’s very first price decision. Although allowed to set props on dairy products anywhere from 75 to 90 percent of parity, Benson kept them at the high 90 percent level this year in spite of mounting surpluses. Another indication that this is not an easy time to trim supports is the fact that even many cattlemen who in the past have shunned federal aid, now feel that price supports on cattle wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Beef cattle never have been in the support list. Benson refused, however, despite Democratic , needling, to be stampeded into action against skidding cattle prices. Only when drought added to surplus cattle woes and increased the'i price pinch on ranches was any sizable federal aid forthcoming. Latest available figures, as of the end of May, showed 71,625 persons on the department payroll, compared to 67,497 last January when Benson took over and 70,020 in May last year. Benson hopes to cut the total some. He also hoped to cut the department’s budget—exclusive of price support spending. But congress has restored most of the major cuts he planned for fiscal 1954 which began July 1. ;

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