Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-01-17
GOVERNOR C0QPERS'
ANNUAL MESSAGE
WEcoMw1nDs APPROPRIATIONS
or NEARLY six AND y HALF s
MILLiok DOLLARS.
PROPOSED REVENUE CAARGEs
sAsssass Dsslt Almost EntIrsly With
Proposed New Revenue Measures
and Budget Recommendation.

Taxation. the Tord that stays CON,
tinually on the tongues OF the people
OF South Carolina, was the keynote Of
Governor Cooper's annual message to
the general assembly delivered to the
Joint assembly In the hall OF the house
OF representatives.
Some change In the tax system is
imperative and the change must come
at this session II backward step Is
TO be warded OF, the chief executive
said, in recommending new sources Of
revenue.
ANY tax system which is not based
on the principal of. ability to pay is
Fundamentally wrong" the governor
declared. Some paragraphs from the
governors message give an insight
to the need for additional tax meas
ures.
New revenue measures proposed by
the governor are: An income tax. an
Inheritance tax, gasoline and petro-
1eum products tax, an occupation and
privilege license tax, a luxuries tax.
In addition he favors proposed amend.
AAOAto W thS CohoNituliOh W klNS luS
state just tax system.
In his message the governor gives
his recommendations for state appro.
priations for this year. These recon.
mendations have been taken from the
budget and the figures show that the
governor recommends total appro-
lpriation for 1922 of $6.466,240.15. This
in q clfOht docroaca Sroy,, <ha ~, o,nx
appropriated by the 1921 legislature.
In 1921 the general assembly appro-
priated $6.7e7, 1852 for all state pur-
poses.
Last year the governor recommend
ed that the legislature appropriate 81
n1,6R8.86 and this year his recon-
mendatiCps show reduction of $845,.
44s.71. AS compared with the appro.
priation bill last year his 1922 recon-
mendations are $sOU,s95.17- below
what was appropriated, including the
extra 100000 for the citadel.
The message dealt almost entirely
with the proposed new revenue meas
ures and the budget recommends
tions. The governor took up every
phase of the proposed new bills and
of his recommendation as to appro-
priations.
II wish again to urge the passage Of
the proposed amendment to our state
constitution" the governor said,
which is necessary before you may
properly classify property for the pur-
pose of taxation. This matter is SO
thoroughly discussed in the report
submitted one year ago on revenue
and taxation. that 1t is unnecessary
to add anything further here. ~
II have recommended the passage
Of these measures In order to raise
sufficient revenue TO support the state
government and to provide for : its
different institutions and activities. =
IT has occurred ITO me that some
explanation of the budget recommen-
dations for 1922 Is appropriate in con-
nection with the subject OF revenue
and taxation. The following summary
OF the budget Recommendation for
the present year gives concise and.
/ think. Intelligent statement of the
purposes of expenditure.
81. For expenses Of. legislative de-
partment. $105,372.. - -
20. For expenses OF judicial depart
ment, including the circuit courts.
$157,698.66.
''3. For educational purposes, In
Guiding 31,66S.74o for administration
and aid for public schools, 1851. .s51 so
for the Ave state colleges and $1s4..
s42.04 for the School for the Deaf and
Blind and the John de la Howe In
dustrial school, $2.765, ,63S.71.
a. FOR the six charitable and cor
rectionai institutions and for the sup
port OF the blipd children and the
Catawba Indians. !, 81 ,06712s,36.
"5. For Confederate pensions. in
cluding- the infirmary and aid for the