PAGE SIX
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
This it. the eighth in a series
of weekly Mammaries of the
work of the 1947 session of the
General Assembly of North Caro
lina. These summaries are not
intended as a report upon all leg
islation, but are confined to dis
cussions of matters of general
interest or of major importance.
At the close of the 51st legislative
day, 242 bills and resolutions had been
introduced in the Senate, and 620 in
the House, for a total of 862, which ia
just 100 short of the 1,061 introduced
during the same period in 1945. Os
the 862 bills, only 124 were introduced
during the first five days of the past
week, as compared to 181 during the
c .mparable five days of the 1945 ges- :
sron. As suggested in the; summary
of February 22, this apparent “slow!
down" fit the introduction rate may !
tend to produce a shorter session
: than, if a greater number of bills were
being handed in; for it certainly
moans, unless bills are introduced at
a substantially accelerated rate with-•
in the next week or two, that the
Legislature wilt have at least a
Smaller volume of bills to attend to
before it can adjourn, and it may very
well, mean that the members are giv
ing more tune and attention to mat
ters already pending than to thinking ;
up new measures.
As to tliis latter point, it is appar- j
ent that most committees are Working
hard and earnestly to dispose of im
portant matters before them, and
n a.i r -sues are beginning to come
to ,i head and, if not finally disposed
of in c> ..'mutter, to reach the floors
>f 'he Mouse and Senate For ex
ample, 111 Friday, the com::...tee sub
stitute f-'r the Biennial Kev, nue Hill
was reported by the House Finance
Committee, the committee substitute
v . adopted, and the bill was s. tas a
sp<. l! order of i> iini -- f>r FueS
day. Mar. il 11. (The changes in th
original bill effected 'by tlte nit
tee substitute are too numerous ami
te hr i in nature to tie dualt with
here) ’’-rh.ips the changes of most •
g.ti'Ti' merest are th- which will,
allow public school teachers, prinei
pals ami superintendents to deduct!
fr-e< groincome for im - ax
pimp .se.s jj> to $250 in any one year j
for expenses incurred in attending!
summer school; delete 'he uioposed;
I'mo d 'i.eo which Would have reduced •
the oigible*, tax rate nit .money oil j
hand from 25c to I v on the S(fNI; '
add > precision which would change'
the rate of tax on gros> b'-'truneo !
prem ins (other than Work on’s ,
C’ompensat. >n insurance) from 2' on .
6: . • p.in:e.s doing business in the ;
S'a: 1" on doue sti ■ companies
.•mi on foreign and alien oom
pani' and carry out Governor ('ber
ry's recommendation that the contin
gent liability of the Highway Fund
for the equivalent of the sales te.' -n
gasoline sale.* be repeal' d). \(though i
no? yet r< adusl for formal report,
committee work on the other imnor'-
nit biennial money measure—the ap
propr: i ions bill—was wound up on
\mong other things, this
report, whi n w II recommend record
expendtn.: s for the next biennium of
over 211 mill: m dollars, would add
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over 6 million dollars to the public
school funds for the biennium, to pro
vide an approximate 30% increase (as
compared with the 20% provided by
the original bill) in instructional sal
aries, but leaving the increase for
other State employees at the original
20%. At the same time, the joint
Appropriations Committee voted to
transfer $9,300,000 from the general
fund surplus to the Post War Re
serve Fund, to raise that fund to an
approximate 830.000.000.
Action was taken on some other
bills of general interest during the
Week: HB 548 introduced Tuesday
(but the same as SB 219 introduced
Monday), which would authorize the
Governor to appoint a 35-member
State Education Commission com
posed of representatives of agricul
tural, business, industrial, proses- ■
sinnal and educational groups to study ,
the overall educational problems of
the State, was reported favorably by;
the Committee on Education ami re- j
ferred to the Appropriations Commit- 1 -
tee to consider the requested appro-j
priation of $50,0()0 for the biennium j
to cover expenses; the Senate-Finance
Committee voted an unfavorable re
port on one Senate State-wide liquor i.
referendum bill. SB 130, the “Penny"
bill, while SI! 200, the “Chaffin” bill <
on the game subject remains in coni- ;
mittee; HB 474, which was introduced
February 26 and which would have '
given State-wide application to the
“hasty marriage law” now applicable
to only a few eastern counties, re- '
■eived a hasty death at the hands of
’lie House Committee on Judiciary 1; ■
HB 469, which would have, made it. il- i
‘gal to operate a filling station be- i
tween 10:30 A. M. and 1 P. M. on
Sundays likewise received, an unfavor- ( i
able committee report;’ SB 2.0.3, de- -
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valuation was reported favorably bv
the Senate Committee; HB 516, which
would submit at the next general
election a constitutional amendment
to raise the salaries of members and
presiding officers of the G* neral As-!
sembly to $1,200 and $1,500 and al- ■
low them $250 and S3OO for ex,tra ses
sions, respectively, passed the House
and was sent tq the Senate Commit
tee on Constitutional Amendments;
HR 133, creating a Wildlife Commis
sion outside of the Department of
Conservation and Development, after
numerous amendments, passed both
House and Senate and awaited only
the signatures of the presiding offi
cers to become law; HR 515, a joint
resolution authorizing the Governor
to appoint a 17-member commission
to study laws and regulations concern
ing the production, processing and
distribution of milk and milk products
passed the House; two hills, HB 137
and HB 54.4, which would have made
slight changes in the age at which
children are eligible to enroll in
school, were reported unfavorably, as
was HB 367, which would have given
the Utilities Commission jurisdiction
over the licensing and regulation of
taxicabs; ratified on Wednesday was
SB 4. which imposes a ban upon the
manufacture, sale and use of fire-j
works in the State (except at public
exhibitions under special license of
the local board of county commission
ers) ; and HR 148,which would have
made of the second Wednesday in
August a new holiday known as
“State Farmers’ Day,” was killed by
the House Committee on Agriculture.
Among new bills of interest intro
duced during the past week are SB
224, which would give the State Board j
of Health increased regulatory pow
ers over the production, processing,
sale and distribution of milk and
milk products; SB 228, 229 and 230,
designed to strengthen the fire laws
of the State, particularly with respect
to fire hazards in hotels and other
buildings of like occupancy; HB 552, 1
which would substantially up the pen
alties for violations of tile hunting
and fishing laws; HB 552 and 554,
i which would amend and (presumab
ly) strengthen the game laws, and
HI! 561, which would appropriate an
! additional $50,000 to be used for the
; completion of the “Table Rock Small
mouth Bass Hatchery”: HR 571,
which would require that heating
equipment be installed in school
busses; SR 232 (introduced also in
the House as HB 590), which would
appropriate $50,000 for each year of
the next biennium for maintenance
and operating expenses of the State
Ports Authority; SB 236 (HR 607),
which would create within the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment a Shellfish Division (with
a Shellfish Commissioner) to super
vise the oyster, clam, scallop and oth
er bi-valve resources in the waters of
Eastern North Carolina, and would
appropriate $250,000 for the purpose;
HB 592, which would empower muni
cipalities to extend their boundaries
by a local procedure without special
legislative action; HB 604, which]
would appropriate $35,000 to set up
and start into operation at Camp
Butner a vocational school for veter
ans; HB 610, which would enable the
Department of Conservation and De
velopment to develop and charge fees
for the use of recreational facilities
| iri State forests, parks, lakes, etc.-;
! and HB 565, which would “prohibit
disorderly conduct by any person or
persons within the State of North
Carolina,” This last measure, which I
would m ike it unlawful to "disturb I
the good order and quiet of the I
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“making loud noises,” will no doubt
be regarded by many legislators with
some approval toward the end of this
somewhat trying session.
HB 582, introduced by John W.
Graham, calls for amending Chapter
186 of the Private Laws of 1909 re
lating to the charter of the Town of
Edenton so as to grant to the town
certain powers with respect to prop
erty leased from the United States
Navy Department. The bill would
add a section to the town’s charter,
concerning the Edenton Naval Air
Station property which is leased by
the town from the U. S. Navy Depart
ment, to authorize the governing
body: to provide police protection,
with police officers having the same
authority on the air station property
as they now have in Edenton: to pro
vide fire protection; to provide public
util|ties; to lease parts of the prop
erty to private individuals, subject to
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