The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-22
genera. ASSEMBLY. / !!
NEARING The END.
MucH LEGlsLATIoN Is CROWDED
INTO THE SESSIONS OF THE
LAST FEW DAYS.
WITH THE STATE LAWMAKERS
Resume Of the Dolnss Of the General.
Assembly During the Past Week
Told In Brief and Interesting Way
For Our Many Readers. a
Columbia.

Columbia.
Radical changes are proposed IN
dhe appropriation bill as reported in
the senate by Senator Christensen.
chairman of the finance committee, as
compared with the measure as 1t left
Ihe mouse one week ago. The changes
increase the aggregate appropriation
from $2,661.S70 to $2,895,495. The to.
tai levy is 1-2 mills.
IN the important items added are
9loO0OO for rebuilding and mainte.
nance at the State Hospital for the
insane; $4,000 for law enforce.
ment fund; law building at the
University of South Carolina to cost.
$4,000, one-half to be appropriated
this year and one.half next; an in.
crease from $4,000 to $4,000 for
militia support; and $4,000 to re.
store DeSaussure college at the uni.
-versity
Ihe salary Of George Brown. state
mill school supervisor, Is restored to
$4,000 and his expense fund increa !.
ed to $500. The house reduced the
salary to $1.B00. An appropriation of
@z,ooo Is made for the state fair and
$ooo Tor the negro fair. To meet tho
provisions Of an act of last week,
$4,000 was appropriated to pay the
expenses OF circuit and supreme
court judges.
Although there was a determined
ehort 10 revise the ways and means
committees recommendations in the
general appropriation bill. the house
oi representatives passed 1t with com.
paratively few alternations. The
amount fixed by the house as a total
Is $23.50O more than that set by the
ways and means committee.
me principal changes were In the
pubic schools section, which was lit
erally torn to pieces. The item for ex-
tension Of public schools, $4,000, was
allowed to stand, as was one Of SIS, 900
for school Libraries. The item Of
$l50,0OO for consolidated and graded
schools was amended to read 5000. 900.
The committee recommendation Of
$4,000 for high schools was cut to
$6O.00O. and It's item Of $4,000 for
the contingent fund for needy schools
eliminated. The house added an
item Of $4,000 for school building
fund, and $4,000 for the teaching of
agriculture In the schools. The night
school Item Of $4,000 was amended to
read $4,000. The items for the Rural
school Improvement association wers
not modified.
For Salary heductions.
The salaries of state officers seemed
M
was had on that Of the insurance COM
missioner. when by vote OF 81 to 81
ths house refused to reduce the sal
AIRY from $2,5OO to $1,000. The argu.
mont was made that most Of the other
motion was made about the salary of
the secretary Of the state board Of
charities and corrections and it, too,
was defeated An unsuccessful effort
was made to reduce the salaries OF the
state health officer and the laboratory
director. Before adjournment. Repre-
sentatives Richey made motion to
raise all those state officials who get
$1,000 to $2,5OO This was rejected.
The house cut out an item Of $15,-
900 for law enforcement in 1917.
The vote on this was Sd to a.. An Of.
fort was made not to pay the $4,000
item for 1916 law enforcement but
the house passed this item, so to Is,
Representative Moore moved to amend
the miscellaneous section by refusing
to pay an item OF $10,31216 due be-
cause OF the coast artillery being sent
TO Anderson last fall. The house or
dered 1t to third reading, 81 to 10.
There were numerous amendments,
most OF which the house refused.
Here and there changes were m. e,
most of them in small matters.
The water item of $500 for pub
lilo buildings was reduced to $35O0,
and an effort made to reduce the light
bill from $1O500 to $4,000. The latter
the house refused to do
After the house had refused to re.
duce the salary Of the secretary OF
the board Of charities and corrections
an unsuccessful attempt was made to
abolish the position OF assistant seq.
Tetary
Uniform textbooks for the public
schools Of South Carolina are pro.
vided for in bill by Mr.. Stafford
of Greenvills which passed It's second
reading In the house. The bill caused
Charging that the directors of tho