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GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SNARLING DEADLOCK i -- - ■ — — . ■ . .I.. .— - SENATE against SALES TAX And Raises Tax on To bacco and Power for Equalizing Fund JOINT COMMITTEE (Special To The Herald) Raleigh, April 23.—The Senate and House of Representatives of the North Carolina General Assembly are in a deadlock over State support of public schools—whether hope lessly or not may be indicated early this week, when the joint conference committee attempts to straighten out the snarl. More of the give and take spirit will have to be displayed before the differences can be adjusted. For, on many matters the Senate and House have locked horns and a conference committee has been necessary in more than the usual numbers to get the two houses together. Although a deadlock was not unex pected, it became more apparent when the House received from the Senate last week the Reveue Bill for con currence in the many changes made after it left the House. The House voted on a motion not to concur and to name a committee to meet with a Senate Cmomittee to seek to bring order out of the chaotic condition of the bill. The Senate marched right through the bill and by the middle of last week had eliminated the general sales tax provision, along with the full support by the State of the six months school term, as contemplated in the MacLean act , substituting therefor the Folger-Grier plan of a $10,000,000 equalizing fund for the schools, and increased revenue so it 'vould amount to more than $3,500, 000 increase provided in the equal izing fund. In fact, the Senate increased the tax of tobacco companies 47 per cent. It also adopted a mild merchants sales tax of one-tenth of one per cent, which is estimated to bring in $900,000. It increased the income tax mildly and added materially to the taxes paid by power and public ser vice corporations, over the House provisions and ove r the present amounts paid. The Senate refused to adopt the Baggett proposal of a sur tax of 15 frd then 8 per cent of the profits of corporations, over 10 per cent, and based on the assessed valuation, by a vote of 28 to 21, and, by vote of 26 to 20 turned down another Bag gett proposal to tax stock on for eign corporations, but did put a tax on the income from such stock. That body voted down the general sales the so-called luxury tax by a vote of tax by about four to one and killed 26 to 24. Threat of reintroduct tion of the general sales tax when the bill reached the third reading in the Senate dod not materialize, and it went to the House, which body could hardly recognize its child. Speaker Wilis Smith named on the conference committee Union L. Spene, Moore; H. C. Connor, Wilson; Claude W. Allen. Granville; R. L. Harris, Person, and R. G. Cherry, Gaston, and then added A. D. Mac Lean, Beaufort, and Gurney P. Food, Wayne. He made the point that al-! though he is opposed to either sales or luxury taxes, he named a majori ty of the committee member's from the supporters of one or both of these taxes. President R. T. Fountain of the Senate, named Frank Dun’ap, Anson, and John H. Folger, Surry, oppon ents of the two taxes, and J. W. Hinsdale, Wake, introducer of the luxury tax bill, and W. G. Clark, Edgecombe, mildly opposed to the sales tax. The Senate declined the invitation to name one or two more when the House increased the num ber by two. The conference committee is spend ing the week-end trying to work out some solution which both houses will approve, but it is a herculean task. On the committee is a majority for the State support of the six months school term, and a big majority for one or the other of the two taxes. Some, howevere, for one tax, are bit terly opposed to the other. Wheth or a deadlock will be reached is com mittee remains to be seen. Whether the two divisions of the tax propon ents can get together enough to have a majority over the opponents of any tax is still a question. And when the committee goes back to the two houses with its report, if it can reach an agreement, more fur is bound to fly. The House appar ently is as strong for carrying out the provisions of the MacLean meas ure as is necessary to get it through that body, although there have been numbers of breaks from the original ranks. The Senate, although by a smaller majority, is just as strong ly opposed to any kind of sales or luxury tax, other than the small one it wrote into the Revenue Bill. The committee may be able to come to terms and get the two houses to fol low, but the way is not apparent. Any suggestion of a solution is little more than a wild guess. Sug gestion is that a modified sales tax, selective commodity tax, be included to raise say, $15,000,000 or $18,000, 000, with the other sources provided, turn that over and require the six months term to be operated on the greatly reduced amount. But most ■every community would object to cutting the schools to the standards The First Winning Candidate '/< ^ / necessary to operate on the funds available. Another suggestion is an increase of equalizing fund to $11,000,000 or even $12,000,000, by increasing the rate of the small sales tax in the Senate measure from one-tenth of one per cent to two or three of four tenths. But this would not com pletely remove the ad valorem tax on real estate, and would be opposed. This, however, may be the solution. In fact, the opinion has been expressed by friends of A. D. 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The Senate increased the oppropri ations to the State’s institutions, cut down from the Advisory Budget Commission’s recommendations b y the House, about the original figure. The Senate did not tackle the appro priation made by the House for com plete State operation of the schools. That will wait for a determination of what comes of the revenue measure in that respect. The House spent large parts of two or three days on the re-appor tionment of members of the House of Representatives, and redistricting the Senatorial districts and finally adopt ed plans which many of the mem bers hope the Senate will work out more satisfactorily. The last “short ballot” bill, to have the Governor appoint Commissioners of Agriculture, Insurance and Labor and Printing, and Corporation Com missioners, sponsored by John A. Mc Rae, Mecklenburg, passed the House, subject, however, to approval by the people in the 1932 election. It’s fate in the Senate is problematical. Governor Gardner’s measure to es tablish a Division of Personnel has been passed, as have all but one or two of his measures. His “batting average” is high and climbing, ex clusive of two or three measures he abandoned. About 25 Senate bills and 30-odd House billsl last week, brought the totals to 565 in the Senate and 1265 in the House, a grand total of 1830 so far. Thirteen public bills were ra tified during the w^ek and about three times as many local bills. The session has passed its 102nd day. Prognosticators have stopped trying to predict the end. It may be next week—and then it may not be. The omnibus bill naming the boards ot education for the counties finally passed, but echoes of local trouble are being heard. The bill to establish a rating and inspection bureau for compensation insurance, under di rection of the Insurance Commission er is a law. 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Bids on con tracts for buildings or repairing buildings at State institutions must be competitive. A method has been provided for filling a vacancy in the Advisory Budget Commission mem bership. A resolution relating to the death of Samuel M. Gattis, Sr., Orange County, who was speaker of the House in 1903, was unanimously adopted. Some of the new bills introduced last week follow: To promote standardization of school children; to leave optional with county commissioners revaluation cf property for taxation; to take from th eCommissioner of Agricul ture and place in the hands of Com missioner of Revenue inspection and collection of fees for gasoline and il uminating oils; transfer the theft bu reau to the State Highway Patrol;; to provide for additional jurors from j another county instead of removal of j case to another county; to provide for the incorporation of co-operative or ganizations; to refund tax on gaso line used for mining purposes; to prevent the highway commission from riilifrig animal-drawn vehicles off shoulder of roads; to authorize county commissioners to abolish county recorder’s courts. Friends of Mrs. G. E. Buckner will be glad to know she has returned to her home after being a patient in the Roanoke Rapids hospital. 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