The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-17
SEVEN MILLS LEVIED
FOR APPROPRIATION
Legislature Fixes Expenditure.
For 1922 at S5,S39. a
Big Decrease.
OFF FROM TWELVE MILLS

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An incrr,ssA. While winthrop tu.
Irge's Appropriation Comes Dew,
From S:,0S,604 tO $373,I3O.
Both houses OF the legislator.
adopted the free conference repo,.
on the general Appropriation bill ars
as finally passed by the Legislature
the bill carries total Uf $3.50
1ob.04 and levy not to exceed
mills as compared with a total ap-
preparation Of 3s,53s.lO6. and Il
IL mill levy in 1921.
The bill is q decrease OF $685.
S1S.7s over the 1921 appropriation
and the levy Is ave mills below tks.
figure for last year.
Under the hiu as passed by th+
house the appropriations were a.
670.61o.83 and the levy Wa bss.
mills and under the measure "a
passed BY the senate the bill pre-
vided for a Total appropriation es
a5.S0b.so9.0s and the free eonferee%
| increased the amount TO S5,S3a-
106.04 as the 6nal total
Some OF the changes made by tfls-
conferees we're highly important,
including the reductions in amounS>
and the Increasing OF other amounte
The Miller amendment not to al
low any institution or school teach
ing the Darwinism theory to draw
| money appropriated under the terms
Of the bin was rejected By the fRe&
conference
Some Of Changes.
Some Of the major changes masis.
BY the conferees may be listed ~
| follows:
An increase in the salary of TIA.
house chaplain from aI25 to 320e
An increase in the salary of tf.&-
| recording clerk in the governors Oh
| fec by $500 and the restoration ~
the stenosrapher's salary of 31.600
that was eliminated by both house,
Addition to the corporation clerk
! IN the secretary Of states offi,.
which had been abolished by tho
| house and made temporary ele.
tion clerk for one year by the sen
/ ate -.
! Practically al chief clerks sat..
aries We're made $4,000 with one q,
| two EXCEPTIONS
| The seaaie amendment providing
that any Confederate veteran receIy-
INK an annual income OF $1,000 o.
over shall not receive a pension es-
cept 81 was adopted with a further
amendment striking out his 81 and
leaving all slch veterans on tn.
honor roll.
The salary OF the bond clerk ~
the treasurer's office was raised Ia
s2.025
The national guard fund for tf.e
adjutant general was cut from $2T.-
600 to slS.5O0.
An increase from s1s3.o0O s.
s2o6.o 900 was allowed the univer-.
sity.
| The proviso allowing the Citadel
board OF visitors to borrow $4,000
was reduced to make the amount
not over $4,000.
! In the board OF public welfare ono
field agent that had been abolished
was restored and several salaries
were slightly increased.
Salary cuts were made in the de-.
partment OF health and the "s17.50O
FOR water supply and building ai
the Palmetto sanitarium as adde.
by the senate was retained.
In the tax commission the salar,
Of the chairman was raised from,
$4,000 to $4,000 and several othel
additions were made to the tax con-.
missions forces. proyiso was also
adopted allowing the commission to
"xpend $4,000 out OF the incoma
tax law to collect the tax. this ba
ing in addition 10 the stipulateo
amount.
In the railroad commission 5000
Vas added to the amount for inves
legations.
provieo was added to the CHER
game warden's figure so as to allov
him TO buy $4,000 boat.
Several raises In salaries. includ.
ing those OF the cashier and mar.
keting clerk. were allowed for tho
department OF agriculture. An ad.
ditional $1,000 was also added for
the market bulletin.
Ry proviso the state electrician
hOrluaA fn
lighting.