WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
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This is the third in a series of
weekly summaries of the work of
the 1947 session of the General
Assembly of North Carolina.
These summaries are not intend
ed as a report upon all legisla
tions, but are confined to discus
sions of matters of general inter
est or of major importance.
In spite of the considerable amount
of time spent on the supplemental pay
bill for the balance of the current
fiscal year (as one observer put it,
# “finishing the work of the 1945 Legis
lature”), the work of the 1947 ses
sion seems to be moving along at a
better-than-average rate of speed.
Many of the major administration and
departmental bills are already in the
mill and under consideration by ap
propriate committees, and so far the
committees have been making good
progress with them. Judging from
the number of bills introduced, this
session is ahead of the 1945 session
for a comparable period of time. At
the end of the 21st legislative day,.Bo
bills had been introduced in the Sen
ate and 201 in the House, for a total
of 281, as against 78 bills in the Sen
ate and 156 in the House for a total
of 234 for the same period in 1945
a little better than a 20',f increase in
speed.
The apparently greater speed with
which the General Assembly is going
about its work does not necessarily
mean, of course, that this session will
be shorter than the last, nor that it
may not even be a great deal longer.
The fact that a greater number of
bills have been introduced thus far
may mean not only that there has
been faster drafting at this session.
It may also mean that the members
of this Assembly have a greater num
ber of different legislative ideas to
present for consideration, that the
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• tot.il nu nber of bills will be greater
than b fore, and that consequently I
more time will be requir 'd t > Co-midm i
them. As for the work of the com
mittees on the major pieces of legis- j
lation, the really controversial issues
have not yet reached the open con
troversial stage. With respect to the
controversy over the pay of State em
ployees in general and teachers in
; particular, a small preview has been
afforded in the fight over the supple
mental pay bill. As in the case of
’ the number of bills introduced, the
supplemental pay bill fight may mean
either a longer session than in 1945
1 or it may mean a shorter one than
■ has been generally predicted. It may
1 foreshadow a long, hard struggle over j
' the biennial appropriations bill, or it
may have served to demonstrate the
' relative strength of opposing view-j
1 points with the result that the com
-1 mittee may be able more quickly to
1 report out a bill which will command
1 the majority support of both houses.
There are, of course, many other
1 important and highly controversial
matters to be disposed of before ad
journment sine die can be pronounced.
There is the medical care program in
general and the 4-year medical school !
and teaching hospital at Chapel Hill j
; in particular, the proposed increase in !
the “Post War Reserve Fund” by the
1 addition of $9,300,000 from the cur
rent. General Fund “surplus” (tied in
with such issues as teachers’ pay, the
medical care program and corporate
franchise tax reduction), and certain
items in the budget revenue bill,
among others. Brewing are such con
troversial measures as one which
would provide for a State-wide ref
erendum on the sale of intoxicating
beverages. (On the same day that
the Allied Church League for the
Abolition of the Beverage Alcohol
announced from its meeting in Ra
leigh its intention to draft and have
introduced a bill providing for a
State-wide liquor referendum, the rep
resentative from Catawba County in
troduced a bill to provide for a vote
by the electorate of Hickory on the
question of the operation of liquor
stores in that city which is approxi
mately in the strategic center of the
politically “dry” part of the State.
And on Wednesday there was dropped
in the hopper a bill designed to bring
to a head a long-heralded fight. SB
66 (introduced simultaneously in the
House as HB 133), entitled simply
“A bill to be entitled an Act to cre
ate the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission,” would abolish
the Division of Game and lifland
Fisheries of the Department of Con
servation and Development and take
control over game and amateur fish
ing from the Department of Con
servation and Development and vest
it in a newly created 9-man guberna
torially appointed “Wildlife Resources
Commission.” The State’s Nimrods
and Isaac Waltons seem overwhelm
ingly in favor of this “bill of divorce
ment,” while the Department of Con
servation and Development seems to
be resolutely—and thus far, success
fully—set against it. As for the leg
islative fight, more than a majority
of House members and less than a
majority of Senate members signed
the bill, and it may be supposed that
the sponsors got as many signers as
they could. Which may mean that
the fight may boil down to a contest
between the two houses, as was the
case with the supplemental pay bill,
and that a compromise will have to
be worked out.
Bills pertaining to schools and
school teachers were much in evidence
during the past week. The House and
Senate received on the same day sep
arate versions of a school building
equalization fund. HB 118 would set
aside $11,000,000 from the General
Fund as a “Special Building Fund” to
be allocated to the various counties as
grants-in-aid for school plant con
struction and improvement, the
amount of the grants to be determin
ed principally on the basis of the
value of property locally assessed per
child on average daily membership in
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I the schools. SB 55 would set up an
j initial fund of $10,000,000, which
Would be increased by $15,000,000 out
j of any General Fund surplus of the
| next biennium, to be distributed to
I the various counties for school plant
improvement on the basis of need as
d dermittrd by a number of factors,
j Os the amounts to be appropriated,
the House bill would permit $1,000,000
and the Senate bill $1,500,000 to be
! buildings). And finally came HB 194
embodying the South Piedmont Flan
for teachers’ pay, ranging from $1560
to S3OOO per year (9 months) for
holders of “A” certificates, and from
S2OOO to $3600 per year for holders of
“Graduate” certificates,
j Among other bills introduced dur
ing the week, SB 59 would substanti- !
ally increase the punishment for!
drunken driving (a second conviction \
would bring a mandatory minimum ;
punishment of 90 days imprisonment!
! and S2OO fine): HB 126 would rather'
; extensively overhaul the law relative'
I to truckers; HB 132 would exempt i
| sales of farm machinery from the I
i sales tax; SB 67 would require the |
1 confinement of dogs during the
months of April, May and June (the
breeding season of rabbits, quail and
other wild game), and authorize game
; wardens to seize dogs running at
large fluring those months and to de
stroy those not claimed within 10
days; HB 185 would set up a joint
i used for school bus acquisition. HB
j 163 would provide that school bus
drivers must be at least 21 years of
age, while HB 164, introduced by the
same representatives at the same
time, would limit the salary of school
bus drivers to S6O per month. HR 137
would permit the enrollment of chil
dren who were 6 years old on or be
fore January 1 next preceding the!
opening of school. HB 155 would j
prohibit carnivals and other shows'
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from using school grounds (but not
legislative committee to study the
barber law and to inquire into activi
, ties of the Board of Barber Kxamin
i ers; HB 192 would authorize the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment to render scientific forestry
service (for a fee) to forest land
owners and to give free forestry ad
vice; and HB 184 would ask Congress
to do right by our Cherokee Indians.
To round out a rather full legisla
tive week, HB 5 was ratified on
Thursday, so that towns of less than
20,000 population may now install
parking meters, and HB 148, intro
duced Wednesday, would make of the
second Wednesday in August of each
! year a new holiday which would be
known as “State Farmers Day.”
HB 181, introduced hv John W.
; Graham on January 30, calls for
j “amending Section 160-229 of the
! General Statutes of North Carolina
! relating to municipal ordinances for
the protection of health and contracts
( for medical treatment and hospitaliz
ation of the poor to apply to the
Town of Edenton.” The bill will au
thorize Edenton to contract with pub
lic or private hospitals or institutions, i
for a period not to exceed 30 years
and for annual payments not to ex
ceed SIO,OOO, to provide for medical
treatment and hospitalization of the
sick and afflicted poor of the town.
The bill was sent to Judiciary Com
mittee No. 2.
Eight Families Violate
School Compulsory Law
W. J. Taylor, school attendance of
| ficer. reported to the County Com
' missioners Monday that eight fam-
ilies were referred to him as having
children out of school during January
in violation of the compulsory school
law.
Five of the families reported chil-
I dren back in school after being con
tacted. Two of the other three were
given until February 3 to have chil
dren back in school, while the third
was referred to the County Welfare
Department and also to the County
Attorney and Clerk of Court.
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