The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-03-15
Levy OF Seven MILLS
FOR APPROPRIATIONS
Legislature Fixes Expenditures for
1922 at $5,839, ,1O6.04, a Good Siz-
ed Decrease from the Amount of
Last Year-SOme of Items.

Last Year-Some of Items.
Both houses OF the legislature yes
terday afternoon adopted the free
conference report on the general ap-
preparation bill and as finally passed
by the legislature the bill carries a
total Of $3.50, 9,106.04 and levy not
to exceed seven mills as compared
with total appropriation of $685.
1O604 and IL mill levy in 1921.
The bill is decrease Of $695, ,819,-
70 over the 1921 appropriation and the
levy is five mills below the figure for
last year.
Under the bill as passed by the
house the appropriations were $780,
610.83 and the levy was five mills and
under the measuTe as passed by the
senate the bill provided for total
appropriation of $5,8O5, 10000 and the
free conferees increased the amount
to $3.50 ,106.04 as the final total.
Some Of the changes made by the
conferees were highly important, in
cluding the reductions in amounts and
the increasing Of other amounts.
The Miller amendment not to allow
any institution or school teaching the
Darwinism theory to draw money ap-
propriated under the terms Of the bill
was rejected by the free conference.
Some Of the major changes made by
the conferees may be listed as follows.
An increase in the salary of the
house chaplain from $125 to 5000.
An increase in the salary Of the
recording clerk in the governors Of
flee by $500 and the restoration of the
stenographer's salary of $1,000 that
was eliminated by both houses.
&c oln in
the secretary of states office which
had been abolished by the house and
made temporary election clerk for
one year by the senate.
Practically all chief clerks salaries
were made $4,000 with one or two ex-
ceptions.
The senate amendment providing
that any Confederate veteran rccelv-
ing an annual income of 81 900 or over
shall not receive pension except 81
was adopted with further amend
ment striking out the 81 and leaving
all such veterans on the honor roll.
The salary of the bond clerk in the
treasurer's Office was raised to $2,025.
The national guard fund for the
adjutant general was cut from ST.
900 to $18,50O.
An increase from $4,000 to $780,
900 was allowed the university.
The proviso allowing the Citadel
board Of visitors to borrow 100000
was reduced to make the amount not
over $4,000.
In the board of public welfare one
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 $17,500
for a water supply and building at the
Palmetto Sanitarium as added by the
senate was retained.
In the tax commission the salary Of
the chairman was raised from $3,60O
to $4,000 and several other additions
were made to the tax commissions
forces. A proviso was also adopted
allowing the commission to cxpend
$4,000 out of the income tax law to
collect the tax, this being in addition
to the stipulated amount.
In the railroad commission $4,000
was added to the amount for investi-
cations.
A proviso was added TO the chief
game wardcn's figure so as to allow
him to buy $4,000 boat.
Several raises in salaries, including
those of the cashier and marketing
Clclk, "clc etllO"Sb Ioi Ss-S NNpei
mcnt of agriculture. An additional
81 800 was also added for the market
bulletin.
BY proviso the state electrician
is authorized to make contracts for
lighting.
In the highway department the
$4,000 to pay the Santcc bridge com
mission for services was stricken out
and another cut Of $4,000 made.
A proviso was added to the sinking
fund commission section so as to al
low the sinking fund commission to
borrow, if necessary, money to cover
the outstanding loans owed by the
university, Winthrop and the State
hospital, amounting to 1886 1853. "a.
The contingent fund was raised
from $G8,0O0 to $4,000. =
Senator Pearcc and Representative
Sapp both made statistical statements
on the floor Of the two houses show
ing how the money would be raised
this year under the appropriation
bill. Their statement follows:
"Thc appropriation bill as agreed to
by the free conference committee, car
ries total appropriation Of $685.
10604 or in round numbers a rcduc-
tion of 100000 below the appro-
priation of 1921. This reduction rep
resents cut of approximately 10
1-2 per cent. below the. amount ap-
propriated last year. The levy has