The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-02-17
LEVY IS UNCHANGED
IN BUDGET SYSTEM
COMMITTEE DIVIDES LEvY.-BILL
CARRIES TOTAL OF $2,212,os5.5o
COMPLETE LIST.
PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS
General News Of South Carolina Col.
lected and Condensed From The
State Capital That VIII Prove of
Interest to All Our Readers.

Columbia.
The general appropriation bill as
prepared for the house provides for g
levy Of five mills for general state
purposes and levy of one mill fol
pensions. The levy in the appropria
tion bill Of 1914 was six mills. Con
: sequently, the levy this year has not
been increased.
The appropriation bill carries q
total Of s2,212,065.5O, an increase OF
S65,S12.46 over the appropriation bill
OF 1914. The increase will be taken
care Of by the rise in the value oil
property returned for taxation.
For Agriculture.
An appropriation of s16,691 fol
farm extension work under the Smith
Lever federal act has been placed in
the bill by the ways and means com
mittee. If this item Is approved by
the house and senate. the federal de,
partment Of agriculture under the
Smith-Lever act will expend an equal
amount in South Carolina for farm
extension work.
The ways and means committee is
in favor Of continuing the cattle tick
eradication work. in the state in CO.
operation with the federal bureau of
animal industry. In the appropria.
tion bill there is an item of 100000
for carrying on the crusade against
the insect that causes Texas fever.
Winthrop college was the only state
educational institution receiving an
appropriation from the committee for
a new building. The bill provides
that the college be given Sit, 900 in
1915 and $4,000 in 1916 for a new
gymnasium, on condition that it raise
100000 from outside sources for this
purpose. p. s.' O..
For continuing the state cotton
warehouse system, the ways and
means committee has provided an item
of $17,337.63 In the appropriation bill
This amount is far below the sum
asked for by the state warehouse com.
missioner. ..... ..
E.' Levy Is Divided.
The ways and means committee de-
cided to divide the state levy Of six
mills for 1915 by setting aside five
mills for general state purposes and
one mill for pensions. This action
was in accord with the adoption in
the house of bills increasing the pen.
sions given Confederate veterans and
their widows by the state.
For maintenance of the State Hos
pital for the Insane the appropriation
bill provides $309,7OO. This amount
is not to be used for carrying out the
changes in the hospital plant pro-
posed in the report of A. P. Herring,
M. D. The house committee on state
Hospital for the Insane has intro
duced in the house bill providing
for special state levy OF one-half
mill for five years to raise the money
to make the improvements recon-
mended by DR.. Herring.
The general appropriation bill as it
goes to the house from the ways and
means committee contains the follow
ing amounts for state colleges: Winth.
rop college, s156,249.32; University OF
South Carolina, $1O3,251.44; South
Carolina Medical college, $4,000;
South Carolina Institute for the Deaf
and Blind, $4,000; the Citadel, the
Military Academy Of South Carolina,
$4,000.
Following is recapitulation Of the
appropriation bill:
Governors Office, s1S,S30; secretary
Of state, $3.50; comptroller general,
$4,000; insurance commissioner, SILL
O95; State treasurer, s8,650; superin-
tendent of education, st2,340; adjutant
general, s24,190; attorney general, S.,
S45; railroad commission, $14,0S9;
public schools, $250,OOO; state libra
rian, STATS; public buildings, $S2,-
620.SS; Catawba Indians, s7.5O0; de-
partment OF agriculture, $12,120; judi
cial department, S106,92O.
Health Department, $55,676.2b; !;
board of medical examiners, $4,000;
tax department, s97,746.42;; Univer
sity, $1O3.251.44; Winthrop, 1885,
24s.32; the Citadel, $4,000; Deaf and
Dumb institute. SIS, 800; State colored
college, $4,000; other educational
purposes, S1,500; the asylum. s30s,700;
South Carolina Industrial school, $751;
900; penitentiary, s7.050; other chari-
table and penal purposes, $4,305: chief
game warden, $4,000; historical com
mission, $4,550; interest on bonded
debt, s261 ,O33.3S; elections, $9,275,;
expenses common $500; the senate,
s1S,765; the house, s36.272.2o.
Expenses engrossing department
s6,344; medical college, S37,S05; mis-,
cellaneous, s125,309.94; state ware.
house commissioner, s17,33765; Con
federate infrmary, s17,45475. Total,
s1,942,9s623.