The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-14
SENATE PASSES
MONEY MEASURE.
INCREASE OVER PROVISIONS OF
HOUSE
Upper House Allows Only ST,
Mills for Advances-Long
Fight Ends
The State. II.

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ton bill as amended and returned Il
to the house with an increase over the
house bill of S135, 5,2SS.26, according
to the official figures compiled By the
senate attaches. The figure included
an increase over the senate finance
committees recommendations Of $64,-
S3S.
The major part of the bill was fin
ished by the senate at 8 o'clock last
night, but an amendment offered by
Senator Christensen to create con-
tingent committee to have control Of
expenditures and the appropriations
of all the departments preripitated
such warm fight that final action
was not reached until 11;55 O'Clock.
Near the close of the debate on the
bill Senator Lightsey offered an
amendment to strike out seven and
one-half mills as the levy and substi-
tute SIX mills and this was adopted.
The finance committee had provided
for seven and one-half mills as the
levy as compared with five mills from
the house.
The act Of the senate in providing
for six mill levy to raise the S5,-
S05,9O9.O9 appropriated-an impossj-
Bile feat-excited some little criticism
in the ouse when the bill was return
ed. A six mill levy, it was pointed
out, would not raise half the amount
appropriated by the senate. The house
in fixing the levy Of the original ways
and means bill at five mills, Chairman
Hughes of the ways and means COM
mittee said, had done so, knowing
that the passage Of the new revenue
measures, adopted by the house would
ave permitted the fixing Of that levy
at this low figure. ''The senate" )" Mr..
Hughes said, "killed these revenue
bills, God knows why. l don't know
why. We had to get revenue from
somewhere and this was the only way
we saw to do it. The house has done
it's duty and now we must send the
bill to a conference committee and
fix the levy like sensible people ought
to-" Representative Claud n. Sapp
of Columbia, J. Lyles Glenn of Ches-
ter, J. K. Owens of Bennettsville, r.
R. Belser of Sumter and Asa Hall Of
Anderson also voiced opposition and
favored nonconcurrence in the amend
ments. The motion was then put and
concurrence refused by an over
whelming vote.
Conferees Appointed
The senate insisted on its amend
ments and appointed Senators Gross,
Rogers and Pearce as conferees from
the senate. The bill was then re-
turned to the house and after few
remarks from Speaker Atkinson, in
which he emphasized the responsible
ity of the conferees in making the
final appropriation bill. Representa-
tives Hughes, Sapp and Blease were
named as conferees on the part Of the
house.
These conferees will get to work on
the bill early this morning and the
chances are that an adjournment will
be reached some time Sunday morn
ing as the conferees are expected to
be able to agree on the different
items.
AS finally leaving the senate's hands
the bill carried levy of six mills as
offered by Senator Lightsey and an
increase of $64,S38 over the senate
finance committees recommendations.
The senate finance bill provided for
S5,741,O7 as compared with the
house bill of S5,670,610.83. The SEN
ate bill as returned to the house car
ries a total of S5,S05,9 10000.
In moving to make the milliage six
mills instead O. 1-2 Senator Light
sey said the people are tired of be-
ing taxed to death. Mr.. Lightsey said
the millage could be kept to mills
if a real income tax was passed and
he said he hoped the conferees would
agree on measure that would bring
in money to lessen the burdens on
land and other visible property. The
vote to decrease the millage from
7 1-2 to 6 was % to 5, several sena-
tors pointing out, however, that this
did ,ot bind the millage as it would
have to be fixed by the free confer
ence.
Kills Contingent Idea
Senator Christensen's amendment
to the bill to create a contingent fund
committee to have charge Of the fis-
cal affairs of the state created IA