The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-09

the construction of permanent soads
lid Dll-ae5 in that county.
The House.
The appropriation bill submitted e
the house tonight carries a. proXl-
..lo ely two n-I.-o-., slX hUndreu AHA
fifty-eight thousai.d dollars, al III
crease of nearly two hundred thou
sand dollars over last year. The
amount for p:Diiu schools is increaa-
ca dLpIoAiuia;e.y ti.lrty-tiye thousand
dollars. The health department .o
;,.ven Twenty-Five thousaMd uotI& -
over .ast year. The appropriation lol
the University of South Carolina -
s..S!.tIy reduccd. The appropriation
for Winthrop is somewhat reduced.
The Citadel would get three thou
sand dollars more The Deaf and
Dumb institute would get about eight
thousand dollars more. The negro
college, at Orangeburg was given sew
enteen thousand dollars more, twenty
FIVE thousand dollars being for new
dormitories this year, looking towards
a like appropriation next year, in
view of the loss which this institu-
ton recently suffered 5y- fire.
Fifty-seven thousand dollars over
last year is given to the asylum. This
includes one hundred thousand dol
lars, half of which is for development
and repairs last year and half for
the same item this year.
The medical college at Charleston
is given six thousand dollars more
than last year.
The State warehouse commission is
reduced from fifteen thousand dollars
to ten thousand dollars. The mis-
cellaneous' items are increased FROM
one hundred and ninety-tve thousand
dollars to more than thre hundred
and thirty thousand dollars.
The miscellaneous items include
,sinirg fund accounts and various
other matters. Public printing Is
p.aceG at twenty-three thousand dol
lars. Expenses of 'mobilization OF
trops at Anderson is placed at SlO,-
312.16. Another item is claw enforce
ment provided by contingent appro-
priation in 1876" forty thousand dol
lars. For claw enforcement this year
fiji M thousand dollars is provided.
The HOman's movement received
another boost tonight with the intro
90 1,1finn hv Son.
ator Christensen proposing an amend
ment to the constitution allowing the
appointment Of women as notaries
public, school trustees and as MEM
bers of education and penal boards.
A tax on all clubs owning more than
5000 acres of land used as game OF
fish preserve, is pl opposed n bill 5y
Senator Purdy introduced tonight. A
tax Of two cents per acre is imposed
on the first 250Co acres above the
5000 exempted From 10000 to So
COO the tax would be four cents per
acre, and al! above $4,000 would pay
FIVE cents per acre.
At 1O:20 the senate adjourned to
10:30 tomorrow morning.
When the house met tonight Messrs.
Lilies and crum introduced a measure
to require banks to report to the
comptroller general deposits uncalled
for after a certain time. This is the
proposal which has been urged by The
Charleston American. The bills in
troduced would provide for report
to the comptroller general, after ten
years in regard to straight deposits,
and a report to the same official after
fifteen years upon time deposits. The
judiciary committee submitted an un.
favorable report upon the measure to
perfect the Torrens system of land
registration. The chairman Of the
judiciary committee said that the
committee was in favor of perfectins
the law, but could not agree to the
measure proposed The bill was in
troduced as the result of a meeting
of farmers called by State Commis
sioner Watson.
The insurance bills we're taken up.
Mr.. Moore of Abbeville made an ar
gument against the first of the meas
ures considered. which would provide
that in case a licensed com panS shall
dispute liability the company shall i'm
mediately pay the assured amount ad-
mitted as due, and in case Of suit. 10
per cent additional for law fees, p o.
vided, it should be made to appear to
the jury that the refusal of the COM
pany to pay the claim was in bad
faith. then the amount Of excess over
the admitted liability SHOULD be re-
funded tc the assured. The motion OF
Mr.. Moore brought up vigorous dis
cussion upon the whole insurance sit
uation. Mr.. Noise, Of Sumter. took