The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-03-08
$7O,64O.46 INCREASE
ADDED BY Senate
Finance Committee Reports Appro-
priation Bill
REDUCTION FOR CITADEL
University Gets More Money. Educa-
ton Department Also Gets
Larger SUM

Columbia, March 6.-The finance
committee reported the general ap-
preparation bill to the Senate tonight
with an increase Of $7O,64O.46 over
the amount as sent to it by the House
two week sago. The House bill car
ried levy of mills and that of the
finance committee shows levy of
about 1-2 mills. The House bill
carried an aggregate Of $5,67O,61O.S3
and the finance committee bill has a
total of $5,741, ,251.29.
In reporting the bill, however,
the finance committee has eliminated
severa Items provided by the House
for the payment of loans totaling
$23G,553 obtained from the sinking
fund commission. These loans are al
lowed to float and interest is provided
for the commission in lieu of the prin-
cipal. These are $37 500 due by Win
throp College; $4,000 by the Uni
versity Of South Carolina, and S124,-
OO3.24 by the State Hospital. This
arrangement makes an apparent re-
duction in the appropriation for the
university and for Winthrop when in
fact they receive slight increases.
| The finance committee placed the
salaries of all chief clerks back to
their former mark, the ways and
means committee having reduced
them 10 per cent. Practically all
other reductions in salaries remain.
However, the secretary of the State
Board Of Public Welfare will get So
600; the State Highway Engineer So
600 and the chairman Of the State
Tax Commission $4,000 per annum.
There are increases all down the
line for the adjutant's generals
! office. They were: Chief clerk
$l40; porter $50; travel $3.50; telc-
graph and telephone $74; office sup
plies $l00; office equipment 5000;
salary disbursing officer $500; salary
armorcr $3.50; freight, express and
deliveries $3.50; travel disbursing Of
liccr $3.50; repairs $500; Office sup
plies, armory 500; equipment $3.50;
! special service and travel in conncc-
ton with the National Guard 5000:
| repairs for the National Guard 500:
guard supplies $lOO; an increase in
maintenance fund for 33 organizations
from $4,000 to $4,000.
For the University Of South Car
DINA there was an actual increase
of $500; for the Citadel an increase
of S3,040, and for personal contrac-
/ tural services in the upkccp Of build
ings and grounds and a decrease Of
$4,000 to 81 600 for permanent i'm
provcmcnts. For Winthrop College
there was decrease of 81 800 for
contractural services under the sup
crntcndcnt; and increase Of $3.50
! Tor personal service in connection with
normal and industrial education and
an increase Of $8,2S173 for the up
keep of grounds and buildings and AN
item of $500 for a shed for building
I material was eliminated. Fer n,
state Colorcd College there was an
increase Of $3,S00 for equipment and
| the item of $4,000 for summer
school was restored. For the State
Medical College contractural services
were reduced from $1,175 to S2,G75
and insurance was increased from
500 to 81 200. For the John do !"
Howe School there were increases for
personal service from $4,000 to $1O,-
$50 and for equipment from $4,000
to $14,0O5, and there were no changes
IN the school for the deaf and blind.