The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-09
SLIGHT INCREASE IN
MONEY MEASURE
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
OUT BILL. CHANGES ARE
MADE.

last night with ltS anlehaiHeh's
changing a majority of the sections
of the measure.
The bill of the house provided for
: total appropriations Of $5,67O,6lO.S3'
while the senate finance committee
measure as reported last night raises
the figure to s5,741,l71.29.
Some material changes aye made by
the senate committee, including a big
advance to the public schools over
the house measure and the cutting
out of the provisions made by the
house to repay looms from the sink
ing fund commission to Winthrop,
the university and the state hospital.
This action by the committee struck
: out of the house bill approximately
$4,000 and the committee struck
Z ont 100000 from the appropriation
for pensions by providing that per-
sons elgible for pensions should
draw but 81 if their annual Tcome
is 1000 or more.
More for Schools.
This $27O,OOO represented the big
decrease made in the bill by the
finance committee while the main in
crease was to the superintendent OF
@ducation's office which was advanc-
ed from $1,1s6,700 as in the house
! bill to. 81 ,321, $40, an increase OF
J s125,14O, the largest mede by the
committee. Superintendent Swear
Z inpen had asked for an increase OF
K s521, 900 over the house bill.
= The committee restored several
kpositions abolished by the house and
adopted q rule of equalizing all the
clerks as far as possible. For ex-
ample all the chief clerks of depart
nents were restored to $2,4O0 in con-
trast to varying 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
was made necessary because OF the
apparent failure Of some Of the new
revenue measures that the house
passed.
Only minor changes ore icsde IN
the legislative and judicial depart
rnent. the committee restoring the
salaries Of the supreme court en-
pIoyees to the same basis as 1921.
In the governors office the record
ing clerk and stenographer are COM
bined in one position with an extra
$500 for additional clerical help.
An. emergency clerk fer one year,
3 election year, is provided at salary
Of $3.50 for the secretary of states
office over the house bill.
In the comptroller generals office
the pension fund is reduced by $780,
600 and $4,000 is added for auditing
county Offices.
The adjutant generals office is in
creased from $31 ,202.50 to 55,996.5o.
Decrease for University.
The University Of South Carolina
Is decreased from s247,41S.7O to $685.
208.7e, the big cut being $4,000 due
sinking fund commission. A pro-
vision Is attached to the bill to allow
the university to retain hospital and
dcrmitory fees.
Practically no changes were made
81 the figures for Clemson, the state
S treasurer and a number of other de-
partments and institutions.
winthrop college, while reduced
from 1896, ,2s6 to s373,1 ,130, really gets
more as everything asked for by the
authorities was granted except money
TO complese a building. The reduc-
{ ticn was in the sum owed the sink
ing fund commission, which the SEN
ate struck out.
The John de Ia Howe school is in
creased from s38,222 to s56,702.
Among the items increased or re-
5 stored in the department of educa-
. tion was the mill school supervisor,
which was not provided for by the
house.
In the board of public welfare the
salary of the secretary is Increased
from s2,Eoo to $4,000.
The Law enforcement department is
raised fr n $4,000 to $4,000.
The chairman of the tax commits
sion is raised from s2,50O to s3,6OO
sand more changes are expected to be
toSade as the tax commission will have
8 carry out the provisions Of the new
ycvenue program