The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-05
4 HARD PROBLEM

Fixing II, caiaries of the Different
Cc1n:y Officers.
TIE SENATORS DEBATE MUCE.
! y!inally il Was Decided 20 Put All
County O:.:ccrs on Salaries
and Do ::way With the
Fec System.
The bill to regulate the compens;;-
ton of county officers was taken up
on Wednesday b. the Senate after the
disposition of other business.
Senator Livingston withdrew his
motion to strike out the enacting
words of the entire bill and moved to
strike out certain sections which were
Objectionable. The question he want
ed considered was, shall we pay the
sherifs, clerks OF court and coronerS
by fees or salaries. He thought they
should be given fees 80 that they could
be paid according to the services rem
dered. Senator Aldrich was opposed
to placing county officers on fees. That
had been tried III his county and had
not been satisfactory. lie thought all
officers ShoulG receive a stipulated
salary. and aporchended no difficulty
in forming a law that would stand the
test of the courts and would proba-
! bly, grade TIE salaries in the various
counties.
! Seator Henderson also opposed the
fee plan. He thought the legislature
could fix the salaries in {. manner to
stand the test Of the courts. He
would favor plan to have the State
pay two-thirdS OF the salaries Of the
auditors and treaSurerS, the counties
paying onc-third, and the counties
paying all Of the salaries Of the other
| officers.
NO FEES.
4 vote was then taken on Senator
Livingstone's motion to place the
sheriff'S, clerks and coroners on fees.
The vote was 80 to l. Senator Living
stone being the only one in favor OF
fees.
After some further discussion Sena-
oor Mower then offered a resolution
that the bill be considered section by
section, and amendments for each
county to be sent up by the senator
| from that county. This was agreed
| to.
AUDITORS.
The roll Of the counties was called
and the senator from that county fixed
the salary to be given the auditor in
that county. \ few Of the senators
were absent and those counties were
skipped or the salaries left as fixed in
the committees bill. with leave to
amend on the third reading. AS a
rule, two-thirdS of the salary of the
auditor in each county is to be paid
By the State, and one-third by the
county. The following is the schedule
for the auditors, as the bill passed the
senate Wednesday:
Abbeville, $500: Aiken, 81, 100: An
derson, 1900: Bamberg, $500: Barn
well, $1,000: Beaufort, $1,000: Berke-
ley. 1925: Charleston, $4,000: Chero-
kee. s675: Chester, 5000: Chesterfield,
1913; Clarendon. $500: Colleton. ST.
100: Darlington, 5000: Dorchester,
500: Edgefeld, $1,000: Fairfield.
$780,. Florence, 5000: Georgetown,
1918: GreenHlle, Sl:l25: Green
wood. 5000: Hampton. 5000: Horny,
$50: kerShaw. 5000: Lancaster,
5000: Laurens. 1915: Lexington.
$3.50: Marion, S937: Marlboro, $500;
Newberry. $1,000: OcOnee, 5000: Or
angeburg. I.502: Pickens. S67l5: Rich
land. $1,000: Saluda, $500: Spartan
burg, --: Sumter. 1920; Union.
$500: williamsburg. 5000: York. ST.
300. That in addition to the salaries
herein provided, the auditors shall re-
ceive fee of % cents for each con-
veyance of real estate recorded.
T1EASURERS.
The salaries Of county treasurerS
was then fixed the same as the coun-
ty auditors, the salary to be paid in
the same proportion by the State and
county as that OF the auditor. There
was some discussion over the proviso
to give the treasurer a fee Of Sl.OO
for each delinquent taxpayer, and the
fee was finally fixed at so cents for
each delinquent. Senator Dennis at
first wanted to make it 25 cents, but
consented to the amendment making
it so cents.
DIETING FEES.
When the senate took up the task
Of fixing the salaries Of the sheri:iS
some progress was made. possibly cne-
fourth 0t the counties having been
called. when the question came up Of
tie fees 70 be allowed for dieting prS-
oners. The law at present allows the
sheriff 20 cents Per day. Senator
Barnwell said That II this continued it
would give the Charleston sheriff an
| income OF several Thousand dollars
from this source alone. After some
discussion the consideration OF the
sheriT's salaries went over until the
night session.
At 2:l5 the senate receded rom
| L,.c;,orc ,,,+i1 . ,,'r1Ocl-
NIGHT SESSION.
At the night session the bill was
again taken up. When the item III
regard to tie salaries OF shcrifTs was
/ reached Scntor Mower offered an
amendment to the bill that ti.c shcrifIS
should diet prisoners Il actual cost.
under the supervision Of the county
commissioners.