Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08
STATE LEVY TWELVE MILLS

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Total Appropriation Exeeeds1,Ihat /, 4 Of
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SIX And A. HALF. MILLION DOLLARS
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Promises Of Rsddstieoiis 'rarh: OF 'saa
Was eenerzIly,ssEx lA=Pseples
Money Expendsd}MH Hand:
Carrying a total appropriation. for
state purposes Of s6.5s4,s25.S2, and q
levy of 12 mills, the general approprii
alton bill was brought from free con-.
ference Sunday morning, adopted. rat :
flied, signed by the governor and be-
came law, all within few moments
after the measure had been reingrossed.
The free conference committee,
composed; of Representatives Sapp,
Christensen, Watkins and Johnstone,
reached an agreement near O'clock,
but the typewriting of the report and
the engrossing of the bill with the in
cident,. details kept the measure from
the two. houses until 7.55 O'clock. At
8 o'clock both houses adopted. the free
conference report; and the bill was Inn.
mediately; t.ratified and sent to the
governor for his signature: =. =: <
A levy: of..11 1-2 mills is contained
in the bill fer. general state. purposes
and the additional half. mill for the
greater Citadel ;abringing theitotal levy
of 12 mills, the!same as In 1920, ex-
cluding the two. mill highway tax.
The art says that not more than IL IL
mills shall be leveled for general purr--
poses. -. i..
The free conference committee re-
duced the bill to below the original
house figure and materially cut off the
senate amendments. The house bill
provided for an appropriation Of S6,-
563,061.71 and the senate increased,
this to s6,734,361.02. By these figures
it is seen that the measure was put
by s2S,145.S9 from the original house
bill and also indicating that the fight
Of the reductionists was not in vain,
despite the fact that they themselves
thought so. -; & - .,.@E.f
AS finally ratified, the measure pro-
vides for the. raising of ,$5,37S,664 by
the IL 1-2 mill levy and s1,O52,545 by
.. special revenue. Senator Christensen
explained yesterday morning thafththe
reason the levy was II 1-2 mills In
spite of the fact that the ways and
means committee provided for "a; Il
mill levy in the house bill was that}the
! house%measure :dtd, ,,nots carry suits,
cient miilage Nor the total ,TppIoss
4 priated. THE house also anticipated
the passage of the gasoline and inher-
itance tax measure, both Of which
were continued until the next session
| Increase over 1920. IL,
The bill is an increase of $447i7s44S
over 1920, but carried exactly the same
levy, excluding the two mill highway
tax. This is made possible by approxi-
mately s5O,OOo,O0o additional taxable
property, being placed on the tax. books
of the state during the past year. u
In anticipation Of the taxes to: be
collected the measures provide that
the state financial board, composed 81
the governor the comptroller general
and the state treasurer, may borrow
1,n cfn
and also the Citadel appropriation oil
one half mill, not to exceed S5,OaD0ou
and not to pay above the legal rate OF
interest.
The two mill highway tax Is sus-
pended for the year as was originally
provided for by the ways and means
committee, but the senate amendment
giving counties having bond issues
the privilege to retain the two mill tas
was adopted.
In the legislative department $1o(
extra for the cnGrossins clerks was
provided because of the extra WORK
and the pages were all increased from
SIPS to 5000 and all the. laborers were
likewise advanced from s125 ton $780,
The recording clerk in the secretary
of states office was advanced from
$3.50 to s2,40O and the stenographei
from $1,000 to s1.5o0.
The comptroller generals office was
given the duty Of disbursing the pen
sIons and consequently received an In
crease Of S5G6,297 over last year as
direct appropriation, all this being fol-
pensions in lieu Of the abolishment ol
the senate pension board. An extra
clerk to be known as the pension clert
at salary of $1,000 was allowed.
4 provision was adopted in the Sec
ton relating to the, attorney genera
providing that the attorney genera
is hereby required to render all lega
advice and perform all legal service
for all the departments of the state
5 and that no counsel not connected witt
the office of the attorney general shai
be employed by any of said depart
ncnts for such service: Provided tha'
: this provision shall not apply to th'
state board of health or the tax com
mission" The provision was origin
= ollv aimed at the tax commission ant
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