The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-30
SUMTER s. G, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY So 1918
STATE APPROPRIATION BILL.
HOUSE GIVES FIRST READING To
MEASURE WHICH CARRIES
A TOTAL OF $3,154,75S.s5.
Many Items Reduced by Ways ami
Means COmmittec--Citadel Esti.
mate Increased.

Columbia, Jan. 25.--The general
appropriation bill. carrying u total of
$3.l54 4,75S.S5, which will necessitate
levy Of S-4 mills on the present
taxable property of the State, was
introduced in the house tonight and
given it's first reading The budget
measure last year carried a total of
$2,9S5,S46.77, and 1-2 mills. The
ways and means committee bill for
| 1918 shows an increase Of $685.
912.0S over the measure of last year.
The total Of estimates submitted to
the ways and means committee was
$3,442.O73.7l and that body cut this
down by $2S7,314S6.
The State superintendent of educal
ton asked for a total of S561.1OO for
the public schools and the committee
allowed $326.6O0.
The $1,000 asked for by the State
geologist was refused
The University of South Carolina
asked for $1S5,s57.SO and was allow
ed s14s.s2s.sG.
Winthrop Colleges estimate was
$218,244.40, and the ways and means
committee allowed $196,325.s6.
The Citadel asked for s64,20O and
the committee increased the estimate
to sl76,S60.
The Medical College of South Caro-
lima asked, for $5O.S2O ami was al
lowed $47.620.
The estimate for the governors Of
fee of s17.1S0 was cut to s15,68O, and
the $50, 900 requested for law enforce
ment was disallowed by n vote of
seven for and seven against
The adjutant generals Office is al
lowed $1,000 for it's expenses and
$4b.oS7 for the new regiment. The
adjutant generals office asked for
10000 and approximately $SS 200 for
the regiment of State troops.
The governors mansion was cut
from $3.50 to $500.
The following are the general co.
tails of the bill: Governors office, $15,-
$50; Secretary of States office. So
500; Comptroller Generals office, So
7oO; insurance commissioners office
$10,715: State Treasurer's Office, So
75O; State Superintendent of Educa-
ton, $17.300; Adjutant Generals Of
flee, $5O.9S7; Attorney Generals Of
fee. $4,000; railroad commissioners
office, $15.250; public schools. $42G.-
600; State librarians office. $2.S39;
public buildings. $3,s6O.
State electrician and engineer, $780,
600. Catawba Indians, $1,000. De-
partment of Agriculture, Commerce
and Industries, $4,000. Judicial de-
partment. $123.7s2. Health depart
ment, $102.241.S3. State Board OF
Medical Examiners. $4,000. Tax de-
partment. s06.713.l0. University of
south Carolina, $143.s36.6O. Win
throp Normal and Industrial College,
s1s6.325.s6. The Citadel, s75.ss4.
School for Deaf and Blind, $4,000.
State Colored College, $63.4ss.79.
State Hospital for the Insane, s6ls.-
4S6.l7. South Carolina Industrial
School. &8S,275.3S. State Peniten
tiary. $3.50. Other charitable and
penal purposes, $500. Chief game
warden's office. $500 Historical
Commission, $4.o5O. Interest on bond
eel debt. s222.S49.16. Elections. s55,.
o76. Expense common to- both
houses, $3.50. The senate, $3.50.
The house of representatives, s3e.355.
fngrossing department, $6,3O7.2O.
Medical College of South Carolina.
*A1'620. Pensions and Confederate
lnilrmary, s29S,sOO. State ware
mouse commissioner. $4,000. State
Board of Charities and Corrections, |
$4,000. Joint committee on print |
ing. $25,55O. Miscellaneous, $780,
$50.
Total. $3,154,75S.S5.