The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
'I'ZI}EEI; STATE TAX
LEVY REDUCED
The Appropriation Bill Carries
S2,234,5i6 and a Levy of
Z 3-4 Mills.
STATE EXPENSES LESS
THAN LAST YEAR
The Bill Shows Reduction Of
S132,358.83 Under Appropria-
ton of Last Year.

Columbia, Feb. 13.-lhe general
appropriation bill, carrying q total
OF S3,22334 ,51645, and a levy Of 81
mills, was introduced IN the house
i representatives lcn.;cht by the ways
nd means committee. The bill! shows
:. reduction of S132,35S.S3 under the
appropriations granted in 1918, when
the bill carried a total of So, $780, I5.-
2S ard a millage OF IL mills. The
miilage last year, on the authority
conferred in tie Dill. was reduced to
8 IA mills by Comptroller General
Osborne, when the tax commission
added approximately $5o.o0O:OO0 to
the taxable property of the State on
| its reassess1lent Of real estate. The
| appropriation bill, IS introduced to-
night, shows a reduction OF IL mill
under the reduction Of the comptroll-
"r general.
The bill shows a reduction Of Sl29,-
.3}733i under the estimate as turned
n by the various State departments
q hi institutions. These estimates ag-
gregated s3,927,153.7 for which the
comptroller genera estimated that it
would require an IA mill levy.
I chairman Bradford and the mcm-
! ',ers Of ;he ways and means commit
zee arc being congratulated on the
-howins they have made with the
III. They have worked hard and
corscientiously and the sinailaess OF
ne total and the reduction Of the levy
oame IS a surprise, as it was expect
| cd that there would be a material in
crease.
The following are the total appro-
o-:ations for the various departments
IND institutions:
Governors Office. s15,9So; Secretary
..f states Office. Ss.190: Comptroller
Generals Office, s10.5!o; InsuraH <
Commissioners Office, s1O,650; State
Treasurer's office. $40, 100; State Su-
?erintcndent of Education, $4,000;
Adjutant General Office, s21.500; AT
torney Generals office, s1S,902.50;
fsa:!rca:! Commissioner office, s17.-
go: pubic schools, s364.102.s6; State
librarians office, SIPS; public
buildings, st.12o: State electrician
and engineer. s26s50: Catawba IN
ans 800: Department Of Agri
culture Commerce and Industries,
$500: judicial Department, $124.-
04199; Health Department, s12-,-
15e25: State Board Of Iedical F.x-
anliners. $4,000: tax department, ssS,-
1910: University of South Carolina,
s131. 800: Winthrop Normal and In
dustrial College; S235.s41.63; The Cit
adel. the Military College of South
Carolina, sS9,619.63; School for Deaf
and Blind. s7S,S0O; State Colored
Normal. Industrial, Agricultural and
Mechanical College, s5Ii09.e3; State
Hospital for the Insane, s620, 1928;
South Carolina Industrial School,
$4,000; State penitentiary. SS.140:
other charitable and penal purposes.
s3.110; chief game wardcn's Office.
$3.50: historical commission, $3,-
$50: interest on bonded debt, S222,-
2s916; elections, s1o,275; expenses
ommon to both houses, 5000; the
senate. s1S.640: the house Of repre-
senta tives. s37.f55; engineers depart
ment s6320: tho Medical College Of
South Carolina. s4a.73734; pensions
and Confederate 1nfrmary. s300.000;
state warehouse commissioner. S10.-
600: State Poard of Charities and
Corrections, s1+.995: joint committee
on printing. s27,t50; miscellaneous.
.3t9 600 Il.
Grand total, S3.234.516.45.