Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08
Annual Appropriation Bill as
Reported by Senate Finance
Committee

Oh SlU,OOl.4o oRel LuS AouSS pLl, Iie
general appropriation bill was re-
ported out by the finance committee
last night with its amendments
changing a majority of the sections
of the measure.
The bill of the house provided for
total appropriations of s5,670,610.83
while the senate finance committee
measure as reported last night raises
the figure to S5~,741,171,.29
Some material changes are made
by the senate committee, including
a big advance to the public school
over the house measure and the cut
ting out of the provisions made by
the house to repay loans from the
sinking fund commission to Win
throp, the university and the state
hospital. This action by the COM
mittee struck out of. the house bill
approximately $4,000 and the COM
mittee struck out 100000 from the
appropriation for pensions by pro-
viding that persons eligible for pen
sions should draw but 81 if their an
nual income is $1,000 or more
More for Schools.
This $4,000 represented the big
decreases made in the bill by the
finance committee while the main in
crease was to the superintendent OF
education's office which was ad-
vanced from s1,1S6,700 as in the
house bill to S1,321,64O, an increase
of S125,14O, the largest made by the
committee. Superintendent Swearin-
gen had asked for an increase of
S521, 900 over the house bill.
The committee restored several
positions abolished by the house and
adopted a rule of equalizing all the
clerks as far as possible. For ex-
ample all the chief clerks of depart
ments were restored to S2,400 in con-
trast to verifying salaries fixed by the
house.
The bill, according to the figures
submitted by the finance committee
would carry a levy of seven and one
half mills as compared with five mills
in the house measure. This increase
vas made necessary because of the
apparent failure of some of the new
revenue measures that the house
passed.
Only minor changes r made in
the legislative and judicial depart
ment, the committee restoring the
salaries of the supreme court m
ployees Of the same basis as 1921.
In the governors office the record
ing clerk and ste%nographer are COM
bined in n position with an extra
$500 for additional clerical help.
An emergency clerk for n year,
election year, is provided at a salary
of S2,16O for the secretary of states
office over the house bill.
In the comptroller generals office
the pension fund. is reduced by
$1,000 0 and $4,000 is added for
auditing county offices.
The adjutant generals office is in
creased from $31,2O2.5O to $685.
996.50.
Decrease for University.
The University of South Carolina
Is decreased from s247,419.7O to
sls3,2O3.7o, the big cut being s54,-
0DO due the sinking fund commission.
a: proviso is attached to the bill to
laiow the university to retain hospi-
tai and dormitory fees.
Practically no changes were made
in Hhe figures for Clemson the state
treasurer and a number of other de-
partments and institutions.
winthrop college while reduced
fro,n sS96,296 to S379,13O, really
gets more as everything asked Tor
by the authorities were granted eX-
cept money to complete a building.
The reduction was in the sum owed
the sinking fund commission, which
the senate struck out.
The John de la Howe school is in
creased from S3S,222 to S56,702.
Among the items increased or re-
stored in the department of educa-
ton was the mill school supervisor,
which was not provided for by the
house.
In the board of public welfare the
salary of the secretary in increased
from $500 to $4,000.
The law enforcement department
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