The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-23
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DE EADLOCkED on
.iPPROPRI
Record, 20th.

Record, Goth.
The general assembly is apparently
in a hopeless deadlock on tie genera:
appropriations bill The senate ADOPT
ed the free conference report today.
carving an s IL levy and total OF
$2gS3.7 .7+j0. while the house adopted Z
concurrent resolution. introduced by
Mr.. Moore OF AbDeville, recOmmittins
the bill for the purpose OF reducing
the appropriations The resolution
was carried by vote OF IS to 2s.
Should the senate refuse to concur
IN the house resolution the genera
appropriations measure will be killed
as the parliamentary clincher" was
applied to the Moore resolution in the
house, which precludes Its reconsid
Grafton, except by unanimous consent,
which cannot be obtained.
When the senate recessed until
O'Clock this afternoon it had under
discussion the Moore resolution, with.
every indication that it would not
concur in it. Should this happen, the
leading parliamentarians OF both
branches are of the opinion that It
will mean at least two more weeks OF
the present legislature or an extraor-s;
dinary session of the general assem-
bly,. The rejection of the resolution
has the effect of killing the bill, and
priations measure, which will have to
travel through the entire legislative
mill again before it gets to the gov
error. e
J. Wesley Crum of Bamberg pre-
parel the following statement today
relative to the measure as reported
by the free conference committee:
Appropriations according to the
free conference report carries $685.
5G4. Taxable property of the State
amounts to $311,370,290. A levy OF
S i-2 mills on that amnut, amounts to
$2646.647.47, to which add 1897, 7,113
estimated revenue from other sources,
making total estimated revenue un-
der their report of $2,9S3,760. This
shows that the estimated revenue for
1917 Will barely meet the amount ap-
propriated and will not take care of
last years deficit as required by the
constitution.
1.-The legislature in 1916 approprl-
-ated $-,4s6,14O and autnorize1
without direct appropriation, ths
treasurer to borrow $o0,UUU LOT Ia I"
enforcement and $50,0OU Tor the State
hospital. Of this amount $4,000 Was
borrowed, which auoed to S2,4S6, 14J
makes a total appropriation for 1910
y of s2,576,l4 Deduct $4,000 estimat-
ed appropriations for 1916 unexpend-
ed and covered in the treasury and
We have total expenditure for 1916
of S2,562,14O.
'The total revenue for 1916 accord
ing to the comptroller generals est.-
mates amounts to ,2S1, whicn
deducted from $2,562,l40 shows a de-
felt in revenue tor 1916 OF $26O,oo9.
This should be taken care OF as re-
anired by the constitution"
Mr.. Toole Of Aiken opened debate
12 opposition 10 the adoption Of the
cree conference report on the genera.
appropriations bill. He was friendly
so State institutions, but now is nol
the time for new buildings. He sale
he would not vote for $4,000 for law
enforcement; for the probable inac-
Iion of the free conference report on
1he liGucr bill and the adherence OF
forcing the law, and the appropriation,
for those reasons. is unnecessary.
A concurrent resolution, by j.
Howard Moore of Abbeville, was ia
PRODUCED recommitting the house AMI
senate bills and the report OF lrec
conference committee to cut out al.
unnecessary items and to appropriate
only such moneys as are absolutely
necessary to pay the necessary eA-
.penses of the State government.
Mr.. Hempnill OF Chester introduced
a concurrent resolution providing for
the discussion of each item of the ap-
preparation bill by both houses; that
each item receive recommendation !;
that, upon the reading of the measure,
d. be recommitted to the free confer
eence committee for new report, lu
be made in accordance with the ideas
of both houses.
Mr.. Moore deprecated the con-
tinual increase of taxes, claiming thai
1917 was the year of all years when
there should be reduction.
He fred volley into the item Of
$4,000 for law enforcement
J. T. Lilies of Orangeburg, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, strongly defended the appropria-
ton bill. You have gone on record
as advocating prohibition, and are VOC
unwilling to appropriate money for
abe enforcement" asked Mr.. Lilies.
MIR. Lilies stated the increases i'll
She appropriation were put into the
nil by the house and the senate by