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SECTION TWO WSKLV LEBSUTIVE SUMMARY ! 1 Mote: ■ This is one of a series of weekly summaries prepared by the j legislative staff of the institute of Government on the 1 work of the North Carolina General Assembly 1 of 1959. It is confined to discus- I sions oi matters of general interest ! and major importance. Those featured performers of every legislative show —' the money bills—are being readied to move front and center. Intro duction Monday night of capital improvements bills by Finance Committee chairmen to replace the original budget bills was the opening note of the fanfare for the grand finale. Immediately there was a rush of new bills, as members sought to bet their, children on the stage before the final, curtain. Introductions dur ing the week totalled 145, the i highest of any’ week of the ses- j sion thus far. Indications are that many bills will either die in commit- ’ tee or fail to be considered on the floor, or else this will be, the 'longest session in history. | 1 *--■ ■ - WE BUY TIMBER . and LOGS TOP MARKET PRICES PAID Smitli Bros. Lumber Co. Edenton, N. C. OFFICE PHONE 3618 NrGHT PHONES 2008-4141 11 ■j ' - i Mr. Potato Farmer I ( I The Picture Below Shows A Bumper Crop Os Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes j Raised In Rocky Hock Section Os CHOWAN COUNTY BY Raleigh Peele and Sons | 9 ■?> mtßffim iFIFT^^ ■j ; I 1 _ MM m mW JM iMi; | IBVIf/'' mtL&fJ n ■; m iaHfe f NHnN , *» 'Jf gm' • I | These Potatoes Were Grown With j| j j Wood’s Sweet Potato Specials Fertilizer i||[ Manufactured By—- 1 V “ ■ ■ „ § . _ * . _ _ F|l f W*®! ■ lll jr r< /Cr J 4 S THE CHO WAN HERALD As the House continued to de jbate bills at extraordinary j length, Speaker Hewlett cast | auout for extra meeting times, i but found that committees were scheduled at every possible hour. Appropriations The substitute capital im provements bills provided for 1 additional bonds amounting* to I about s4‘/ 2 million, and made numerous changes in individual appropriations. Among the ma jor changes were increased or new appropriations of $2 million to the State Hospital at Gblds, ; boro for a hospital and admin istration building. s4Vfe million for a Western Carolina Train ! ing School, $624,000 to the State j Art Society for an addition to 1 the Museum of Art building, $500,000 to the State Ports Au ' thority to construct port facUi ' lies at Southport, $430,000 to SPA for improvements in port | facilities' at Wilmington and $280,000 for the same purpose at Morehead City. The University! at Chapel Hill lost $480,000 for! a new dormitory, and A. & T. College at Greensboro losti $510,000, also for a dormitory. The Joint Appropriations Sub- ! committee was scheduled to complete its work by disposing of state employee questions Fri day afternoon. On Thursday the subcommittee completed its work on the Consolidated Uni versity budget by setting a fig ure which would give the Uni veisity about two-third of the \ difference between its original requests and the amount pro vided in the original Budget Appropriations Bill. The sub- I committee report will be pre | sented to the full Appropriations j Committee next Tuesday. Earlier in the week the sub committee rejected a report of a j subgroup studying the welfare budget and recommended an in crease of $1.6 million, as com pared to the $2.1 million recom mended by the study group and $3.9 million requested by the j Welfare Department. It was j stated tnat the subcommittee’s proposal would mean a reduc tion of 10% in aid.to-dependent ehildren and disability grants, and 5% in old-age assistance grants. Finance A real hassle developed in the j Senate Finance Committee on the question of including cor porations within the proposed withholding tax provisions. The committee approved an amend ment to. include corporations, and then reversed itself the fol lowing day. The withholding provision was then approved by a vote of 14-8. The House Fi nance Committee already had rejected the corporation-inclu sion amendment and had ap proved the withholding proposal. New tax bills included HB 910, which levies an annual tax of S2OO on each vehicle bringing coal or coke into North Carolina for delivery to a person not \ taxed as a dealer, and HB 949 \ which specifies that when a dis tributing warehouse and retail outlets are under the same own ership, delivery of goods to the warehouse in Sorth Carolina for the retail outlets shall be taxed as' a wholesale sale. Schools Two new bills could add fuel to the alleged controversy oe- - ■HI I^7 y >: ■*,BELL BOTTOMS UP!-Tt>wn crier John Arthur Evans of 'Newcastle - under - Lyme, Eng land, works up a good thirst competing with 19 fellow criers ,'for the title of national cham pion in a test at Hastings, Sus sex. So he downs a pint of ale from his bell. Probably im proves the tone, too. tween the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. The first of these, HB 925, sent for ward by Rep. Davis of Lenoir, provides for the appointment of the State Textbook Commission by the Governor upon recom mendation of the Board rather than of the Superintendent, as at present, and deletes the re quirement that the chairman of the Textbook Commission be subject to the approval of the Superintendent. The second, HB 983. introduced by Rep. Satter field, would make the Lieutenant Governor chairman of the State Board instead of permitting the Board to elect its own chairman. Other new bills in the school area would provide for the em ployment of guidance and coun. selling teachers in the public schools (HB 951). and would es tablish a 9-member commission to study the public school edu cation of exceptionally talented children (HB 973). In a joint session Thursday the Assembly elected tiustees of the Greater University and ratified the Gov ernor’s appointments to boards lof, trust of other state institu tions of higher learning. Advertising HB 959 would regulate road side advertising along the In terstate Highway System in North Carolina. The bill is keyed to the Federal Aid High way Act of 1958 which offered monetary incentives for state leguiaticn of billboards on the Interstate System. Enactment of the bill would mean as much as SBOO,OOO in additional federal funds for the North Carolina system. Rep. Kerr of Warren served early notice that, if the bill reaches the House floor, it will receive the same close scrutiny which he has devoted to other measures implementing federal-aid laws. HB 725, which would ban ad Glerimore KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY • 86 PROOF 464 B Vyears old J iF^§ • jpy-^m I k J||/ i" JT . - . asLv-. l , . ...; '• -' .'.- „ - _____ . _____ vertisement of all alcoholic | beverages in any advertising j media in the state, was the sub-; jeet of considerable interest in House Judiciary II Committee. Committee action was post poned until next Thursday. Agriculture SB 331, the controversial bilP prohibiting use of MH-30 on glowing tobacco, was reportedi favorably by the Senate Agri-1 culture Committee Tliursday. At ‘he time of the report two ot' he bill’s original sponsors, Sen- , tors Morgan of Harnett and lancock announced that they were withdrawing their support md asked further study of the problem. Introductions this veelc included SB 359, designed { to improve coordination of fed eral, state and local agencies | and programs for the promotion j of agriculture in North Caro- \ iina. The bill authorizes coun ties and municipalities to ap_ 1 propriate funds for agricultural development and research. Firemen's Pension Fund The House devoted two hours of lively debate Thursday to HB 690, establishing a firemen’s i i pension fund to be supported in j | part bv a state tax on fire and lightning insurance premiums.! | The bill, along with two com- [ ( panion measures, is designed to j jre place a 1957 act which was i invalidated by the Supreme! iCourt. After the bill passed I second reading by a three-to-one j margin. Rep. Snepp offered a floor amendment Friday to limit the slate’s contribution to proceeds of the insurance pre miums tax: on a motion to table ! the amendment a tie vote de | veloped (a real rarity in the House) and Speaker Hewlett I then voted in favor of the amendment. As thus amended j j the bill passed third reading I and was sent to the Senate. Miscellanous J In the not too distant future. Ter Heels may be able to enjoy sporting and cultural even's fron a “flip top” stadium. Identica' j bills were introduced to create | a Stadium Authority with au , thority to build a stadium with {in one mile of the State Fair Grounds, and to issue revenue bonds to provide the necessary funds. The bills specify that the stadium roof may be either per manent or removable. SB 367 was introduced this week to promote housing co-1 operatives. The present law al- 1 lows a type of cor-! poration to be formed and op-1 , ei ated by five or more veterans "wnauwlr Chas. B. Morgan Painting and Paper Hanging PHONE 2486 6 Hawthorne Road EDENTON. N. C. for veterans’ housing. The new bili would remove the restric tions as to veterans and spe cifies that apartments can be included in the cooperative hous ing projects. Costs Os Food Vary With Age Age is an important considera tion in estimating family food costs. Though it is often said that growing boys eat more than their fathers, and elderly people eat less than those who are younger, more definite information on food costs as related to age is needed for successful budgeting. In general, food costs increase with age up to 20 years, then de crease. according to Mrs. Rubv P. Uzzle, consumer marketing spe cialist for the N. C. Agricultural | Extension Service. Food economists used average j county wide retail food prices for August 1958 to estimate that on a moderate cost plan, feeding a three-year-old bov would cost $4.50 a week compared to sll 50 f or a 16-year-old boy and $8.50 f or a 75-vear-old man. The es timates were based on home meals, not “eating out”. Cost of feeding children at any age under 12 years is the same for John A. 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These figures prove that age is important when planning the family food budget. Get More For HOGS! Sell Direct to Smithfield! Ee your own middleman, and pocket the full profit! Sell your hogs direct to Smithfield Packing Com pany’s convenient buying stations at Bethel, Mur freesboro, Ilarrellsville, Edenton, Scotland Neck, Ahoskie and Sunbury. Get Full Weight on sealed, certified scales. And, because you're selling to the makers of Luter’s famous pure pork products, you get top packing house prices for every pound. For Daily Market Report, ■ call the nearest Smithfield ■ The Smithfield Packing Co. Seven Buying Stations BITHEL MURFREESBORO EDENTON SUNBURY AHOSKIE Phone 4561 Phone 3371 Phone 3515 Phone 2511 Phone 3227 SCOTLAND NICK HARRILLSVILLK Phone 8766 (for Harreilsville Prices Phone Murfreesboro 3371) Don’t Lag —Buy Olag dentists say "wonderful" . . » "best I’ve ever used" ... "best tooth paste on the market'
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