The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-17
LEVY OF SEVEN MILLS
FOR APPROPRIATIONS
LEGISLATURE Fixes Expenditures tor
1922 at S5,s3s, ,1o6.04, Decrease
From Amount of Last Year
The State, 13.


bv the legislature the bill carneS
total Of s5.s39, 106. o. and a levy
not to exceed seven mills as compared
with a total appropriation OF So'-
5S91O6.O4 and u mill levy IN l9zl' ,
The bill is a decrease OF $685.
8197s over the 1921 appropriation
and the levy is five mills below 0hS
figure for last year. ,,
I-ndor the bill as passed by the
house the appropriations were @o'-
67o,61o.S3 and the levy was five mliiS
and under the measure as passed py
the senate the bill provided for to-
tai appropriation Of S5,SO5'9o9,o'
and the free conferees increased the
amount to $3.50, 9,lO6.o4 as the final
total.
Some of the changes made by the
conferees were highly Important m
Guiding the reductions in amounts ana
the increasing of other amounts.
The Miller amendment not to allow
anv institution or school teaching the
Darwinism theory to draw money ap-
nronriated under the terms of the Dill
was rejected by the free conference
Some of the major changes MADE
bv the conferees may be listed as 1ol-
lows:
Some of the Changes
An increase in the salary Of the,
house chaplain from s125 to S2oo.
An increase in the salary of the
recording clerk in the governors Oh. u
fee by $500 and the restoration OF
the stenographer's salary of S1,5oo
that was eliminated 10y both houses.
Addition of the corporation clerk IN
the secretary Of states Office when
had been abolished by the house ana
made a temporary election clerk Tor
one year by the senate.
Practically all chief clerks salaries
were made $4,000 with one or two
exceptions.
The senate amendment providing
that any Confederate veteran receN-
ine an annual income Of $1,000 or!
over shall not receive pension ex-
ceot 81 was adopted with a further
amendment striking out the 81 and
leaving all such veterans on the hon
or rell.
The salary of the bond clerk in the /
+reasnrer's Office was raised to ST.
OPS.
The national guard fund for the
adiutant general was cut from ST.
600 to $1S,5O0.
An increase from s199,COO to!
s2O6, 900 was allowed the university.
The proviso allowing the Cltadel
hoard of visitors to borrow S9O,ooo
was reduced to make the amount not
over $4,000.
In the board of public welfare one
field agent that had been abollshed
was restored and several salaries were
slightly increased.
Salary cuts were made IN the de- |
partn2ent of health and the Sl7,5OO
for water supply and building at
the Palmetto sanitarium as added oy
the senate was retained. !
In the tax commission the salary OF
the chairman was raised from $500
tn $4,000 and several other additions
were made to the tax commissions !
forces. A proviso was also adopted
allowing the commission to eXpend /:
$4,000 out of the income tax law to
collect the tax, this being in addition
to the stipulated amount. !.
In the railroad commission $4,000 /
was added to the amount for investl-
cations.
A proviso was added to the chief
game warden's figure so as to allow
him to buy $4,000 boat.
Several raises IN salaries, lncluolng
those of the cashier and marketing
clerk, were allowed for the depart
ment of agriculture. An additional
$1,000 was also added for the market
bulletin.
By proviso the state electrician
is authorized to make contracts for
lighting. !;
In the highway department the
sS,CG0 to pay the Santee bridge COM
mission for services was stricken out
and another cut of $4,000 made.
A proviso was added to the sinking
fund commission section so as to al
low the sinking fund commission to
borrow, if necessary, money to cover
+bo ndinU loans owed bV the .