The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-15
REACH AGREEMENT
ON TAX EXTENSION
GIVEN UNTIL MAY
l WITH PENALTIES
Total of Three Per Cent. for De-
layed Payments-Truck
License 3:Il
The State, 18th.

License S:ll
The State, 18th.
Adoption CT the free conference re-
port on the house bill and the senate
amendment as to the time for extend
ing taxes and providing that the time
foc paying taxes this year be extended
to May was the main action Of the
senate at the morning session.
The free conference report calls
for the time TO be extended to May
/ With / per cent. in January, 2 per
cent. ia February and 3 per cent in
March and April, with provision
that the. penalties shall not be cumu-
lative and compounded. The report
farther provided that the total pen
alt:cs shall not exceed 8 per cent. up
until May l, but after May l the
penalty shall he T per cent, proylced
no executions are begun until May
Is. This report was adopted by both
the senate and the house and ends
the long fight started the second day
of the present session.
House Resolutions
By the report yesterday the orig
inal house joint resolution is RETAIN
ed to a large extent in its originality,
the senate amendment for only per,
cent. throughout the period from jan
uary through April being lost.
The appropriation bill came over
from the house and was Immediately
placed on the calendar in order to
have it printed. 1t was referred to
the committee on finance and will be
under consideration for the next few
DAYS. No extended open hearings
are to be held on the bill by the fin
ance committee, Senator Christensen
the chairman, said. These hearings
! have already been held jointly with
the ways and means committee, and,
therefore, only hearings on speclhc
items by request will be held. ~hen
asked as to how long the bill would
remain in the finance committee
room, Mr.. Christensen said he could
not say at this time. However 1t IS
believed that the measure will be re-
ported out early next week. Just
what the committee will do is, OF
course, unknown, but no material IN
creases are expected, while few ad-
vances5 will likely be made.
AS received by the senate the Dill
carries a total appropriation ',i Of So
564.361.71 and a levy Of IL mills
The senate reconsidered its vote
whereby it sent to the house SUP
stitute resolution to the one orlglnai-
" passed asking the treasurer ana
the comptroller general to furnish
the senate with a payroll list of the
state by allowing the payroll to be
furnished for the 1922 session and
referred the resolution to the senate
finance committee. Senator Williams
explained the great amount OF WORK
necessitated on compliance with the
resolution and moved to recall It,
This was carried, Senator Wight
man opposed the recalling the reso-
luton, saying that he had invest!sat-
ed the matter and found that it could
be compiled by next year, ana
that he understood that the comptrol-
ler general was willing to furnish the
information if given years tlme'
Senator Williams took occasion to
highly compliment the comptroller
general. Walter E. Duncan of Aiken.
Mr.. Williams said so far as he>kn
Mr.. Duncan had never supported MN
politically, but he knew that the
comptroller general was a man and
a gentleman of the first rank.
Mr.. Wightman charged that ne had
found the task to be big one, but
could hardly understand why the.
comptroller general said his force
was too small to do the work, when
upon investigation he had found that
IL
H. F. Jackson, chief clerk IN the
comptroller generals office, was also
chief clerk of the engrossing depart
ment. y,
Bill Must Wait
Objection by Senator Wightman
that the measure of the agriculture
committee providing for the Calitor-
MIA or Sapiro marketing plan had not
been on his desk "a hours, was sus-
tanned and efforts to advance the Dill
to third reading were lost.
Senator Johnstone's bill to provide
for Trucks on plantations used eXclu-