The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-16
CHAR Es TON.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1e, 1869.
Taxation In tho State.

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Comptroller. General Nesgle, in his esti
mate of supplies for the year commencing
November l., 1868, assumed that the sam o
$500, 400 would be required to carry on th'
State government, and included in his esti
mate 1929, 4s2 for interest falling due du
ring the fiscal year. The gross amount O.
the Appropriation bill which lies before III
is $834,5
For salaries of officials, including the
salary Of the, judges, circuit solicitors and
superintendent of the penitentisry, there is
appropriated sl21, 300, or SS5,eoo more
than the estimate of the Comptroller Gen
eral made in October last. The greater
part of the difference occurs in the new
charge for county auditors-S91, 500.
For the different contingent funds $50, $50
is appropriated, instead of the S1S.500
which TIE Comptroller-G General estimated
would be sufficient. The contingent fund
of the auditor is cut down from $4,000 to
$1,000, but thai of the Governor is increased
from $4,000 to $25, 900. What the Cover
nor is to do with this round sum OF $50 600,
beyond paying the expenses of the Agri-
cultural Bureau, which should be less than
$4,000, must be settl ed in the tsx-psy yer's
imagination.
The appropriation for the judiciary de-
pariment is but $4,000, the charge of
$40, 900, for pay of jurors and constables,
included in the estimate of the Comptroller
General, being omitted.
For the ordinary civil expenses the sp-
preparation is $2l9,500, while the Comp
troller- Generals estimate was $l9l, 1893.
The sum of $40, coo is allowed for the con-
tingent fund acc cunt, out Of which is to
be paid the expense Of tax notices and as
sessment books for the whole State. A big
bill of stationery for somebody. The Coun-
ty School Commissioners take $4,000
The Lunatic Asylum takes $l6,0 600, and the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum $4,000. to
which charges no one will object. The
Penitentisry takes $SO,0oo for continuing
construction and supporting the oonviots,
which is about the amount estimated to be
necessary by Governor Ger and NJ jor Lee
The permanent printing is put down at
$40 900, and the Catawba Indians, ss USUAL, 4,
at $1,000.
For the State police the sum of $40, 600 is
appropriated instead Ofthe $l2, 600 asked for
by the Comptroller General. The whole of
this expense, is to our mind, unnecessary.
The educational department has an ap.
preparation of $4,000. The Comptroller
General estimates that the oapitatiOn ta1
will produce about s120,O00, and that Off.
Ger reported an undrswn educational appro-
priation of $4,000, which should give the
free schools total amount of sbou: $500, 600
This is far more than the State oan afford
to spend upon schools which are expected
to be arranged so that only oOlored chill
dren will derive any benefit from them.
For the State University, S26, 800 is ap-
propriatea.
For the enrolment, Organization and
equipment of the militia, s2O. 600 is appro
priated, and for the oodifoation of the laws
$lO,5o
For the payment of the interest on the
public debt falling due during the year,
there is appropriated 1929, APP
The whole Appropriation bill may be
br;. q v atated az follows: