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amendment. This was carried by a vote

amendment. This was carried by vote
OF Sc to so.
Mr., Haskell moved TO amend 80 thai
the salaries of the commissioners should
be $10 per day for every day that their
services were actually engaged, the
number ofdaYs in the year not to exceed
sixty.
Mr.. Brice OF Chester said that while
the commissioners might only work thir-
tY.two days at their effice in year, yet
they had to do a great deal of studying
and investigation at home, and the sala'
rY should not be cut any lower. MIR.
| Ashley's amandnent was lost.
Mr.. Carroll moved TO make it 81, 800.
Mr.. Brice offered to make it 81 200 and
this was agreed to.
Mr.. Buist offered an amendment pro-
viding that the salaries of the Supreme
Court librarian be reduced to $500. Car.
ried.
MIR. Crum's motion 10 reduce the
State librarians salary to $500 was car
ried. Mr.. Hardin's motion 10 table
this was lost by a vote of Is to 86. Mr.
Hardin was not in favor of reducing the
women's salaries.
Mr.. Moses said that any such reduc.
ton would be discrimination against
lady. as her salary was even then les
than that of tue other clerks. Mr.. Nc.
White moved 10 table. Carried. Mr..
Smiths motion to amend by making 1t
$500 was lost. Mr.. Mauldln moved to
amend BY making it $500 was lost. Mr
Mauldin moved to amend by making
the Governors salary $4,000 instead OF
$4,000. This was lost.
Mr.. Hardin thought that economy y
should begin at home and moved to
make the per diem 50, which'was tabled
on Mr.. Jordan's motion.
Mr.. Jordan moved to amend by max.
| ing the salary of the Adjutant Generals
clerk 5000 instead Of $1,000 as the bill
provided. Mr.. Hough wanted to make
| it $500 and this was lost by. the close
vote of 40 to Al, and the 5000 amend
ment prevailed. Mr.. Kinard began q
reduction on the salary of the clerk Of
the superintendent of education, which
resulted in scaling it down to one.hall
the present figure. He moved to make
| it 5000. Mr.. Tupper said these clerks
salaries were not worth as much as the
State librarians and he moved to make
| it $500. "Just so," said, M. Jordan
"and I move to make it $780," This
was carried.
Mr.. Jordan moved to amend bv Civ
ing the Adiutant General $1,000. Mr.
Carroll wanted the scaled down to $l,.
1000.
| This was too much for Mr.. Youmans,
who presides over the destinies OF the
military In the House and he made
strong appeal against cutting this salary
Mr.. J. T. Duncan said these were
trouDlous times and that the military
was likely to be called out at any time
TO put down riots, and nothing should be
done to impair its efficiency. "EVery
additional amendment is laying dirt on
tile grave of this bill. Let the prunl ne
STOP"
That settled it and the $1,000 limit
went"
Mr.. Haskell endeavored to have the
per diem of members cut down to $3.50
MIR. GarY's motion to table this was
carried by vote Of 90 to Is, as fol-
lows:
| Yeas-Speaker Jones, Anderson. Ber
lrY, Blsckwell, Brezeale, Bruce, Brice,
BUST, Carpenter, Chandler, Cox, Gov
ington, Cooper. Crum, Davis, Dendy,
Dennis, DuBose, Edwards. Elder, El
ls. Estridge, Farley, Fielder, Foster
Garrls, Gary. Glover, Graham, Gunter,
Hamilton, Hammett, Hardee, Harvey
Henderson, Hill, Hougb, Hughes, Hy'
drick, Jeffries, Jordan, Kennedy, Knots,
II. j. Kinard, Kirkland, Lancaster
Lennon, Lesesne, Lotion, Lowrance,
Labon, Maglll, Manning Mauldin, Nc
Laurin McWhlte, Mishoe, Mitchell,
Moses, Nettles, Parks, Patton, Pear.
map, Phillips, Rhodes, Russell, Shu
man, Skinner, A. j. Smith, j. L. Smith
Stackhouse, StolveY, Stokes, Sturkle,
Suddotb, Tatum, Taylor, Tupper, Vaug
han, Waters, Watson, Watts, Whitmire
Wilborn, w. G. Wolfe, J. S. Wolff.
Whitman, Yeldell-9l.
| Nays-Ashley, ,Bacot, Blease, Bre'
land, Byrd, Carroll, Folk, Hardin Has
keli, Johnson, J. D. Kinard, Love, Rast
Yonmans-15.
Mr.. Whitman made the statement
that he voted AGAINST the amendment
| because the member did not offer it In
good faith.
Mr.. Haskell replied that such re
mark was utterly untounded, and that
If the member asserted it, then be aaid
what be knew to be untrue.
Mr.. Whitman said that he merely
tated what impression lad been made
on him.
Mr.. Blease made an effort to preserve
the solicitors salaries. The position
required good lawyer, and the sollcl
tors should be properly paid. Mr.. Kin
ard moved to make it 81, 300, which wa:
carried.
MIR. Won Kolnitz offered an amend
ment making the salary of the solicitor
of the first circuit $l,800.
Messrs. Bacot and Tupper stated thu
this officer had twice as much work tc
do as the other solicitors had, aud hs
should receive more pay, but as re-
duction was being made all around they
suggested that it be placed at 81, 900
which was agreed to.
| Mr.. Buists amendment to reduce the
salary of the clerk of the Senate tt
$500 was agreed to.
During a discussion concerning the
time for the bill to go into operation
the debate was adjourned to take up
special order.