Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-01-17

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the 1922 code, $4,000. -,
IA. For the administration of the
executive departments. boards and
commissions. including about 80 or.
ganizations, $442.2S2.34.
Grand total, Sc. .466, ,240.15,"
Senate Has Many New Bills. ~
Introduction OF joint concurrent
resolution to restrict the 1922 appro-
priations for an state purposes to
$3.S92,682, a bill to abolish the state
tax commission and one to provide for
two months emergency appropriations
for this year as well as to restrict ex-
penditures by the state agencies until
the 1922 appropriation bill is passed.
The resolution to restrict the appro-
priations was offered by Mr.. Wells Of
Edgefeld and was held over, no &C.
tion being taken. In the resolution
1t is set forth that in 1919 the appro-
priations were $3,S92,6S2 and that in
1921 the amount was S6,534,O0O and
Senator Wells claims there is no need
for such an increase. His resolution
would give the. same appropriation
for 1922 as for 1919.
Senator Wightman introduced the
bill to abolish the tax commission.
Under the terms Of this measure the
duties of the tax commission would.
devolve upon a state board of tax as
SCISSORS headed by the comptroller
general and seven members to. be ap-
pointed by the governor, who would
hold office cotermina. with the gov
ernor. One member from each con.
gressional district is provided for.
Senator Goodwin introduced a joint
resolution postponing the payment OF
state and county taxes until April !,
1892, with penalty OF one per cent.
The resolution was referred to the
finance committee.
A concurrent resolution by Senator
Yong to allow bill to be introduced
to change the status of the trustees of
the Charleston high school so the trus-
tees and the high school can receive
and hold property, real and personal,
In any amount. and granting to the
trustees the power to condemn prop
erty for school purposes was passed
without opposition by the senate. y
A concurrent resolution from the
house fixing the time for meetings
every day and providing for sessions
through Friday as well as other reg
ulatory clauses was held up upon OBJ,
lection OF Senator Wightman.
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Among the measures OF statewide
Importance introduced in the house
was bill. OF which M. C. Foster is
the author. to regulate the maximum
prices to '-be charged by telephone
companies in the state. Under the
provisions of the bin the maximum
charge for a one.party business tele-
phone line will be $5 amonth, and for
q one-party residence telephone line
SO a month. The maximum charge for
duplex. lines will be fixed at "a for
each business telephone and $3.50 for
each residence telephone. The bill
carries penalty of $50 for each vio-
iation or attempted violation, the pen
atty to be recovered In any court
OF competent jurisdiction In the state
at the instance and on behalf of the
aggrieved party or parties The bill
was referred to the house judiciary
committee. which Will hold a hearing
on the measure at its meeting.
Julius s. McInnes and Ashton II.
Williams are sponsors OF a bill to
provide for the retirement on two
thirds salary OF judges when they
reach the age OF 20. provided they
have a record OF ten years service.
The bill also carries provisions for
the retiring on a like salary schedule
of any judges becoming physically ip-
capacitated to perform their duties.
The measure was referred to the ju-
dietary committee.
A bill to confer upon. all women.
who have attained the age OF 81 years,
all the rights and privileges conferred
upon male. citizens and to make all
women subject to. all the duties that
are possessed by male citizens was
also among the number OF statewide
measures introduced, NJ r. Cooper,
the author OF the bil, holding that it
torrects errors made, in a similar
measure passed last year. The women.
in Mr.. Cooper's measure, are to be ex-'
empted from the payment of both mu.
nicipal and county communication road
taxes. 80 i
Other measures of interest intro
duced include bill to allow cousins
to inherit under certain conditions, a
bin to prevent the use and sale OF
steel traps In the state and a bill to
allow the graduates OF the law school
Of Furman university to he licensed
to practice law In the state without
before the state board of
examiners. This privilege Ia now
granted only to the graduates OF the
law schoolsof the University OF South
q state Institution.
Governor Cooper returned a num-
ber of duplicate acts from last ses-
sion that he had vet.J