The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-26
II MfuD FOR REPAIRS. !:
RATfFTE1J ACT DOES NOT CON.
TAIN ITEM OF S1OO, 900.
Blow TO 'Hospital-C0urt Order May
b Necessary Before Improvement
2 Work Can Continue at Asylum. ,>

Columbia. Feb. 23.--The ratified an.
preparation act Of 1915 does not in
clude tho appropriation Of 800, 900
for repairs and imptovement at the
State Hospital FOR the Insane, ACCORD.
ing 70 the opinion ofa.Thomas n;
Peoples. attorney general, given yes.
|terday to Carton w. Sawyer, comp
Itroller general. in response to the lat
ter's letter Of inquiry a.}, 4
The doubt arising over the appro-
priotion In this section has for Its sub.
sanitation a decision OF the supreme
court In 1914. when M was held In
substance that the reorganization fig-
ures do not outweigh the section
providing for the appropriation.
In the 1915 act a gross amount OF
ssis.ooo Is directly appropriated for
the maintenance. salary of the super
intsndent and the regents; there is
also In tho section the provisions for
the contingency FUND Of $50. 900 IL It
be found ~ the regents that it is nec-
cssAry to sxpend for rebuilding a sum
sreater than the amount OF 3100,00o
herein appropriated during the year
1919" On the other hand the item
in the recapitulation for the state Hos
pital for the Insane allows for $4ls,-
600 appropriation. Tf' 2.
Members Of the general assembly in
both branches seemed desirous Of
aiding the State hospital as much as
possible, and the section was changed
several times As It left the lower
house the section provided for an APP
propriation Of s417,ooo. Of which
100000 was for the "continuanc., OF
development and repairs The senate,
acting on recommendation of the
nnance committee. struck out this
item In the section and substituted
In lieu thereof the following, TO be-
known % section 43a: t' ,I's
I'm addition 10 the levies above
provided for. an addtionai tax OF one.
half mill upon all the taxpabie prop
erty In ths STAT is hereby levied to
provide for the payment Of the devei-
opment and repairs Of the state Hos
'pital for the Insane In the; city OF CO.
lumbia and at state Park. as pro.
vidsd blythe appropriation IN this
act: Provided. That any amount rais.
ed bys this levy In excess Of the
amount herein appropriated for this
purpose shan be coverted into the
general fund OF the treasury. The fol.
lowing sum is hereby appropriated;
'Itenf f.t For development and re-
pairs to the,Statc Hospital for the In-
zane. $3.50. .O0o." ~
The senate also amended the sec-i
ton by increasing the salary or the
superintendent TO $4,000 and making
the appropriations for maintenance
$685. 900. AZ lsi aa-
. The free conferences report, which
was adopted without opposition TN
both houses, provided that the senate
recede from tn amendment regarding
section 4sa. The report also recon-
.mendsd that the house concur in the
senate amendment regarding the
ss1s 900 appropriation for main+.-
nance. Tho report then recommends
that the following be added at the
end Of item 3: 9'fio !
Whereas. the general assembly at
the session Of 1913 providing for re-
building tho State hospital by the
levy Of ons-half mill and provided
that the proceeds OF said levy may be
used for said rebuilding during said
year; and s4
"whereas, the policy adopted then
was for the purpose, Of providing
$lso.ooo annually; and 1ht@.~r
Where's. the policy adopted then
was to continue said levy for the pur-
pose of providing $i60,o0o annually
for rebuilding for period Of four
years: ~
BE It provided. That the governor.
the comptroller general and the State
treasurer be- and they are hereby. au-
thorized to borrow and pledge the
credit Of the State for an amount not
exceeding $4,000. in anticipation Of
taxes IL 1t be found by the regents
that II 10 necessary to expend for re-
building a sum greater than the
amount Of 100000 herein appro-
priated during the year 1915"
Mr.. Sawyer sent the following in.
quiry TO Mr.. Peoples:
I'm the appropriation act. under
section 26, find that, according to