The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-15
Appropriation a Bill.

Ii. The committee of ways and means submitted
to the House the'b to make appropriations to
peet the ordinary expenses Of the State govern
ment for the fiscal year commencing November
=, 1877, and recommended that it pass. The
bill is very yslumineus butSthe following sy
nopsis con,efhs ctessary Information upon
the subject& ~ ~ i -. .,5...s
Section ! sppr9psiatss tSsSssn of 500, 17e
TO p9, salaries ofs the executive and judicial
ohieays Rs the State aud tho clerks and the
tiha 9Snses of tho executive and judicial
departmentS for. the fiscal year commencing
November the list, 1877, that is to say
&pTIvE DEPARTMENT.
Salary of Me Governor, S3,5OO :; Governors s
private secrstarA $l,275; messenger, S400 ;
contingent fund, SsO00; stationery and print
ki9g fsg the. 6 GdSefnor, $3.50.
~sstfy Of Lieutenant Governor, $4,000.
Secretary of Slate, S2,10O; clerk, S1,275 !;
porter $3.50; contingent fund, $500; stationery
and printing, S22O.
Salary of Comptroller General So, 100; cleri-
eel services, $4,000; contingent fund, 5000;
printing and stationery, $500.
Salary of State Treasurer, $4,000; clerical
services $4,000; contingent fund, 5000; print
| ing and stationery, $3.50.
Salary Of Superintendent of Education, ST.
$40; clerk, $500; printing and stationery, $3.50;
travelling expenses, $3.50.
Salary of State Librarian, S625; contingent
fund. $500, printing and stationery, Sic. ~,
Salary of Attorney General, S2,l0O; clerk,
S1,y00; contingent fund.- 5000; printing and
stationery, S1IO; expenses of litigation, S4, :
| 600.
Salary of Adjutant and Inspector General,
81 800; clerk, 200; contingent fund, 500 !;
printing and stationery, 5000 State armorer,
5000; two. watchmen of State House and
grounds, $780,
Salary Of chief State constable 81 500.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Chief justice 81 900: two associate Justices,
$4,000 each, $1,000: eight Circuit Judges, 3d.
800 each, S2S seven Solicitors at 81 800,
and the Solicitor of Charleston Circuit, 1000
Si2.5O0.
Salary of librarian and clerk of Supreme
Court, $1,000.
Salary of State reporter, s 900 attendant
on Supreme Court, 500; contingent fund, S45C;
books for Supreme Court library. $500.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
For the support and mcintcn of the health
department of the State, $4,000. viz: Quaran-
tine, $ ,OO0 salary Of health officers of Hilton
Head AMIDST Helena, 5000 each Keeper of the
Lazaretto, $500.
TAX DEPARTMENT..
For support Of tax department of the State,
$4,000, viz: Salaries of county Auditors, S19-
| 100 for printing books, &C., for county Audi
| tors and Treasurers $3.50.
SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
| One thousand five hundred dollars. viz: Insur.
ance on buildings, 81 600; librarian, $500.
PENAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS,
Seventy-six thousand seven hundred dollars,
viz: Penitentiary, $50, ,O00 salary of Superin.
tendent, 81, 600; Physician, $500
| Luna'ic Asylum, $l5,O0O; Superintendent,
| $4,000.
State Orphan Asylum, $4,000.
Deaf Dumb and Blind Asylum, 1000.
| Catawba Indians $500
| For the civil contingent fund, $1,000
For publishing monthly statement Of the
Siaie-ircasurer, 81 ,OO0.
Balance of salary State Treasure. for fiscal
| year ending October 81, 1877 $40 Co.
Unpaid expenses Of Adjuant and Inspector
generals for same fiscal year, Sl,O37. Expcn-
scs same office for fiscal year ending October
81, 1878, So, 200.
For claims against the State which may be
passed upon and allowed by the General Assem-
bly, at the present session, $1,000.
Public printing Of the two houses of General
Assembly for the regular session of 1877, SlO,-
The bill in conclusion provides that all salaries
shall be paid monthly upon the warrant Of the
Comptroller. General, and that the amount an
propriated for contingent funds and printing.
as required, shall be paid upon the warrants of
the Comptroller General upon the application of
the various officers entitled to the same proyi-
ded that the. amounts and vouchers tbe filed in
the Comptroller Generals Office before the war
rants nre issued. And that the disposition
made. of the several contingent funds Shall be
accounted for to the next General Assembly
prior TO December, 1878; provided that no off
Ger authorized to make contracts or draw funds
from the said appropriations shall expcnd OIL
make contract for expending more than has beer
appropriated for any purposes by this bill.
The enti'e amount appropriated by the bill
| aggregates Z29,7S Go, exclusive of rewards
| offered by the Governor for the arrest of crim
nails.
CHARCOAL AND LIME-Pcrmit us tc
again urge all breeders of poultry who
wish healthy fowls, to be liberal in supply,
ing their fowls with charcoal 1t is one OF
the best preventives of diseases amongst