The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-02-23
STATE TAX LEVY
To Be INCREASED
SENATE ADDS ONE-FOURTH MILL
SUPPORT TWO QUART
MEASURE.
MANY BILLS ARE PASSED
Several Big Measures on hand For
Closing Days.-Much Work Has
Been Done.
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ColumUia.
Thoroughly consistent the senate
sustained the finance committee III
amendments to the appropriation Dill,
whereby the state levy was ralsea
one-fourth of q mill above the estl-
mate when the bill left the lower
house. Concurrence though was not
had without contention. The TWO
MAJ. fights of the cay were over the
emergency fund" provided to create
a fund of $4,000 for the enforcement
o4 the prohibition law, and the amend
ment to the bill which provided that
the salary Of the superintendent OF the
State Hospital for the Insane shoulo
be $4,000. After prolonged DEBATE
the fund for the strong arm squad
was provided, the committee being
sustained by a vote Of % to 6. Those
who voted against the committee
were: Messrs. Beamguard, Goodwin
Johnson, Sharpe, Stacy and Werner
Several pairs were also announced.
Warehouse System.
Another debate, acrimonious at
times. was that over the section max
ing provision +. the state warehouse
system. To supL Lorl this department.
Of the government 5000 was ap-
propriated. A provis. I was inserted
IA the bill to allow the commissioner
TO have a flee hand in drawing Iunos
collected from fees and other sources
OF the system. This was one point OF
contention. Another was that the act
provided for deposit OF all fees "i1a
the state treasurer 1t was pointed
ont that the commissioner had an &C,
count related to the system, Of more
taan $4,000 at the Union Nauona-
bank of Columbia. Senator Banks e1-
plsined that this money belonged to
the insurance companies who hold
oo,icies for cotton stored in the ware
houses. claiming that the money IS
sent to Mr.. McLaurin by. the cotton
owners. and that Mr.. McLaurin's per
sonal check is forwarded to the com
panies. whose names the commissioner
refuses positively to divulge. The BAN
hare senator said he knew the cotton
in his own warehouse was insured
with the best companies in the United
States. but he had never seen the pol
,cv which the unnamed company had
issued.
Much interest concentrated IN the
nroposition to increase the salary OF
the superintendent Of the State Hos
pital for the Insane from so'oOo as
recommended by the ways and means
committee in the house to $4,000. u,
Fred Williams, Md, was appointed
to this position nearly one year ago
nv Gov. Manning, who paid about S3''
400 out of his own pocket, as salary
increase. to induce Dr.. Williams to ac-
cept the position. The contract with
DR.. Williams, it was said, would lapse
within the next month, and retention
of Dr.. Williams as the directing 1orce
of the development Of extraordinary
MAGNITUDE undertaken at the state
hospital was contingent upon acton
by the senate.
Motion for Decrease.
The motion of Senator Sharpes 10
limit the salary to $4,000 was laid
upon the table by a vote OF IS TO I.
Those voting with Mr.. Sharpe were
Senators Goodwin, Harvey, Johnson
n P Patterson, Wightman and John
F. Williams. The senate then re-
fused to lay the committee amend
ment on the table by a vote OF IA TO
"a Those who favored tabling the
committee amendment were:
Senators Beamguard, Black, Good
win, Harvey, D. B. Johnson, Laney'
Nicholson, Nickles, Patterson. Snarpe'
Stacy. Werner, Wightuan and J. +.
Williams.
School Funds.
An amendment was offered by Sen
ator Lee of Darlington county TO the
sections making provisions for the
pnblic schools whereby $4,000 was to
be appropriated for INDECENT famlhes'
10 enable compliance with compulsory
education and child labor law regula-
tions. The amendment was rejected
as both inadequate and untimely, there
being no provision in either OF the
laws for the proper distribution OF
such funds. The State Hospital FOR
the Insane budget was reached by
noon, the salary Of the superintendent
being the chief item over which con-
tentiOn was mad"
Fhe house committee Oh judiciary
has returned a favorable report on the
hill bv Senator Sinkler to amend the
Charleston primary rules.
The bid of a syndicate headed by
the Palmetto National bank Of Colum-
bia for the issue of approximately
81 500 600 of state bonds was accepted
BY the sinking fund commission. The
bonds are issued under the refunding
act which was passed at the 1912 ses-
sion OF the legislature to take the
place of the brown consol bonds and
will iaau. interest ct the rate Of per
cent. The syndicate paid a premium
Of s20,016 for the issue.