The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-11
The SENATE
INCREASES
TAX LEVY
Finance Committee
Reports Appropria-
ton Bill With In
creases Over House
Bill

Columbia, March s,-The fin
ance committee reported the gen
eral appropriation bin to the SEN
ate tonight with an increase OF
s70.64es46 over. the amount as sent
TO it by: the house two weeks ago.
The house bill carried a levy of )
Z mills and that of the finance COM
1nittee shows levy Of about IL
mills. The ho,sse bill carried an
aggregate of s5.6To, ,6I0.Ss and the
finance committee bill las 4 total
of s5.7a1.251.2s.
In reporting the bill. heaever.
the finance comru,.tee has e;imi-
mated several items provided I,5-
the house for the payn,ss.t of loa',s
totalins s223s.s55 obtai:iad from he
sinking fund commission. These
Ioans are aEow:-d TO iieat ana ss,'-
terest is provided for the commis-
sion in lieu Of the principal. These
are $4,000 due by Winthrop Col
lsge: $4,000 by the University Of
South Carolina, and sI24,003.24 by
the State Hospital This arrange
n1ent makes an apparent reduction
in the appropriations for the uni
yersity and for Winthrop when in
fact they reeeive~slight increases.
The finance committee placed the
salaries of all chief clerks back
to their former mark the ways
and means committee having re-
duced then, 10 percent. Practical
IL all other reductions IN salaries
remain. However. the secretary of
the State: Board of Public. Welfare
will get $4,000; the State Highway
Engineer So. 600 and the chairman
cot the State Tax Commission So
500 per annuIii
There are Increases all down the
line for. the adJutaRt generals
Office. They were: Chief clerk
s149: porter $50: travel $3.50: teie-
phone and telegraph s74: Office
supplies si0g:: office equipment
SEQ; salary disbursi1g officer $500;
salary arnlorer. s150; freight, ex-
press and deliveries travel
aisbursiRg officer $3.50: repairs
sseo: Office supplies. 5armory $f0o:
insurance 90: rBaossy Office
equipment S so special service and
travel m eonnection with the Ma
sional Guard $500: repairs for the
NatioEal Guard slot. guard sup
plies 500: an increase in main
tenancc fund for 3s organizations
from $4,000 to s27.1oo.
Fer the University OF South Car
oiina there was an actual increase
of $500: for the Citadel an ;ncrease
of $500. and for personal con-
traetural services in the upkeep of
buildings and grounds aud de-
crease of $4,000 to $4,000 for per-
mancnt improvements. For VIM
throp College thete vas a decrease
of 500 for contraeturai services
under the superintendent; and in
crease Of $3.50 for personal SER
yice in connection with normal and
industrial education and an in
crease OF ss,284-13 for the upkcep
Of grounds and buildings and an
item of $500 for she'd for build
ing material was eliminated. For
the State Colored College there was
an Increase OF $500 for equipment
and the item of $1,000. for a sum-
5 mer school was restored For the
state Medical CoiieSes cortractural
services We're reduced from $i,175
to s2.G75 and insurance was in
creased from 800 TO $1,000. For
the John de la Howe School there
were increases for personal service
from $500 to S10,SS0 and fer
equipment from $4,000 to s14.603.
and there were no changes in the
school for the deaf and blind.
There was large number of
changes in the department Of edu-
cation. The money per diem of the
members of the board was in
creased see and the chief clerk S
salary was put back to $2.400 Aid
for. approved schools was increased
$4,000: the school community or
ganizer's salary was increased $3.50
and that OF the supervisor Of
adult schools S1lG. Items. providing
5000 for inspection Of rural
schools, $4,000 for inspection of mill
: schools. $500 for orvocational train
ing under the Smith-Hughes act
and sS,090 for maintenance aud de-
velopmcDt of one and .wo-tcachcr
schools depleted by consolidation
were added.
There were increases all down
the line in the State Hospital for
the insane. For personal service
from S21.00e to ,s24. $50. contract
ural services from $3.50 to s3.4G2.
3 care and treatment OF inmates from
s52,2f7.40 to $52,9G4.40. upkecp
and buildings and groups from stG,-
100 to s46.650: hospital dairy from
sf3,715 to $20,573: Columbia farm
from s5,425 to s74S3; Moore farm
from 1885, to s5.771. and Pei
farm from 5000 to $7,50I.i2
For the state penitentiary there
were increases granted and treat
1nent Of inmates from SCI .566 70
$G2.e31: farm No. 1. from $t4.325
to sfS,2S4, and farm No > from
$17.G333 TO $19.62,.