The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-03-10
TWELVE MILL LEVY
FOR COMING YEAR
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES
APPROPRIATION BILL OF
SIX AND HALF MILLION

priation bill was adopted ratified,
signed by the governor and became
law early Sunday morning, as one of
the last offic::rl acts of the 1921 gen.
eral assembly.
The bill is an increase of S447, 1874
43 over 1920, but carries exactly the
same levy, excluding the two :lill
highway tax. This is made possible
by approximately S50,O0O,0O0 addi-
tional taxable property being placed
on the tax books of the state during
the past year.
In anticipation of the taxes to be
collected the E:easL"eS HEoTioc TIA:
the state fn2ncial board. CO lposed
of the governor, the comptroller gen
eral and the state treasurer, may bo--
row money t, run the state govern
ment, and clc the, Citadel appTo2iia-
ton of one IL mill. not to exceed
S5,050,000 and rot to pay above the
legal rate OF interest.
The two mill highway tax is sus-
pended for TIE year as vas originally
provided for by the ways and i&oa
committee, but the senate amendment
giving counties having bond issues
the privilege to retain the two mil!
tax was adopted.
In the legislative department 500
extra for the engrossing clerks was
provided beccuse of the ertra work
and the pages were all increased
from S125 to 5000 and all he !aborers
were likewise advanced from $125 to
5000.
The recording clerk in the secre-
tary of states office was advanced
from S2,250 to S2,400 and the stem
ographer FROM $1,000 to s1,5O0.
The comptroller generals office
was given the duty of disbursing the
pensions and consequently .cceived
an increase of S566,279 over last year
as direct appropriation, all this be-
ing for pensions in lieu of the abol-
ishment of the state pension board.
An extra clerk TO be known as the
pension clerk at salary cf S2,4OO
was allowed.
A provision was adopted in the
section relating to the attorney gen.
eral providing that the attorney gen.
eral is hereby required to render all
legal advise and perform all legal
service for all the departments of the
state and that no counsel not connect
ed with the office of the attorney gen.
eral shall be EMPLOYED by any of said
departments Tor such scr"ice: Pro-
vided that this provision shall not ap-
ply to the state board Of he"lth OF
the tax commission" The provision
was. originally aimed at the tax COM
mission and was adoried, but later
reconsiGered enc rejected as to the
tax commission.
The adju-a1t generals office was
cut from $49,417.50 as provided in
the house bill to S39,S17.
The University of South Carolina
came out of the fray with fairly good
colors, getting $243,355 as compared
with the house measure of S211,755.
A 100000 increase for repairs to old
buildings and $500 for salary in
creases to certain professors were al
lowed
The Citadel was cut by 100000
as originally provided in the house
bill, but the extra half mill levy COW
ers this and therefore no cut is really
made. Not mere than 100000 is al
lowed the Citadel fronR@ half mill
levy.
Winthrop college was reduced from
S416,OS3.60 rs carried in the house
measure to s39S,694.6O.
John de la Howe school was given
an additional $4,000 from the orig
inal bill for building improvements.
The state department of education
was reduced by S37, 900 from the orig
inal measure, leaving the total at
s1,52s,e3O, by far the largest appro-
priation in the history of the schools
and an increase of s597,640 over 1920.
The senate amendment increasing
the 100000 icr guaranteeing a seven
months term to s525,00O was reject
ed and the senate amendnnct in
creasing the retroactive guarantee
inp for 1919-2o from $4,000 by the
house to $4,000, the full amount,
was also rejected and s15o,OoO sub
stituted instead.
The State Hospital was aov2nced
from s699, 1884, as provided for by
the house measure to 1874, 1884, the
increase being. $4,000 for Building
and water supply.
An additional item IF $1,000 w"s