“Shop In Edenton Days” April sth Through April 13th
SECTION
TWO
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY ]
NOTE: This is the seventh of a
series of weekly summaries :
prepared by the legislative
staff of the Institute of Gov- I
ernment on the work of the
North Carolina General Assent- j
bly of 1957. It is confined to 1
discussions of matters of gen
eral interest and major import
ance.
Devotees of the three-ring circus
would feel right at. home in the
General Assembly at this stage of
the session. In the center ring'
there is a series of sharp floor de-J
bates; in the two side rings are the:
committees sessions and hotel lobby j
discussions where most of the hard
legislative work is done. The only
thing which might be thought lack
ing is a readily-identifiable ring
master, and so far Governor Hodges
seems to be filling this role suc
cessfully.
This week’s biggest crowd was
drawn to one of the side rings, |
where an estimated 3,000 people!
were on hand to hear the United |
Forces for Education present thei
case for a teacher pay raise to the
joint Appropriations Committees. |
A parade of business representa-|
tives complained before the joint
Finance Committees about tax
changes proposed in the Revenue
Bill—particularly with regard to'
the proposed shift to a gross re-1
ceipts basis for computing privilege |
license taxes. Other committees;
wrangled over proposals to reor-|
ganize state government and to re
apportion legislative representation.'
Despite the noise and apparent
confusion, the legislative process j
was grinding away. Bill introduc
tions continued at a high level!
(highlighted by a proposal to pro-j
tect victims of indigent drivers and;
revisions of election laws), while
the total of ratified hills for the
session ros e to 159. The extraor
dinary rate of local bill introduc
tions may slacken :?*imewhat. aftfer
Monday, which is the deadline un
der Senate rules for their submis
sion in the upper house.
Motor Vehicles
As the toll of highway accidents
has risen, legislators throughout
the country have sought to protect
the innocent victim of the indigent
driver who cannot pay for the in
jury he causes. Massachusetts pio-'<
neered in this field with its famed
compulsory insurance law of 1925.
North Carolina has thus far shied
away from that solution, experi
menting instead with Financial Re
sponsibility Laws in 1947 and 1953
which place the motorist in danger
of losing his license after an acci
dent if he fails to /compensate his
victims. This session a tougher ap
proach seems in the making. Sev
eral weeks ago a compulsory insur
ance bill was introduced, and this
Week bills came in to create an “un
satisfied claims and judgments
fund” by requiring uninsured mo
torists to pay an additiional regis
tration fee and insurers to pay a
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percentage of their net written pre
miums from the previous year; the
fund would .hen be available for
payment of uncollectible claims to
victims of motorists. The unsatis
fied judgments fund plan apparent
ly originated in Canada /and has
been tried in only two states thus
far, but several legislatures are
now considering similar proposals.
Meanwhile, proposed amendments
of the Financial Responsibility Law
would provide speedier hearing of
court cases to review the Commis
' sioner of Motor Vehicle’s action in
I suspending a license upon failure
to deposit security, and would re
quire the return of the driver’s se
curity deposit and/or license after
one year unless the Commissioner
receives notice of a pending action
or outstanding judgment against
him.
Election Laws
Recent charges of unfair denial
of voting privileges are reflected in
bills providing for appeals to the
county board of elections and
thence to the courts by persons
claiming they were arbitrarily de
nied registration; the measures
would also eliminate th e “grand
father clause” under which illiter
ate descendants of pre-Civil War
voters could register (provided they
did so by 1908). Another bill, in
troduced by.the Mecklenburg, dele
gation, would change the so-called
“anti-Jonas” law so as to toss out
ballots marked both in a party cir
cle and for individual candidates of
the other party; present law counts
these ballots as a “straight ticket”
for the party.
State Government
The numerous state government
reorganization bills continued un
hurried progress. The House Com
mittee on State Government con
sidered but deferred action on the
Senate-passed bill creating a De
partment of Administration. The
House passed the bilLsetting up a
Division of General Services to re
place the present Board of Public
Buildings and Grounds. The Sen
ate adopted a measure establishing
new property management proced
ures for state agencies. And a
joint hearing on separation of the
prisons system from the Highway-
Department indicated considerable
agreement on the idea of separa
tion but much doubt as to the wis-,
dom of placing an additional $4 mil
lion burden on the hard-pressed
General Fund in order to do so.
Another batch of Reorganization
Commission bills was also intro-
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1 ! B Y QRAI ROBERTS:
VICTIM OF CEREBRAL PALSY HEALED
Pity is a beautiful virtue, but
compassion is lovelier. Pity ex
tends sympathy and condolence,
but compassion wraps her arms
around the object.
The priest and the Levite had
pity upon the Jew as he lay help
less by the wayside, but com
passion came by in theffierson of
the lowly Samaritan. Not satis
fied to sympathize from afar, he
went down into the ditch; made
tbe dying man’s problem his own
personal business.
That is what motivates my
ministry. I know what it is to
be dying by the wayside—l had
tuberculosis in both lungs. I
know the pity and sympathy of
loved ones and frieuds —but
there is one who had compassion
for me. He is the same one who
had compassion upon a blind
man named Bartimaeus, upon a
demoniac, a sinking disciple, a
weeping widow, a dying thief.
When he stopped by me one
night and healed me, a compas
sion tor other sufferers filled
my soul
For the past 10 years, a vi
brant desire to tell others about
him has sent tne across this con
tinent and around the world.
I've felt the thrill of compas
sion over and over while minis
tering to the needy. When I’m
able to help through faith and
God’s power, my soul leaps with
in me I. too. have been a suffer
er. I know the marvelous re
sources in the touch of the Mas
ter’s hand.
Let me quote a letter from
one who was helped through
faith in God: “I took my young |
duced. They would clarify over
lapping responsibilities of the De
partment of Conservation and De- 1
velopment and the Board of Water|
Commissioners with respect to wa-l
ter resources; do the same with!
regard to food inspection responsi-,
bilities of the State Board of
Health and the Department of Ag-'
riculture; and standardize the!
methods of fixing salaries for state
officials nQt under the Personnel
Act.
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granddaughter, Elizabeth, to
your campaign for prayer. A
birth injury had affected her
brain. She was a retarded child.
She couldn’t talk; had no sense
of balance; was unable to do
anything for herself.
“While you prayed I held her
in my arms. After you finished,
I looked into her face. It was
aglow with light! She smiled!
I put her d -wn. She started
running with complete balance.
She is entirely well. She plays
and talks like a normal 4-year
old. We can never thank God
enough.” Mrs. L. D., Arizona.
“Is anything too hard for the
Lord?" was a question asked cen
turies ago. As you answer that
question, remember Jesus’ state
ment, "According to your faith
be it unto you” (Matthew 9:29).
Faith is not something you get
or borrow from God. Faith is
something you already have.
The Bible tells us: “God hath
dealt to every man the measure
of faith" (Romans 12:3). But
faith unused is like an automo
bile stowed away In a garage.
Unless you drive it, the car is of
no use to you.
And faith, to be effective,
must be used. I coined the say
ing, “Turn your faith loose.” I
believe that’s exactly what hap
pens. When you believe Cod and
expect him to do what he has
promised, then you cut the
bonds off your faith. You roledse
its potential power so that it- be
comes active for your benefit as
well as for others. Only believe,
and life becomes abundant for
I you.
The bills to change the method
of legislative reapportionment were
reported out of committee by a nar
row vote, after amendment to pro-
Ralph E. Parrish
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I vide that the proposed reapportion
ment commission is to act only if
the- legislature fails to reapportion.
They will reach the Senate floor
Tuesday.
j The 1949 law requiring invest
ment of state funds in state banks
at interest or in U. S. government
obligations (which ever would yield
| greater interest) would be modified
by SB 192 to authorize deposit in ;
state banks at interest not exceed-!
ing 2'/, even though more profit
able returns could be secured else
where.
Criminal Laws
Despite intensive lobbying in
their sup|K>rt, the anti-shoplifting
bills batted only .500. HB 244,
which would have permitted a mer
chant to detain a person reasonably
suspected of shoplifting (without li
ability for a mistake) was killed in
a House committee. HB 275, which
would make it a misdemeanor wil
fully to conceal merchandise on
one’s person, squeezed by the same
committee and passed by a more
substantial margin on the floor.
Other types of thieves may find
it more difficult to dispose of their
loot if SB 165 is enacted. It re
quires junk dealers to keep records
of their purchases, including the li
cense number of any motor vehicle,
used to deliver the junk. Three!
other bills would -broaden the pro-'
hibitions against sale, display, or
distribution of obscene literature
and similar materials.
Schools
The consolidation issue as it per-'
tains to individual schools would be
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raised in magnified form under HB
471. It would permit the State
Board of Education to consolidate
city school units with county units
whenever necessary for more effici
ent and economical operation; th->
introducer claims $Vs million in j
savings would result from elimina
tion of qll but about 15 of the
state’s 74 city school units.
Wider use of school buildings fori
community purposes may result,
from a House bill that would re-!
quire (rather than permit) school j
boards to make rules for such use.
Other measures would exempt city
as well as county school units from (
gasoline tax payments and author-!
ize activity bus drivers to hold j
either a school bus driver’s certifi
cate or a chauffeur’s license.
Miscellaneous
Mar riage and divorce laws would
both be tightened, under bills (a) I
to authorize the register of deeds i
to require birth certificates of mar-
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The doors present a new standard of
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riage license applicants appearing
to be under 18 and (b) to deprive
inferior courts of jurisdiction over
divorce cases except Where the de
fendant is personally served with!
process. j
SB 184 would permit cotton]
growers. to form producers associa-l
tions and to vote assessments on j
themselves for promotion of cotton,
use. After, a flurry of debate, the
Senate voted to ask Congress to in
vestigate the use of reconstituted I
tobaccos and to require manufac-]
turers using such tobaccos to indi-1
cate it on their products.
If SB 190 is adopted, the course!
of study of state schools will in-]
elude “instruction in Americanism,|
alcoholism, Government of the
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Thursday, April 4,1957.
EDENTON, N. C.
State of North Carolina, Govern
ment of the United States and nar
coticism at the appropriate grdde
levels.”
They have been at a great feast
of languages and stolen the scraps.
ANTIQUES
—AT—
BYRUM’S
GIFT SHOP
Edenton, N. C.