The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19

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mond, Tyler War;, Watson. Welch,
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man-7l.
The House next voted down motion
TO strike out the enacting clause.
THEIR PER DIEM.
Mr.. Bacot then made several verbal
changes: than he said that he had one
more small amendment to offer, and
proceeded to offer one cutting down
the salary of the members to So day:
Mr.. Thurmond thought this would
shut off the poor man from coming to
the general assembly. If men wanted
TO come here for the honor it was all
right. He would not consent to cut
down the salary of his successor.
Mr.. Bacot said the object OF a per
diem was to simply pay the expenses
of the members. If it had been IN.
tended that the Office should be one OF
profit, salaries would have been liked
in the Constitution instead Of a per
diem. He personally could make
much more at home, but he felt that 1t
was an honor to be member of the
body. He called attention to the in-
creased purchasing power of money
that had been talked of so earnestly
during the morning.
The debate was continued at the
night session. After many speeches,
the House took vote on Mr.. Bacots
motion to reduce the members per
diem from four dollars to three. The
amendmdnt was killed by the follow,
ing vote: :,
Yeas-Bacot, Breeland, Floyd,
Goodwin, Harvey, Johnson, Price,
Williamson, Winkler-9.
Nays-Adams, Barkley, Barry,
Blackwell, Bowman, Breazeale, Bran
lett, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Carroll,
Caughman, Connor, L. S.; Cooper,
Crum, Davis, @. NJ; Davis, w. Q.
Dothage, Duncan, Eadens, Earle, Ed,
wards, Elder, Ellerbe, Finklea, Fow-
ler, Gadsden, Garris, Gary, Gregory,
Hanmett, Haselden, Hiott, Holloway,
Hough, Humphreys, Ilderton, John
ston. Kennedy, Kinard, Kirk, Lancas,
ter, Lennon, Leverett, Lotion. Love,
Magill, Manning, Mehrtens, Mellard,
Mellett, Miller, Miles, Mishoe, Mitch
ell, T. p; Moore, Murray, Mcintosh,
McKeown, Nunnery, Otis, Phillips,
Pickens, Pollock, Price, Pyatt, Rains
ford, Robertson, Rowland, Sanders,
A. K. Shuman, Singletary, Skinner,
Sturkie, Tatum, Thomas, Thompson,
Todd, Townsend, Thurmond, Tyler,
War;, Watson, Welch, Whitmire,
Williams, T. s.; Williams, L: j.; ;
Williams, John g.; Williams, Fred
Wilson, Wolf, Wyche-96.
SOME AMENDMENTS.
The house then reconsidered the
vote whereby it had ordered the pre-
vious question on the whole matter.
Then some verbal amendments were
proposed. A change was made as to
the salary of the assistant clerk, the
sergeant-at-arms and reading clerk OF
the house so-as to allow them to get a
per diem of So day extra if the ses-
sion exceeded 80 days.
A motion was made to have the
comptroller generals salary raised to
81, 900. This was carried.
Josh Ashley moved to amend so as
to give the State librarian $1,000. 1t
was done.
An amendment to allow the speak
er $S day and the mileage of mem
ber, was then voted down, and the
bill was ordered to third reading by
a vote OF 4S 10.
THE SALARIES FIXED.
The features OF the salary reduction
bill as passed are as follows: Cover
nor, So, $1,000; lieutenant governor,
during session, $8 per diem and mile
age of a member; governors private
secretary, $1,000; governors messen-
ger, $4OO; Secretary of state and com.
ptroller general, 81, 300 each; clerks of
each, 81, 200; pension clerk and book
keeper of the comptroller, $1,000;
State treasurer, $4,000; chief clerk,
81, $50; two bookkeepers, 81, 200 each ;
superintendent of education, 1900
and 5000 for travelling expenses; clerk
5000; adjutant and inspector general,
81, 200; clerk, 5000; attorney general,
81, 900; assistant, 81, $50; chief justice
supreme court. $4,000; associate just
ices, $2,S50; circuit judges, S2,7O0
each; clerk supreme court, $500; libra
rian, $500; messenger and attendant,
each, 5000; reporter, 5000; superinten-
dent penitentiary, S1,sO0; physician
and captain of guard, each, $1,000;
chaplain, $500; directors, same as
members of the general assembly
when attending meetings; superinten'
dent of asylum, $4,000; regents same
as penitentlary directors; solicitors,
81, $50, each, save of first circuit, who
gets 81, 600, and mileage; State librari
an, 81, 900; members of general assem-
ply, 81 per diem and mileage at cents
per mile; clerk of senate, $S a day and
members mileage during session and
for actual working days thereafter not
exceeding 20 days; reading clerk and
assistant clerk, $3.50 each for session !;
sergeant alarms, 5000; clerk of house,
same as clerk of senate assistant clerk,
$3.50; sergeant-at-arms, 5000, and read
ing clerk, $3.50, provided if session
lasts over 80 days each of the three
shall receive S. per day for every day
so exceeding; bill clerks of house and
senate, 81 day each; journal clerks
of the senate and house, 81 day each
during session and same for each work
ing day thereafter not eXceedin 10
days; engrossing clerks, 81 a day
each railroad commissioners, 81, 700
each; State liquor commissioner ST.
800. The reduction does not become