WEEKLY LEOSUTIVE SUMMARY
NOTE: This is the eleventh
of js series of weekly summar
ies prepared by the legislative
staff of the Institute of Gov
b' ernment on • the work of the
" North Carolina General As
-1 sembly of 1957. It is confined
to discussions of matters of
general interest and major im
f portance.
’ Late-spring sunshine and a two
day jaunt to Dare County for the
dedication of the new Umstead
Bridge slowed the legislative pace
to a walk this week. Even though
neither house missed a session as
1 a result of the trip, only one-third
as many bills were introduced as
last week, and calendar action fell
*,off accordingly. The major floor
fight took place in the Senate once
more, as the Governor’s minimum
. wage proposal struggled through a
jungle of hostile amendments,
f Business Regulation
A staple of Governors’ leisla
tive programs for the past several
legislative sessions, the 75c mini
mum wage proposal finally clear
ed the Senate by a 43-4 vote, but
it may not be out of the woods
yet. By narrow margins in sev
eral instances, proponents of the
measure first beat down five out
of six committee amendments de
signed to exempt particular type?!
of employees from coverage, then
defeated several amendments of
fered from the floor, and finally
accepted amendments restricting
application to employers of more
than four employees and exempt
ing several minor classifications of
employees. Pending over the week
end, however, was a motion hv
Senator Whitmire to reconsider the
measure, offered for the avowed
purpose of excluding summer camp
employees frAm coverage.
The sale of meat and meat pro
ducts without inspection- would be
outlawed by SB 346. It sets up an
; inspection system for slaughtering
and meat-processing plants to be
administered by the Commissioner
of Agriculture. Costs of the pro
gram would be borne by the plants
_ inspected, and small-scale produc
ers would be exempted . . . The
sale of lye (except in bulk in seal
ed contaiers) in such form that,
( when mixed with water, it gives a
milk-like appearance, is forbidden
y by a House'hill . . . High costs of
transporting coal are reflected in
proposals authorizing condemna
tion of easements for pipelines
v,S» carrying coal in suspension; iritro
-4 ducers said these lines might help
■ keep electric utility plants in the
Rtate instead of at mine sites . . .
, The real estate licensing hoard bill
ran into a series of
but passed second reading by a
wide margin in the Senate before
being sent hark to committee for
further study.
Motor Vehicles
Persons suffering from recurrent
involuntary seizures will be in dan
ger of losing their drivers’ licenses
if%»882 is enacted. It would re
quire their physicians to report
seizures to the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, who would have to
suspend their licenses if there had
been another' seizure within the
’ preceding' year. The suspension
would remain in effect until the
patient had been treated at a rec
ognized medical center which cer
tified that he had had no attacks
. for 12 months and that the attacks
Were not likely to reour. After
restoration of a license, the patient
would have to furnish an annual
' statement that he had hpd no fur
ther attack.
Representative Long came back
Kr from the long Easter week-end
with a bill which would require
that persons following a slow-mov
y 'ing driver (without electing to
pass) must leave an interval of I$Q
feet so that others can pass safe
-5 ly. The bill if .similar to an exist-
K ing law which requires that trucks
I;.following one another leave an in
z-* terval of 300 feet between them.
IB The State Highway Patrol may I
I S once again use unmarked cars.
.'Both houses this week adopted a'
Hr* conference committee’s report
Wfr! which limits the number of un
[ I cars to 21 per cent of the
I p tojal patrol cars, requires warning 1
I signs to be posted at highway en-
K. trances to the state alerting out-
EL aiders of the existence of the un
§f marked cars, and requires patrol-
I fetncm to Use sirens when stopping
I r vehicles after dark ... ,
I The House showed little sym-
I I, pathy for drunken drivers, when it ;
PH adapted an amendment to H® 405 ,
.Mk tolovidinw for permanent revoca-1
Kjf tion of the license of a person con- |
I St vieted of this offense for the third
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a j >e “
lege license taxes cut by roughly
two-thirds, under identical bills
i submitted in the two houses. A
House bill would make cleari that
foreign food manufacturers who
store food in North Carolina in
i bonded warehouses or- with brok
ers for wholesale distribution are
not to be considered (because of
such activity) to be “doing busi
ness” in the state for franchise and
income' tax purposes.
Representative Speight submit
ted two bills to draw more revenue
into the state’s coffers. One would
levy against doctors a 2 per cent
tax on their gross annual profes
sional receipts over sls 000, to be
used for support of public hospi
tals. Another would hit at the
“gentleman farmer” who deducts
expenses of an unprofitable farm
from his non-farm income; it
would limit deductions .to farm in
come, unless the farmer derived
over half his net income from the
farm during a specified period.
Local Government
Three bills dealing with munici
pal financial procedures were in
troduced in the House during the
week. One reflects post-war infla
tion by increasing by 1000 the
maximum amounts for which pub
lic contracts may be let without ob
serving the formalities of adver
tising, bidding, and bonding re
quired by GS 143-129 and makes it
possible for local governments to
’purchase automobiles costing more
than SISOO without obtaining ap
proval of the Governor and Council
of State. A second permits muni
cipalities to invest idle funds in
specified ways. The third simpli
fies the Municipal Capital Reserve
Act, authorizing appropriations
from the general fund to the capi
tal reserve fund, broadening per
missable purposes for which the
reserve fund may be used, and al
lowing the investment of reserve
funds in income-producing securi
ties pending use for capital im
provements; the bill thus eases the
path of the municipality seeking to
pay as it goes. »
Municipal power to order the
condemnation and removal of par
tially destroyed or complete build
ings which constitute a nuisance
is spelled out hy SB 342 ... A bill
to do the same thing on a grander
scale, the Urban Redevelopment
bill, moved closer to final pass
age with a favorable Senate com
mittee report.
A major deterrent to some muni
cipal annexations would be remov
ed hy SB 348. Under a quirk of
existing law, school bus transpor
tation is furnished children living
more than 11/.l 1 /. miles from their
schools only if they live outside a
municipality. Earlier this year the
State Board of Education sought
funds to grant such service to chil
dren inside town, hut it was turn
ed down hy the Advisory Budget
Commission. This week’s hill
would simply forbid the cutting off
of existing school bus service as
the result of an annexation.
Education
A measure sponsored by the
Board of Higher Education seeks
to alleviate the growing storage of
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public school teachers by providing
up to 300 teacher-loan scholarships
worth $350 each during 1957-58
and up to 600 in 1968-59. An
other *OO summer-school grants of
$75 each would be available. Re
cipients could use the scholarships
at any college in the state apnrov
ed by the State Board of Educa
tion. While offered as loans, the
scholarships could be repaid sim
ply by working as a schoolteacher
in the state, with each year’s ser
vice discharging a year’s scholar
ship. Scholarships would be award
ed according to subjects in which
the demand for teachers is great
est . ■ A group of four Senate
bills would extend the types of un
claimed funds which escheat to the
University of North Carolina.
Miscellaneous
The “doe deer bill,’* fepiked in
past sessions by opposition of
sportsmen, has been ratified. It
will permit the Wildlife Resources
Commission to open the hunting
season on does in specified areas,
after public hearings and a deter
mination that the step is necessary
to reduce deer populations ... A
bill raising hunting and fishing li
censes to $4.10 each and combina
tion licenses to $5.25 has passed
the House . . . HB 839 would amend
the Constitution to increase the
terfns of constables from two to
four years . . . SB .351$ would pro
hibit appointment of legislators to
state jobs for 2-1 months after the
end of their General Assembly
terms.
Primary Grades
Present Propram At
Chowan PTA Meet
The auditorium of Chowan High
School was filled' almost to capa
icty on Tuesday night, April 9,
when the April meeting of the
PTA was held.
Garland H. A shell, president,
upon opening the meeting, immedi
ately turned it over to the Rocky
Hock" Baptist Church, which was
responsible for the program.
Airs. C. C. Nixon, representing!
the members of Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church, brought greetings and
made the introductory remarks.
She announced the numbers and
thanked the public school music
teacher, the primary teachers and
the pupils of the first, second and
third grades for their willingness
enthusiasm and cooperation in pro
paring the program for the even
ing.
The first part of the devotion
was given by the second grade,
taught by Mrs. Rountree. Bv
their presentation of the Scriptures
their praise and prayers, the au
dience was transplanted to a high
er plane of living as a spirit of
holiness and reverence pervaded
the atmosphere.
Wilma Leigh Nixon sang “The
Lord’s Prayer” thus closing the
first part of the devotions.
The Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of
the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, in
his most able manner, continued
the devotional exercises hy using
as his texts the same Scriptures
recited by the sepond grade: Mack
10:14; IT Timothy 2:15; Proverbs
3:5 and 13: John 3:16. • He gavp a
most inspiring and challenging ad
dress saying the child is the great-
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i ABUNDANT LIFE i T?
:• BY ORAL ROBERTS:
HIGH SCHOOL BENIOR OVERCOMES FEAR
What is a single eye?—l mean
. In the way that Jesus meant
when he said. “If the eye be
single, the whole body is full of
light.” Simply this—you can’t
practice fear and faith at the
same time. When you try it, the
whole body becomes immeshed
in a violent conflict. Fear is un
natural. “Fear hath torment,”
the Bible tells us. As God orig
inally created us, man's eye was
single—he had only faith. There
fore, he should stand up and
•hout, ”1 believe!"
But for thousands of years
man has lived negatively “Thou
shalt-not’ has become his pass
word and byword. This is what
would give rise to the -fifth presi
dent, Mr. James Madison’s arti
cle:
“Honesty has fled from the
world, Sincerity has fallen asleep
. . Conscience is locked in a
closet and Chastity has eloped."
This is a valid picture of hu
manity. We fear life, we fear
each other, we fear God. But
Scripture says that “God hath
not given us the spirit of fear.”
Jesus said, “Fear not. Only be
lieve.”
Jesus cures many bodily afflic
tions, but he is more concerned
that we develop new attitudes,
he wishes to create within us a
new outlook on life—one of faith
instead of fear.
Dr. G. Canby Robinson said
that 80 per cent of the patients
at Johns Hopkins’ suffer from
disorders that are in part due to
emotional causes. Asthma, high
est unit in the world; and he
stressed the vital need of adequate j
training in the home, the school
and the community. Mr. Raines
closed the devotions with prayer.
The first and third grades next
presented their part of the pro
gram. Among the entertaining
numbers presented hy the first
grade were the songs “Swing
Song” and “April Showers.” This
was followed by two rhythm band
selections.
The third grade composed a choir
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
By order of the Town Council, on :
I Monday, May 13, I will advertise for
sale for taxes all property on which
the 1956 taxes and assessments V have
I not been paid, the date of sale being
I Monday, June 10,1957. <
Please pay your taxes before May
I 13, and thus avoid having your prop
-1 erty advertised for sale.
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i | blood pressure, headaches, func
: ] tional heart trouble, stomach ul
' cers, arthritis, and numerous
r other diseases often arise out of
; emotional tension.
i Man is just now learning that
i his greatest health springs from
I within himself, that as he re
turns to God and practices faith
instead of fear, a very large
• part of his diseases is eureJ
almost instantly.
The attitude that makes heal
ing possible is to receive by
faith God’s power. Your faith
will make yon healthy in mind,
soul, and body.
A high school senior. Miss M.
B. of Stony Point, North Caro
lina, wrote this letter.
“1 don't know whether you
would call it sickness or not. A
terrible fear covered my entire
being This started in the sum
mer of 1952 and returned every
summer for 3 years.
"I would get very weak and full
of terror and I cried most of the
time. But in the summer of '54,
my pastor and his wife saw your
magazine in my home and read
the sermon ‘Deliverance from
Fear’ to me. Then they knelt
and prayed and 1 believed God
was healing me and he did heal*
me.
“It was like stepping out of
prison and beginning life all
over again.”
I’d like to tell you that this
young lady is a successful song
writer now and life is wonderful
for her. You. too, can be deliv
ered from fear Only believe!
and an orchestra. They sang and
played four selections accompan
ied at the piano by Selia Carrol’
Copeland of the third grade. The
instruments used in the orchestra
were chimes, organ pipes, flutes
and harmony pipes.
These little troupers delighted
the audience with their splendid
performances, as was evidenced by
their loud ring of applause and
acclaim.
Only a short business session
was held due to tile length or the
program. In the grade count of
parents present the second grade,
taught by Mrs. Margaret Rountree,
was declared the winner.
Melvin Evans, one of the local
Aierchants, most graciously gave to
this winning group a delightful
weiner roast as their award.
The meeting was dismissed with
prayer by Mr. Raines, after which
refreshments were served by the I
PTA. Mrs. Mack Rogerson. Mr?.!
E. M. Mcßride and Mrs. D. C. j
Forehand were iq charge of the re-1
fieshments. i
The next PTA meeting will he
held on Tuesday night, May 14,
at 8 o’clock when Warwick
Church will be in charge of the
program. This will bring the meet
ings to a close for the 1956-57!
school term. It is hoped all par
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James E. Byrum, airman appren
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| James A. Byrum of Route 1, Ty
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I Miss Hazel A. Garrett of Route 1,
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PAGE SEVEN
i—SECTION TWO
RECORD EGG PRODUCTION
Based on reports from produc
ers, March egg production is esti
mated at 176 million, a new high
\ for the month and about 15 mil
j lion above the 1956 previous record
1 high production.
The increase in egg production
for March is attributed to an in
crease in number of hens and pul
lets of laying age per farm and a
slightly higher than usual increase
in rate of lay. Production per 100
layers is estimated at 1,854 which
is the highest of record for the
month, exceeding the old record
high for March of 1954 by about
2.0 per cent.
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