Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1938 — Page 4

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Civic Leaders Begin Study |

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“decrease of from $350,000 to $400,000

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FCent Tax Rate Boost Faces Center Township Next Year|

Of Requested Increases In Budgets.

(Continued: from Page One) Neal said the increase in the num-

ted an increase in personnel. He said the department, however, was not exceeding the minimum personnel requirements of the State Welfare Act. Twenty additional persons were employed in July, he said. Mr. Neal said the County will receive a total of $285,735 under terms of a law passed by the special ses‘sion of the Legislature to defray part of the counties’ welfare costs.

Increase Is $292,740

‘The proposed 1939 Civil City budget is $8,129,856.08. This compares with the 1938 budget appropriation of $7,837,115.57, an increase of $292,740.51. There is, however, an estimated

in nonproperty tax revenue available, compared with the 1938 revenue estimate. Balances in several funds virtually have been wiped out this year, Mr. Swaim said, and estimates of miscellaneous receipts—far above actual receipts this year—must be reduced considerably for next year. To meet the proposed 1939 budget expenditures, therefore, the City must provide an estimated $642,000 to $692,000 more than was raised by property tax for 1938, it was explained. On this basis, there is a prospect of 13 or 14 cents increase in the Civil City rate in Center Township.

" Balance Is Lower

Mr. Swaim said the sum avallable in balances next year is much less than the $288,899.21 spent out of balances this year. The City has received no official estimate of next year's assessed valuation nor of the possible percentage of tax delinquency. The budget for next year is being prepared, for the present, on the same valuation basis as this year—1 cent in the levy raising about $50,000—and on the basis of 100 per cent tax collection. However, net tax collections this year, considering both current delinquency and payment of past delinquent taxes, is reported running about 98 per cent. There is a possibility of a similar or even greater loss next year. If it becomes necessary to anticipate 2 per cent net delinquency next year, a loss in revenue of about $140,000— another levy boost of about 3 cents would be required to make up this

Civil City Rate Up

This Would bring the possible Civil City rate increase to 16 or 17 cents. The requests for the County general fund, Tuberculosis Hospital and WPA road projects for next year call for an increase of about 7 cents in the rate. . The proposed County sinking fund, Welfare Department and Center Township budgets have not been announced. The Welfare budget, however, is expected to require a boost of nearly 3 cents over this year’s 13.3 cents rate. The School City levy is to be 3 cents lower than this year.

Five Sources Provide Revenue

Funds to meet the City’s budget requirements are obtained from five sources, said Mr. Swaim. These he outlined as follows: 1—Poll taxes, which bring in a fairly uniform return each

year. 2—Special taxes, also fairly uniform in return. These include: (a) Bank and building and loan association - intangible taxes. (b) Payments on delinquent taxes placed on a plan of 10 annual installments during the depression tax sale moratorium. (c) Excise taxes returned to the City by the State 3— Miscellaneous revenue from City licenses, fees, rents, etc. 4—Sums taken from balances built up in previous years. 5—The property tax.

How Property Tax Is Set

After subtracting the money available from the first four sources listed by Mr. Swaim, the amount to be raised by the property tax is then determined, In computing this year's (1938) levy, the City estimated funds available from these first four sources at $1,415,438.70, leaving $6,420,633.87 of the $7,837,115.57 budget to be raised by property tax. The property tax levy thus was $1.2522 per $100 of assessed valuation. Sums taken from various ‘fund balances to meet the 1938 -budget were as follows: City sinking fund ...... ssasesess City general fund ....cvo0000000 Fire Dept. pension Publie health Park Sanitation essersscearean essen Flood prevention sinking ......

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The City sinking fund and Department pension balances virtlally are gone, Mr. Swaim said, and thus cannot be drawn upon for next year's budget.

Other Balances Low, He Hints

Balances in several of the other funds also are so low, he intimated, as te make it impossible to figure on them for next year.

as City sien fund balance really was not a balance, although credit ed to such, but represented a $50,000 | an payment by the Citizens Gas Util ity in lieu of City taxes. Under the lay, he declared, the utility board has the right to make a payment or not as the utility

.| directors deem advisable. The util-

ity must, by law, pay taxes to the county and state. Mr. Swaim said the utility may make no payment at all next year. The controller attributed part of this year’s defliciency in miscellaneous revenue collections to the fact that the controller's estirnate of $603,888: was boosted to $673,236 after the budget was submitted to Council,

Estimates Too High, Says Swaim

These final estimates, by funds, for this year (1938) were: City general fund ....... reves $333,623.70 Sanitation fund ....cc0000 ensnes 115,867.75 Parks .........ccs00000000000000 82,520.10 Publio health crngennn ssssescese | 66,836.14 Fire Dept. bensien esssscesnesne 49,653.95 Airport . ; . « | 22,384.48 T. B. preventioh . 2,350.00

$673, 236.12 The City general fund estimate has been found to be about $108,000 higher than collections, Mr, Swaim said. Receipts in the Sanitation Department Fund, he said, also are greatly below the estimate because the price of grease—the principal product of .the City Garbage Reduction Plant—is far below that of last year. The grease is bought by factories for making soap and other products. \ Losses in these and other funds, responsible civic leaders said today, may reduce the total estimate of miscellaneous revenue for next year by from $150,000 to $200,000. Under this approach, the property tax would have to be increased $292,740.51 over the present figure to meet the actual budget request increase, possibly as much as another $200,000 to make up the reported deficiency in miscellaneous revenue and still another $200,000 representing balance withdrawals this year which are not expected to be available next year. This possible total of $692,740 would require an increase in the property tax rate of about 14 cents. If the loss in miscellaneous revenue were only $150,000, the required increase would be about 13 cents. In these circumstances, slightly more than $7,100,000 would have to be raised next year by property taxes. : A 2 per cent tax delinquency next year apparently would mean a loss of more than $140,000. With one cent in the levy raising about $50,000, it would require almost a 3-cen$ additional increase in the rate to make up this loss.

Budget Dates Are Listed

"Meanwhile, the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association listed a series of

taxpayers. Under the law, the association of-

‘ficials pointed out, all budgets must

be advertised twice, a week apart, the first time not later fhan Aug, 27. The Civil City, budget must be

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may be appealed fo: the County Board of Tax Adjustment by any 10 taxpayers not later than Sept. 26. The Tax Adjustment Board must |, Feet Sept.' 12 and take final action on the various budgets and levies by Oct. 1. After its action, 10 taxpayers may appeal again to the State Board on or before Oct. 15.

JOHN P. MORGAN Ill TO LEAVE HOSPITAL

John Pierpont Morgan III, grandson of the international banker, was to leave St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon and return with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Junius S. Morgan, to their home in Glen Cove,

Mr. Morgan was stricken with acute appendicitis while he was working incognito on a Knightstown farm and was operated upon here. He apparently had given up plans to return to the farm for the remainder of his summer vacation from Harvard where he is & junior.

CONSIDER AID FOR LEHIGH

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (U. P).— Officials of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. have under consideration a plan of financial assistance for the road which, it is hoped, will “make any’ reorganization of the company’s finances unnecessary, "it became known today.

CHAMBERLAIN SEES DOCTOR

LONDON, Aug. 9 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Nevillee Chamberlain arrived today from Scotland, where he had been fishing on the Duke of Westminster's estate, to consult his physician about a cold complicaied by nasal catarrh.

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Zoning Board proved eight petitions for of the zoning laws and denied three

Petitions of the Eastern Invest-

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three-family apartment at 950 N. industry.

Ritter Ave., and of Mrs, Belle Z. Knight to construct and operate a fruit stand on the street property line at 2803 E. 30th St. Petitions granted included: Daisy| A, Flack, to construct a filling station at southeast corner of Capitol Ave. and 38th 8t.; Clara Holladay, to convert Jots at 6228-6246 into a parking lot for the Vogue Theater;

‘Elsie Murray, 3758 N. Keystone Ave.,

parking lot Yor restaurant at that address; George E. Stout, varianee for construction of a single house at 48th St. and Central Ave. Victor L. Buchanan, to construct living quarters over a garage at the rear of 2303 E. Riverside Drive: Robert L. Pecar, double house at 1831 Medford St.; Ruby Graham, operation of a beauty parlor at 2338 N. Delaware 8t. The Board also permitted operation of a tailoring and pressing shop in a residence at 814 Locke St.

WIND MAY MISS PUERTO RICO

SAN JUAN, P. Rs Aug. 9 (U. P), —Danger of a hurricane striking Puerto Rico is past, the Weather | Bureau reported today. Warnings of a tropical disturbance heading west northwestward about 150 ‘miles east of here between the islands of St. Thomas and St, Martin were broadcast yesterday. Today the bureau reported that the storm probably would pass north of Puerto Rico.

SIX CHILDREN DIE AS DYSENTERY SPREADS

OWOSSO, Mich, Aug. 9 (U. P).— ‘The State Health ‘Department continued je ig Ty curb va | § 0 a dysen which Spread 91 shige of six children. Dr. Robert M. Schultz, head of the temporary field staff established here, said that 75 cases of dysentery have been reported and that more may be found following further investigation. Serum to fight the dreaded ' tropical - infection was rushed here from Detroit in an attempt to control the outbreak.

ROCHESTER YOUTH DROWNS

ROCHESTER, Aug. 9 (U. P).— Fire department crews from Peru

| and Rochester dragged Lake Nyona

today for the body of Albert Macy, 18-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. H, M. Macy, who drowned last night when a boat in which he was riding with two other youths capsized.

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on national convention. three wings of the General Headquarters air force—more than 325 planes—will be concentrated at Los Angeles for the Legion parade in connection with the convention. The flying armada will be under command of Maj. Gen. Frank M. .| Andrews, commander of the G.H.Q, air force, who will personally lead

the for formation in his “flying head-

"plane. SUatets Gen, Johnson, a past national commander of the Legion, advised John R. Quinn, president of the Legion Convention Corp. of Los Angeles, of the air corps plans,

CLARK TWELVETREES DIES NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (U. P).— Clark Twelvetrees, 34 actor and former husband of Helen Twelvetrees, one time motion picture star, died in Bellevue Hospital today of a fractured skull. - He had fallen on a sidewalk three days ago.

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rence Marks, a Waltz Township Mi-

ami Indian, today prepared to appeal to the Circuit Court from a

decision of Justice of the Peace}

Ben Brooks, fining him $10 and costs for unlawful possession of a raccoon, i» Mr. Marks said he found the race coon when it fell from a tree and Vas stunnet, He has made a pet 0

His attorney, Elmer Morris of |

Peru, contended Mr. Marks was not liable undey Indiana fish and game laws because of treaties made in past years between the Indians and

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