The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-02-19

man-71.
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 Il
the general assembly. If mon wanted
10 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 pei
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 fixed
in the Constitution instead Of a pei
diem. He personally could make
much more at home, but he felt that il
was an honor to be member of the
body. Ho 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 a vote on Mr.. Bacot's
motion to reduce the members pei
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 8.
Nays Adams, Barkley, Barry,
Blackwell, Bowman, Breazeale, Bran
lett, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Carroll,
Caughman, Connor, L. s.; Cooper,
Crum, Davis, O. NJ; Davis, w. q.
Dothage, Duncan, Eadens, Earle Ed.
wards, Elder, Ellerbe, F'inklca, Fow-
ler, Gadsden, Garris, Gary, Gregory,
Hammett, Haselden, Hiott, Holloway,
Hough, Humphreys, Ilderton, John.
ston, Kennedy, Kinard, Kirk, Lancas
ter, Lennon, Ieverett, Lotion, Love,
| Magill, Manning, Menrtens, Mellard,
Mellett, Miller, Miles, Mishoe, Mitcn.
ell, II. P.; Moore, Murray, Mcintosh,
McI&eown, Nunnery, OTIS, Phillips,
Pickens, Pollock, Price, Pyatt, Rains,
ford. Robertson, Rowland, Sanders,
A. r.; Shuman, Singletary, Skinner,
Sturkie, Tatum, Thomas, Thompson,
Todd, Townsend, Thurmond, Tyler,
War;, Watson, Welch, Whitmire,
Williams, T. s.; Williams, L. j.
Williams, John Ct Williams, Fred
Wilson, Wolf, Wyche 96. I
SOME AMENDMENTS.
The house then reconsidercd the
vote whereby it had ordered the pre-
yious question on the whole matter.
Then some verbal amendments were
proposed. A change was made Us to
the salary of the assistant clerk, the
sergeant.at-arms and reading clerk Of
| the house SO as to allow them to get q
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
| 81 800. This was carried.
Josh Ashley moved to amend so as
to give tho State librarian $1,000. 1t
was done.
An amendment to allow the speak
er 50 q day and the mileage of a mem
ber, was then voted down, and the
bill was ordered to third reading by
q vote OF 48 to 10.
THE SALARIES FIXED.
The features OF the salary reduction
bill as passed are rs follows. Cover
nor, $4,000; lieutenant governor,
during session, So per diem and mile
age of member; governors private
secretary, $1,000; governors messen.
ger, $400; Secretary Of state and com.
ptrocller general, $1,000 each clerks OF
each, $1,000; pension clerk and book
keeper of the comptroller, $1,000;
State treasurer, $4,000; chief clerk,
| 81, 800; two bookkeepers, 1900 each
superintendent of education, $1,000
and $500 for travelling expenses; clerk
5000; adjutant and inspector general,
-, 200; clerk, 5000; attorney general,
81, 500; assistant, 81, $50; chief justice
supreme court. So, 900; associate just
ices, $2,850; circuit judges, $2,700
each clerk supreme court, $500; libra
rlan, $500; messenger and attendant,
each, 5000; reporter, 5000; superinten-
dent penitentiary, $1,000; physician
and captain Of guard, each, $1,000;
chaplain, 5000; directors, same as
members of the general assembly
when attending meetings; superinten.
don't of asylum, 5000; 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, SO a day and
members mileage during session and
for actual working days thereafter not
exceeding 90 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 30 days each of the three
shall receive SIS per day for every day
SO exceeding; bill clerks of house and
senate, 81 a day each; journal clerks
Of the senate and house, 81 a day each
during session and same for each work
ing day thereafter not exceedin 10
days; engrossing clerks, 81 day
each railroad commissioners, LOO
each; State liquor commissioner ST..
800. The reduction does not become
of effect until the successors of the in
cumbent have been elected.
THE EDUCATION BILL.
The house commmittee on education
reports to the house substitute bill
for both the senate and house general
education bills. The bill provides for
the school commissioners, which the
senate bill struck out. The senate bill
defined the word "enIollment" TO ap.
ply to pupils attending school for so
days. The substitute makes it apply
70 children attending one sixth of the