The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
County Supply Bill
Budget for Sumter County for
Current Year.

The following bill has been intro
duced in the house Of representatives
! by the Sumter county delegation:
A bill to provide for the levy OF
taxes for county purposes Tor the
county of Sumter for the fiscal year
beginning January 1st. 1919, ana tol
the expenditure thereof:
Section I: That q tax Is hefeDS
! levied upon all of the taxable prop
erty in the county of Sumter State OF
South Carolina for county purposes
for the fiscal year commencing jan
nary st 1919, for all county pur-
poses including sinking funds herein
provided. seven and one-half mills fof
the purpose hereinafter stated respec-
lively, that is to say:
Item 1.-Reads and bridges, s12.-
900.
Item 2-Convicts and maintenance
of woodworking organization. sl4,3oo
Two guards chain gang, $1,62o; one
superintendent: chaingans, $1,000;
one truck foreman, $1,2o0.
1ien 3-Publfc buildings, inctad-
inc water. lights, fuel, insurance nnd
postage. $4,000.
Item 4-Jail expenses. including
dieting Of prisoners. as certified and
accurate amount of which shall be
monthly rendered to the County
Board by the Sheriff, and there shall
be. allowed only such actual cost OF
dieting, which shall not in any event
exceed thirty~!ive cents per day Tor
each prisoner actually fed, $1,000.
Item County home, poorhouse
and poor, $500.
Item Court expenses. il so much
be oecessary, $4,000
Item BOOKS, stationery anu
printing, $500.
Item s-Post- mortenas. inqnests and
l,tnaey. $1,000.
Item 9-Roafa Of Education, sl15.
Item i6-F'or Camp Alice Tubefcu-
lar Camp for maintenance or other
purposes as may be authorized by The
soard Of Trustees, $4,000.
Item 11-Intcrcst on bonds. s1.3a0:
for sinking fund on Court House
bonds. one fourth Mill; for sinking
fund and interest on road bonds. ono
fourth mill: for sinking fund and IN
tcrest on fail building bonds. three
fourtha mill: all included in levy
above, $1G.375. and interest on c"l'~
rent loans in anticipation Of collec-
ton Of taxes. $lo0; making q total
OF $11.s75.
Item 12-salaries, Clerk of Court
$500; Sheriff, $4,000; Treasurer, S533:;
Clerk to Treasurer, $2e0; Auditor,
S533: -lerll to Auditor $500; Super;n-
tender of Education. $1,000; Expens-
es Of superintendent for maintenance
OF automobile, gasoline. etc. $50: AT
torney. $50; Coroner, $500; Janitol'
for Court House, $3.50; four Rural
Policemen. $4,000; Supervisor, s1,7oo;
FIVE County Commissioners at Sc each
per day and mileage. $3.50; Clerk 20
County Board. $500; Magistrates,
$500: Constable for Judicial Dis
trict No. 3, $3.50: Jnilcr. S72d: Town
ship Assessors $500. Total. s2o.o7e.
- Item 13-Cont;rgent expenses:
Company c. additional Battalion, 1st
Regiment, $. c. r. 81. $500; expenses
and per dien, OF Sheriff for criminal
cases out Of the county. if so much be
necessary, conveying prisoners, etc,
$500: telephone and telegraph $500;
Home Demonstration work, payable
on the order of the County Superin-
tendent Of Education. $1,000; pensions
for Confederate Veterans. 1900: Of
fee rent for Master, s10o:' orphanase.
$500; public nurse $3.50: official bonds
5000: gasoline and repairs, $500: dis
$500. Total $500.
Item 14-Nital statistics exper$es.
$3.50. -
Item 15-For health survey payable
on order. Of President Chamber Of
Commerce. City of Sumter, $1,000.