The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-26
THE SALARY BILL
Was Considerably Amended and Pass
ed by the House.
SOME CT The CHANGES MADE
In the Bill as It Passed the Senate
Several Days Ago. Some
Salaries Raised and
Some Reduced.
Some Reduced.

The Salary Bill passed several days
ago by the Senate was taken up in the
House on Monday OF last week: and
after being amended, was passed to
its second reading.
The house made the following
changes in the Senate'S provisions as
to the auditors salaries: BarnWell,
from one thousand to 1900: 1866. 66
to be paid by State and s433.33 by
the county,. Charleston from $4,000
tos3.2O0 $1,000 to be paid by the
State and $1,000 by the county,.
Chesterfield. from s6I5 to 500. Col
Teton from $1,000 to 5000. Dorches-
ter, from 500 to $500. Georgetown
from 1915 to $1,000: Hampton
amount not changed, but county to
pay $500 instead of s400 and State
$500 instead Of $500. Oconee from
5000 to $500. Pickens was changed
s675 to 1925, but was restored to s6I5
when the house subsequently decided
to pay treaSurerS and auditors the
same amount. Union from $500 to
5000. The State pays two-thirds and
the county one-third Of each auditors
salary.
SHERIFF'S SALARIES.
Under the provisions for Shcriffs,
CharleSton's was changed from 81, 800
to 1000: Cherokee from $500 to 81,
$50: Colleton from $1,000 to $1,000;
Darlington from $1,000 to s1,S00;
EGgefield 5000 to 1000; Georgetown
from 81, 500 to 81, 800: Newberry from
Sl,10O to 81. 400: Oconee from $500 to
$3.50: Orangeburg from $4,000 to s2,-
200: Pickens from 5700 to 5000; Spar
tanburg from $4,000 to s2,400: York
from 81, 100 to 1880. The senate
bill provides: THAT the sheriffs OF
the various counties Of this State
shall receive annual salaries in lieu OF
all costs and fees chargeable against
the county, as follows" etc.: After
stating the amount to be paid the
salary Of the sheriff Of each county,
the bill provides: THAT in addition
to the salary hereinabove provided,
the Sheriffs Of the various counties OF
the state shall receive 20 cents pei
day for dieting each prisoner while in
his custody, and actual travelling ex-
penses for himself and prisoners and
lunatics, when called beyond the coun-
ty.
Mr.. C. E. Robinson moved to strike
out actual travelling expenses" and
to insert instead actual and necess-
ary expenses. This was adopted.
The house changed the senate's fig
ures for clerks of court in the follow
ing particulars: Chesterfield $50 to
400; Georgetown 500 to 900: Mari,
boro $50 to 500: Oconee $50 to 300:
Spartanburg 500 to 1.5GO: York 40C
to 800.
And the following changes were
made as to county supervisors: Abbe-
vile 100 for clerical services: Barn
well 800 to 900: Florence 900 to
80: Oconee 300 to 500: Orange
burg 400 to $50; Richland 900 to
1900, with the provisions that this
does not apply to current term of
office.
The house changed the senate bill
as to the pay and service Of county
commissioners as follows: In Ander-
son to get pay for not more that 40
days Senate had it * days.: Green
vile from IS and mileage to $50 days
and no mileage: Greenwood from 10
to 35 days: Hampton from $500 and
no mileage toS1.50 day and mileage;
Laurens 500 per annum (omitted from
senate billy: Lexington county $3.50 to
$500 each per annum: Marion county
20 to 80 days: Marlboro So per day,
not to exceed 25 day and mileage at
the rate of ) ceuts mile {omitted
from senate bilD; Oconee $3.50 each
to S300,each: Richland 50 per day for
% days and mileage.
Clerks of county boards 5000
to 1928: Edgefeld s75 to $3.50: George
town $3.50 to 5000: Dorchester SIS mot
in senate bilD: Horny $3.50 to 800;
Laurens $3.50; York 1000.
Township commissioners were to get
Shopper day in the senate bill, but the
house changed this to 81 day. There
was some discussion of the matter be-
fore the change was made, but it was
urged that the township boards when
acting as township boards Of assessors
can put on the tax books enough prop
erty not returned to more than pay
the increased per diem. Mr.. Morgan
cited that in Greenville county the
township boards had, by working over
time, put $4,000 addition on the tax
books. The amended section reads:
That the members Of the board OF
township commissioners in counties
where such officers exist shall receive
as compensation for their services the
sum Of two dollars per day for not
exceeding five days: and the chairman
of said board an additional sum OF
two dollars per day for each days at
tendance, and mileage Of five cents a
mile in the most direct route, each
way, from his home to the court house
when attending upon meetings Of the
county board of commissioners, when
the said county board is not acting as
a board of equalization.
The changes as to county superln-
tendents of education were: Bamberg
(where the auditor does the work.
from s25 to SIS: BarnWell $3.50 to $500:
Charleston $500 to $50: Cherokee $500
to s400: Fairfield $3.50 to $500: Hamp-
ton S40O to $50: Lexington $500 to
$500: Marlboro 500 to 5000: NewDerry
5000 to $500; Richlrnd from $1,000 to
81 ,150. In Lexington, Charleston and
counties special provisions
for travelling expenses were inserted:
but were afterwards taken out as it
was feared the constitutionality of the
bill might be made questionable: The
travelling expense then was included