The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM CAPITAL CITY
HAPPENINGS IN And AROUND THE
STATE HOUSE.
Confederate Home Appropriation.
Newberry Supervisors of Regis
tration-0ther Matters.
Special 20 TIE Herald and News.

Columbia, March 12.-Routine af-
fairs in the State house are resuming
their normal trend, the legislature now
having been away for nearly week.
The appropriation bill has been
checked up, and the comptroller gen.
eral has paid the salaries Of State Of
dcials-the first they have received
since the 23rd of December, which
carried them up to the first of jan
uary. Other claims against the State
are being paid, the appropriation bill
having been certified, as to the We
toes, by the clerks of the house and
the senate, and also, as required this
year by TIE comptroller general, by
the code commissioner.
This holding up Of claims against
the State-including the running ex-
penses of all State inS.itutions-in
fact, every item which the appropria-
tion bill carries-for a considerable
while. emphasizes the necessity, which
has been often stressed, of changing
the fiscal year-making it run from
April to April, or from July to July,
or from some other month to the same
month the following year, SO that the
legislature will appropriate for year
which begins after its session, Instead
of for year which began before its
session. AS it is now, the legislature
begins on the second Tuesday in jan
uary and stays in session for about
two months, and make sappropria-
tons for the year which began more
than week before its session began.
Need OF Cash Basis Also.
AS has already been called atten-
ton to in The Herald and News, this
session has also strongly emphasized
the need of placing the State upon a
>casn basis, and the duty Of the legis-
lature to do so. 1t is poor business
policy for a State whose legislature
pases an appropriation bill carrying
more than $2000000, TO have to bor-
row from 100000 to $5OOOO0 every
year, and pay interest thereon, to meet
current expenses until taxes are paid
and received by the State treasurer.
Confederate Home Appropriation.
Since the adjournment OF the gener-
al assembly, some cf the newspapers
have been devoting themselves to con-
s.ructions of some of the acts Of the
legislature and to some Of the vetoes
OF the governor. A Columbia Eewspa-
yer on Wednesday morning heads an
article, "No provision for salaries in
law-commandant, ma,ron and other
officials at Confederate Soldiers Home
without pay" The governors veto of
item 3 of the section providing for
the Home is hen called attention to,
but only a part OF the item as vetoed
is quo;ed, and the fact that the entire
appropriation for the Home, as con-
tained in the next item of the bill,
was not touched, is omitted. Such
newspaper tactics. however, are too
common to excite comment. Tae
item for salaries was vetoed because
of the restrictions thrown around the
payment of the salaries, Interfering
with the management, such as reQuir-
ing the commandant to live on the
premises and be subject TO the call Of
the board night and day; providing
that physicians services and all med
icaI services should no. be over $50 per
month, restrictions as to employees,
including cooks, and other suca re-
strictions. The next item in the bill
carried the total appropriation for the
Home Of $16,1O0 and this was not
touched by the veto. As matter OF
fact, following the sustaining of the
veto, Governor RIease received a SCI
OF resolutions from the inmates OF the
Home strongly commanding him for
his sand in their behalf, and the res
oiutions were acc ompanjed by a dozen
yery. pretty carnations.
State Hospital Commission.
The State hospital commission,
which has had in charge he develop
meDt Of the new asylum prope>y out
a. State Park, held meeting here
yes. .erday to wjad up its affairs. No
appropriation was made by the legis-
latUre at tae past session to carr. on
the Development, ana th5 property vii