Friday, November 7. 1969
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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Masonic—Fri.-Sat.
Much criticism is being di
rected at Congress for not act
ing more swiftly on thirteen
regular money bills which fund
governmental activities for the
fiscal year which began July 1.
This Is not at all unusual,
since this is the season when
those who need Federal funds
to operate programs want some
assurance about the continued
funding of projects. Since only
two of the thirteen appropria
tions bills had reached the
President's desk in late Octo
ber, governmental agencies
have been operating on the ba
sis of authority given under a
continuing money resolution.
This permits activities to con
tinue on the basis of the prev
ious year's appropriations un
til the regular money bill for
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With the current fiscal year
about 1/3 completed, the ques
tion arises as to why appropria
tions are not enacted by July 1,
the date when the fiscal year be
gan. The most simple answer
is that Congress is composed of
100 Senators and 435 Represen
tatives, and when billions of
dollars of expenditures and
revenues are at stake, it is
difficult to achieve prompt a-
greems-it.
In 1946, Congress sou^t to
deal with the budget more effi
ciently under the terms of the
Legislative Reorganization
Act. That Act directed the
House Ways and Means, Senate
Finance and both Appropria
tions Committees to prepare
a legislative budget of estimat
ed revenues and expenditures.
In 1947, 1948, and 1949,
such a budget was prepared
but it encountered so many
difficulties it was abandoned in
the latter year. The following
year, 1950, the Senate and
House Appropriations Commit
tees brought out an omnibus
appropriation bill embracing
all budget expenditures, but
that method was abandon^ in
1951 due to the problems which
it encountered.
Some of the delay arises out
of the fact that before any money
can be appropriated, it must be
authorized. This requires both
the authorizing committees and
the appropriating committees
of the Senate and the House to
review measures involving the
expenditure of Federal monies.
There is much to be said for
this dual check on money ex
penditures, but is a fact that in
an age when there are hundreds
of Federal programs, the pro
cess is time consuming.
Another factor in this situa
tion arises from the fact that
under the standing procedures
governing appropriation bills
is that such measures must ori
ginate in the House. In 1961-
1962, former Senator Hayden,
then Chairman of theSenate Ap
propriations Committee, con-
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Real Estate
Transfers
Tryon Realty Co., of New
Bern, Inc., to Clinton McKay
Cox and wife, Lois M. Cox.
Property in Tryon Park.
James H. Manley and wife,
Mary C. Manley, to Norris
tended that appropriations bills
should be permitted to originate
in either the Senate or the
House. That argument was
dropped after a virtual stale
mate on money bills occurred
and the House practice of origi
nating all appropriation blUs
has continued.
This year's appropriation
backlog has been compounded
by the fact that there was a de
lay in receiving the views of the
Nixon Administration as to
money bills. The initial 1970
budget was submitted by Pres
ident Johnson, but in deference
to President Nixon, Congress
awaited his views on depart
mental requests. It is under
standable that a new Adminis
tration would want to review
the budget, and so the Com
mittee was later than usual in
getting this information.
All of these factors have had
a bearing on the current ap
propriation logjam, but I
would expect that the appro
priation process will accele
rate In the weeks ahead,
since much of the Committe
work has now been completed.
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G. Dillahunt and wife, HelenM.
Dlllahunt. Property in Larks-
ville.
George Alfred Carter and
wife, Anna Robbins Carter,
to Shlrd Edward Robbins and
wife, Laura E. Green Robbins.
Property In No. 7 township.
Floyd N. Paul, Sr., and wife,
Ann L. Paul; Lillie M.Cioi-
relli and husband, Frank Ci-
cirelll, to Leslie B. Price.
Property on the east side of
Race Track Road.
Ira Nelson Riggs, Jr., to Ira
Nelson Riggs, Jr., and wife,
Helen M. Riggs. Property in
Cove City.
James Neal and wife, Roda
S. Neal, to Marcus T. Foun
tain, Jr., and wife, Gwendolyn
A. Fountain. Property in Have
lock PEurk.
Paul W. Crayton and wife,
Flossie D. Crayton; Lonnie E.
Pridgen, Jr., and wife, Shirley
T. Pridgen; Ray E. McC otter
imd wife,BarbaraW. McC otter;
T. A. Karam and wife, Marion
E. Karam, to Colonial Realty
Co., of New Bern, Inc. Prop
erty in Fox Hollow.
Colony Developers of New
Bern, Inc., to Peter Leavlttand
wife, Mary L. Leavitt. Prop
erty in Colony Estates.
William OUs Wells and wife,
Maud Davis Wells, to Richard
Elmo Gaskins and wife, Fran
ces M. Gaskins. Property in
Woodrow Place.
Ida H. Morris to Donald D.
Reel, Jr., and wife, Alice
Bright Reel. Property in
Bridgeton.
George A. Phillips and wife,
Mildred Gaskins Phillips, to
George Earl Phillips. Prop
erty in No. 2 township.
George A. Phillips and wife,
Mildred Gaskins Phillips, to
Doris Elizabeth Phillips Win
gate. Property in No. 2 town
ship.
Goorge A. Phillips and wife,
Mildred Gaskins Phillips, to
George Clark Phillips. Prop
erty in No. 2 township.
Kermlt A. Thompson, Jr.,
and wife, Mamie Ruth Parks
Thompson, to Richard W.
Cooper and wife, Catherine A.
Cooper. Property in Wilson
C reek Heights.
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