Four Countries Introduce Measures.

IN LOWER HOUSE

Two Are Skeleton Affairs to Be Amended – Other Two Fairly Complete.

Four county supply bills were introduced in the house of representatives in its brief session yesterday, and while two were mere, “skeleton” bills, carrying but a few sections, they will serve as vehicles for amendments later on, these amendments, many to be made in the senate, comprising the completed bills. But they are started, at any rate, which would seem to indicate that the plea of Speaker Blatt to “get your county bills in early” was bearing fruit.

County supply bills introduced yesterday were those of Barnwell, home county of the speaker; Union, Pickens and Kershaw.

The Barnwell bill, containing but eight lines, was of the skeleton variety. It merely provided for the appropriation of $25,000 to be expended for ordinary county purposes for the fiscal year, July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938, the expenditures to be approved by a majority of the Barnwell delegation. It will of course be amended heavily before given final reading.

The Union county bill was also a skeleton, carrying only about 15 or 16 lines. It provided for a tax levy of 1 mill and made an appropriation for roads, bridges and chain game. The bill in its entirety will be written in the form of amendments to the measure a red yesterday nearly by title.

Kershaw Measure.

The Kershaw supply bill was largely complete, though it too is subject to amendments as are all bills.

Among the items of appropriation carried are:

Roads, bridges and maintenance of road working organization, $30,000; clerk of court, $800; deputy clerk, $1200; sheriff, $18,000, he to receive all fees up to a total of $600; deputy sheriff, $18,000; superintendent of education, $16,000; treasure, $710; auditor, $710; Clerk to the auditor and treasurer, $1200; judge of probate, $600; County Rd. superintendent, $1800; corner, $400; county attorney, $200; janitor at jail, $300; clerk to county directors, $400.

Magistrates – At Camden, $900; at Bethune, $360; at Blaney and Kershaw, $360 each; at Upper Flat Rock Township, at Lower Flat Rock Township, upper Wateree Township, $180 each; salaries, rural policeman, DeKalb township, $1800; Wateree, $1500; Flat Rock, $1500; Buffalo, $1500.

Jail Expenditures – $2,500, jurors and witnesses. $2,250 county poor, $3,600; Associated Charities, $500; county health unit, $2500; a grand total of all items, $75,295.

Members of the house from Kershaw, W. F. Estridge and L. C. Clyburn.

Pickens Measure.

The Pickens bill carried a total of $154,115, of which $97,715 was to be raised by taxation. The balance, $56,400, will be derived from the commutation road tax, fines and fees, gasoline tax and other sources.

Among some of the items of appreciation; roads and bridges, $70,000; nova Shinnery, $7500; clerk of court and clerical help, $3800; supervisor salary, $2000; clerk to supervisor and commissioners, $1200; two County commissioners, $2000; superintendent of education, $18,000; corner, $300; County attorney, $200; physician, $600; auditor, $710; treasure, $710.

Sheriff, $1800; for deputy sheriffs at $100 per month, $4800; travel for deputies, $2400; two County constables for one month, $300; five bill deputies at $12.50 per month, $750; superintendent county farm, $600; probate judge, $1650; tax collector and master, $1800; County Health unit, $2000; county jail or, $900; janitor at the courthouse, $450.

Magistrates: Easley, $1,100; Pickens, $850; Liberty, $450; Central, $450; Six Mile, $100; Pumpkin Town, $100; magistrates constables, $1400.

Jurors and witnesses, $3000; county home, poor house and feeding prisoners, $2300; public buildings, $2500; Six Mile hospital, $1800; Direct relief for destitute for 1936, $2105; direct relief for destitute for January and February 1937, $500.

There were various other items in the bill, providing interest on loans, for past indebtedness, for equipment for the agricultural board and so forth, making a total of $154,115.

Pickens House members are J. T. Black and W. B. Davis.