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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY NOTE—This is one of a series of weekly summaries of the work of I the 1947 session of the General Assembly of North Carolina. These summaries are not intend ed as a report upon all legisla tion, but are confined to discus sions of matters of general in terest or of major importance. Even before the 1945 session of the General Assembly adjourned sine , die, ’observers were expressing the opinion that the issue concerning the pay of State employees in general and public school teachers in par- , ticular would occupy much of the • time and attention of the 1947 legis lature. The opinion of those obser vers has already been more than borne out: this session has already seen a supplementary pay bill for the balance of the fiscal year ending' June 30, 1947 passed by the Senate as introduced (providing for a 20% average increase for the “lower” brackets for the last 6 months of , the 1946-7 fiscal year), amended by the House after strenuous argument to provide increases ranging up to 30%; has already seen the Senate reject the House amendment and throw the bill into conference: has seen the Senate adopt the conference report which would have appropriated within an approximate SIOO,OOO of the estimated $8,150,000 additional cost to the General Fund of the sup plementary pay bill as amended in the House; has also seen the House by a decided and apparently determin ed majority reject the same confer- ■ ence report because it did not give the lower bracket employees (those now earning up to $2,700 per year), and especially public school teachers, the percentage increase provided by the House amendment; has seen ad ditional conferees appointed in both House and Senate; has seen those conferees bring in a report which was promptly adopted by both House and Senate, which report was a victory for all and a defeat for none: the “administration forces” succeeded in holding off an Act which would seem to provide increases above 20% in the lower brackets by having the ad ditional salary payments cover a longer period than 6 months and by having the salary additions called “emergency bonuses” instead of "emergency salaries”, and the pro ponents of the House amendment got within a very few dollars per month in each bracket for which they were contending—all this, while both con ference reports explicitly and sol emnly declared that nothing in either report, nor any vote on either report, would bind anyone when it came to | the consideration of the biennial ap propriations bill—the bill which would determine teachers’ and State em ployees’ pay for the next bienium. All this, of course, was technically unfinished business of the 1945 ses sion, but it may have proved to have been something like a testing-ground for this session: in spite of the dec laration of both conference reports on the supplementary pay bill that no precedents were being set, both sides acted quite definitely as if a prin ciple were involved, and up to now, neither side has admitted either by word or deed that it has abandoned its principle. And in the meanwhile, opposing and even confusing lines are being formed: the administration seems determined to hold the “20% line;” the “regular” education forces seem to be equally determined to bend it, at least upward to 30% for the “lower” (teacher) brackets, while the “South Piedmont Group”, having not only organized into a coherent and articulate group but having also engaged separate and influential lob byists, seems determined to surge SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS CAMPEN’S Valuable Real Estate For Sale The property on North side of East Queen Street in Edenton, North Carolina, across the street from Norfolk Southern Passenger Station, consisting of two dwel lings and lots and one store build ing and lot, and known as the Hughes property is for sale, either in parcels or as a whole. If interested in buying apply to R. C. HOLLAND, Attorney Edenton, N. C. —T“ Be Sure And List Your Property In January w ll ‘Upward thro gh «.ui i... formula. During the past wee k, ti c it r: ! Assembly received other bills dealing with school teachers: HB 73 would permit any student at any of the State-supported institutions of higher learning to give a note for tuition fees for not over 4 academic years,; if he is a resident of the State, en rolls for a course leading to a teach-1 er’s certificate, and signs ah agree ment to teach in the public schools of North . Carolina for a correspond-, ing length of time, with note to be cancellable or payable in proportion to the time actually spent teaching; HB 90, which would provid ■ fe tuition at summer school conduct! d by State institutions for tiavlv'rs having contracts to teach during the ensuing school year and who would agree to teach, notes given for such tuition to be cancelled upon compliance with the teaching agree ment, otherwise to be, payable with 4% interest from date; and .I• '■)' which would allow teachers, p'dti cipals and superintendents to drdaot from gross income for State in ome tax purposes, the “ordinary, necessary expenses” for attending summer schoo.l. Besides the teachers' simmer school tax deduction noted above, another tax bill introduced during the past week would permit a tax payer to deduct from gross income the amount of S6OO or the amount of Federal income taxes actually p >id or accrued during the income venr You cant make wSaTcX Apple Sauce v\ Jom automobiles \ member the old story? Where the teacher Jj apples among four people?" And Jimmy answered: A We wish Jimmy could solve our problem that easily. We've done our best to keep production I j up and prices down . . . delivering thousands /I j|lf Vj3> $> * *of 1946 Fords. But we still have unfilled orders I i M.t C * * for over a million more. Imm B ' You know the reason for the lag in filling those ! I orders . . . the labor shortages, the material shortages, f and all those other hitches in getting back to normal. J That doesn’t leave us many apples to divide. And \tyJr : : as fair and square as we try to be, we just can’t J make apple sauce from automobiles. But what we i N* can do is tell you what a great Ford you ve got coming 1 And while you’re waiting, one other thing we can 1' ,0 -:, ■ • Ford to protect your safety, comfort and investment. ' —.... hourFordDealer pi H mMm WE REALIZE.. . that the present abnormal demand for automobiles will not last forever; that the day will come when WE SHALL BE KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR asking for business. There* |bT ||y fore, as in the past, we are endeavoring to so conduct our business UsW tw. we may always merit your confidence and respect. faffr Iwßl |S IsSsSv THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 194< 1 whichever is smaller. either .fib: introduced during the week would make a. n l iber 0.. ad | sir. ; <• and some sxbsUntia! ' chang s i.i . e hi ■ rcla ;, r ' > ti: ai Jitratien s r>i,e of the D pertmen of . a.. . a :11 :.;y a. i o :iu. a. \tLrt-m tax liens sorta es assessed, for the year 1936 and all p:ior years I (as introduced, the bill would be j come effective upon ratification); ■permit boards of county commission j ers to postpone or defer the revalua tion of real property for taxation] j forth. year. s 194 1 a d 1!) '8: .enact a , comprehensive automobile driver’s .financial responsibility law; rewrite the law on adoptions; amend t’’e law ; relating to the interstate tiahsfer of children; p.ovide a refund of 5 cents ’ of the 6 c(-nts gasoline tax paid by municipalities on their gasoline pur chases; i ake conviction of h: shand ; or wife of a felony a g. ound for ah solute divorce; amend the law r la tive to firirs to permit -furies- to be. 1 drawn fro n any reliable list, s’eh as telephone directories, city directories. ■ t and miike other cheng-s "' e j sitatrd by the new Constitutional qualification of women as jurors, al so making'ury service optional with women ;ailed fir service; rewrite j many provisions of the election law; niak'o numerous changes with r .meet . to the law governing franchise ha 1 ■ * and ■ ■ iets. r u •-on Just About Perfect! I Edenton, N. tingent liability of the Highway Fund to the General Fund for the equiva lent of the 3% sales tax on gasoline [sales; raise the at which males and females may marry without par ental consent from 16 to 18 years of age and change other age limits somewhat accordingly; and amend the law dealing with the legitimation of children born out of wedlock and 1 the results growing from such legit- ! imation. Also during the week—and it ‘ comes as something of a surprise to ' those who thought that the fifty-one ‘ odd million dollar General Fund debt ' retirement appropriation of 1945 j took care of all of the Genoa! Fund bond d indebtedness—a bill was in- ' ' • id. - d to authorize the State - Treasurer “to pay certain bonds at 1 :,!ug’ rote according. *o chap- 1 t >r 98 of the Public Laws of 187!)”,,' and to validate settlements heretofore ] made upon the same basis- The j bonds referred to are Civil War "and , early Reconstruction Period issues; i They seem to die hard, those bonded 1 indebtednesses. FOR SALE I i Nice Building Lot Located In Pembroke Circle Size 77 x 153 Feet I See DAVID HOLTON E D E N T () N mmmmmmrnm ——————— «wiw u ■■ 1 Negro Veterans May Advance Education At Local Colored School Veterans who wish to advance their d I. .avion . kuiy do so by enrolling in ‘all veterans courses” which can be offered a‘. the Edenton colored school between the hours of 3:30 and 10 I‘. M. each week-day night. For all who enroll in courses which contribute to high school graduation or general courses in letter writing, arithmetic. English, civics, agriculture, etc . will benefit according to the G. 1. Bill of Rights. Because a veteran has a job does not mean that he is not eligible for G. I. benefits. Veterans interested should contact D. F. Walker immedia tely. IN BOTTLES AND AT FOUNTAINS Fepti-Cola Company, Long Itland City, W. Y. PEP**I F >l. v ( OMI'WV OF ELIZABETH CIT i, N. C. MRS. LAURA HARRELL ON NORTHERN BUYING TRIP Mrs ; Laura Harrell left Edenton Sunday on a buying trip for Badham Bros. While away Mrs. Harrell will visit New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, where she will purchase a large line of the latest spring and summer merchandise for Badham Bros. Mrs. Harrell expects to re turn Tuesday of next week. Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN’S JEWELERS l * PAGE THREE
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