The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-24
lVEWBERRY COUNTY
SUPPLY BILL
LEVY FOR ORDINARY PURPOSES
SEVEN MILLS
Salaries Remain the Sane-Arranse'
ment MADE to Pay County Claims
IS They Are Due

IS They Are Due
/ The tax levy for ordinary county
purposes and for road maintenance
in Newberry county for the year
1922 will be seven mills, that amount
having been fixed by the supply bill
in the legislature recently adjourned.
The levy includes a special assessment
of one mill for road maintenance
purposes. Even with this extra levy
which was not carried in the law for
last year the tax levy Of the county
as fixed by our delegation is one mill
less than it was in 1921. Last year,
without the read maintenance levy,
but including levy for past indebt-
edness Of one and one-half mills, the
total levy fixed was seven and one
half mills.
Practically no changes were made
in the salaries Of tie county officers
and employees. The salary Of the
clerk CT court was increased to 500,
this being due to the fact that there
mas been a great decrease in the fees
of this official.
A magistrate and constable were
provided for Number y township,
these officers to receive = salary OF
5000 per annum.
The salary of the chairman OF the
highway commission, including all his
expenses, was fixed at $4,000 per
year, but this officer is now required
to perform all the duties formerly
performed by the road superintend-
ent. Heretofore the chairman only
received s5C0.00 ana was allowed
$4,000 per year for expenses, max
ing total of $4,000 and the road
superintendent received salary Of
100000 per year, making a total
for the officers of $2700.OO. BY COM
bining the two positions there has
been reduction of $4,000 per year.
Hereafter there will be only one
motorcycle officer as against two for
last year.
The appropriation for the health
unit was reduced from $4,000 to
S25OO.OO.
The state appropriation for the We
nereal disease clinic was cut out, and
accordingly Newoerry county will
save s25O0.00 thereby, that amount
having heretofore been furnished by
the county.
In addition to the ferries now main
tanned by the county new ferry was
established at Peak, provided Fair
field county contributes one-half of
the amount necessary fer such ferry.
Some reduction was made in the
dieting fees of the sheriff. Formerly
seventy cents per day was allowed
for dieting. Now when as many as
fifteen prisoners are in custody the
fee for dieting will be sixty cents per
Gay.
The amount fixed heretofore for
the home demonstration work may be
reduced. depending upon what agree
ment the legislative delegation may
make hereafter with the authorities in
charge Of this work.
Authority is given the commission
to pay the claim of Mrs. J. B. Amick
and Mrs G. T. Reid against the coun-
ty about which there has been some
dispute in the past. Authority is also
gwen the commission to settle the two
cases of J. s. Crouch and Mrs. Nora
Crouch against the county for dam
ages on account Of an accident at
Long Bridge. These two suits in
yolve settlement for s125000
Fairvew school district and
VaughnviI!e school district are given
authority to arrange for the building
Of schoolhouses in these districts.
Provision is made for the building
Of bridge over Saluda river at or
nesr McNary's ferry if Saluda county
and Others interested arrange for the
payment Of onc-h2lf Of the amount