The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-05
LEGISLATURE HOPES TO
ADJOURN THIS WEEK.

ADJOURN THIS WEEK.
The Appropriation Bill Now In ne
Senate-The Two Houses Differ
On The Law and Order Fund.
H. Columbia, Feb. 3.-The general AS
EnIblY can conclude its business ano
ach final adjournment this week
or not it will do so. however Is
mathematical. When the house ad-
ourned on Friday over to Tuesday az
Hternoon. it had the state council et
dofensa measure under consideration
and it may take considerable time 1or
the house to dispose of this bill. Inc
annnopriation bill has already gone
70 tho senate. The county supply Dill
han not yet come up for second read
ine !, the house. and both it and the
annropriation bill have yet to 80
through the senate. The time wnen
final adjournment will be reacnea
largely hinges now upon how mucn
time the council of defense measure
will take. and whether Or not serious
consideration will be given at thls
time to the proposed s4.00o,0oO oond
issue for permanent improvements
and putting the state on a cash OASIS
The senate meets again tomorrow al
ternoon.
The Appropriation Bill
careful checking of the Journals
shows that the amount stated in THIS
correspondence on Friday mo;SAns
as carried by the appropriation OIL
as it passed the house at mldnlsht
Thursday night, is correct to the GEN.
-s3176.S16.37. AS reported py the
vays and means committee to the
house the bill carried s3,154. .7oS.s9,
Tho house added s46,543.52 and struck
ont s24 44S6, making net increase
of s22,O57.52. The items ADDED were
SA
as follows:
increase in salary of stenographer
in superintendent of educatlons oe-
z,artment, $50; salary disburslng OIL
6car adjutant generals department
81 200: contingent fund, adjutant gen
era1 $500; school building fund LOT
n,hl,c schools, $4,000 Increased from
$4,000 to s5o,ooO); deficit in appro-
oriation for books for supreme court
1877 s24 So; increase. in amount nee
assary for printing registration cer'l-
scates s125; increase in salary OF
secretary to speaker. $50; recruiting
expenses, first battalion S. Z. ens'-
naers s2ss4.16; to assist in defray-
two exnenses Confederate reunion at
Abbeyille this year $500; for John Ds
To Howe Industrial school, sl5'eoo'
4ax stamps and stationery for fish com
mission. $500; repairs Confederate
Home at Columbia, $1,000 dncreaseo
from 800 to $l,foO.)
The following items were stricken
out: For stationery and stamps gov
ernor,s Office $500 appropriation be-
ing reduced from s7oO to s5ooo bal
ance 1917 appropriation law scnool
University of South Carolina atem
eo,,nd already to be in State treasury
and ayailable,} s12,53e; precinct reg
7stration books Covered by another
item,) $1,000; travelling expenses sta'e
hoard Of charities and corrections
$3.50 (1fem being reduced from sz''
$50 to $1,000, South Carolina TAX
commission. $4,000; tax board OF re-
view. $500.
State Tax Commission.
The action of the house in striking
out the $4,000 for the state tax coIn-
mission and the $500 for the tax
hoard OF review means that the house
In sticking by its guns in its hgnt 70
abolish the present state tax COM
mission. The house had already pass
ed a bill providing for the abolition oi
the commission and substituting
board of IA members. one from eacn
Of the judicial circuits. There was
no record vote in the house on str1k-
ing out the item for the commission.
On the item for the board OF reVle"
an aye and nay vote was taken ana
the appropriation was killed by vote
Of 81 to IS.
The,senate has heretofore refused
to pass bill abolishing the commls-
sion, and it is probable the upper
branch will restore the appropriation,
which will leave the final decision IN
regard to it in the hands of the free
conference committee.
sIaw-Enforcement" Fund.