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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY This is the tenth in a series of weekly summaries of the work of the 1947 session of the General Assembly of North Carolina. These summaries are not intended as a report upon all legislation, but are confined to discussions of matters of general interest or of ma)or importance. At the close of the 63rd legislative day in 1945, with only four more leg islative days to go, a total of 1,421 bills had been introduced in the Gen eral Assembly, a Senate rule had been adopted setting a deadline (Saturday, the 64th day) for the introduction of new bills (18 were subsequently in troduced in that body under suspen sion of the rules, however), a Calen dar Committee had been appointed and was functioning in the House, Saturday was to be abandoned as sacred to "local bills only,” and both bodies had been holding morning, af ternoon and night sessions in an effort to clear their dockets and clear out. At the close of the 63rd day of this session, a total of 1,260 bills had been introduced, no deadline for new bills RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Edenton, North Carolina, Monday, March 17, 1947. The following Resolution was intro duced by E. N. Elliott, duly seconded by J. R. l’eele, and unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, in the untimely pass ing last night of the Honorable C. Everett Thompson, Judge of the First Judicial District of” North Carolina, the peoples of our District and the entire State suffered a shock beyond expression; and, WHEREAS, the State has lost one of her most distinguished, able, con scientious and kindly disposed jurist Whose popularity extended far beyond the confines of his own District, and WHEREAS, his family has suffered the irreparable loss of a most gentle, affectionate and considerate husband and father; therefore, HE IT RESOLVED, That on behalf of ourselves individually, and for the people of our county whom we repre sent, we extend to the members of his family our sincere and profound sympathy; and, RESOLVED further: That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Chowan Herald and the Elizabeth City Daily Advance for publication, a copy to the bereaved family and a copy spread upon the permanent minutes of this meeting. Done in Edenton thus 17th day of March, A. D. 1947. W. W. BYRUM, Chairman of the Board of Chowan County Commissioners. Attest: M. L. BUNCH, Clerk to the Board. (Seal) We do really careful re-soling en children’s shoes so they remain true to original size. H HUE-U-WAIT SERVICE Mail Orders Given Day Service —o Ward’s Shoe Shop lusl Off Maw Street West Eden Street EDENTON, N. C. BB BB BB BB BB BB 88l BB BB IB IB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB 1 | FOR BEnER HEALTH ! \ DRINK BEnER MILK j t WE ARE NOW SERVING EDENTON WITH 0 S GRADE T PASTEURIZED MILK j g Our milk is fresh from our own dairy—not g g bought from any outside market... just drop g | us a postcard to P. O. Box 187, Edenton, and g g we will start delivery immediately. g g ■- g 0 OUR PRICES ARE: i J Milk, quart .20c Cream, pint 70c J g Milk, pint 10c Cream, l / 2 pt.._3sc g g ■ r g S Edgewood Dairy S g MARSHALL BROTHERS, JR. g had been set in the Senate, no Calen dar Committee had been appointed in the House (although the Speaker had been invested with authority to do so the previous week, when deemed ad visable), no more than one session per day had been held by either house, and Saturday was still “for local bills only.” Comparing the situation at this point in the present session with the 1945 and prior sessions, and in view of the tremendous backlog of bills still to be disposed of and the greatly accelerated rate at which new bills have begun to flow into the hop per (an average of 40.2 for each of the past five days), we venture to re iterate our prognostication of a month ago: Final adjournment on April 10. This date may be a little off one way or the other, but for us whose ener gies are running at low ebb, April 5 seems entirely too hopeful. A goodly number of legislative events of general interest, and some of major importance, took place dur ing the past week. Among bills rati fied was SB 254, which will submit a Constitutional amendment at the next general election on the question of raising the county general fund tax from a rate of 15c to 25c on the SIOO property valuation; HR 321, a joint resolution which authorizes the State Department of Conservation and De velopment to cooperate with the U. S. i War Department in its Roanoke River flood control and hydroelectric project at Buggs Island; HB 109, which gen erally boosts the marriage age up wards two years so that, among other provisions, males and females must be at least 18, instead of 16, before they can marry without parental con sent; HB 22, which increases the Post War Reserve Fund to an approximate $30,000,000 by the addition of $9,- 300,000 from General Fund surplus; HR 516, a joint resolution which au thorizes the Governor to appoint a commission to investigate and report on the laws and regulations relative to the production, processing and dis tribution of milk in the State; HB 616, which will submit at the next general election a Constitutional amendment to increase the pay of members and presiding officers of the General Assembly to $1,200 and $1,500 respectively and to allow them $250 and S3OO, respectively, for extra sessions (reported favorably Friday was HB 276 which would so amend SB 11, the Supplemental Appropria tions bill, already ratified, as to al low members of the present General Assembly the same subsistence and travel allowance as State employees— s6 per day and 6c per mile in own cars, any Constitutional question not withstanding); and HB 229, banning the “closed shop” and other labor con tract features dear to the hearts of labor unions—enacted in its original form, without so much as a semi-colon being disturbed. The passage of this bill over relatively weak opposition in the Legislature and manifestations of strong opposition outside of it, coupled with the decisive defeat on gecond reading in the Senate of SB 118 which would have provided a State, wage and hour law, had led some to term this an anti-labor Legis lature. It is doubtful whether this term could properly be applied to a majority of the members, even if it were interpreted to mean “anti-labor union.” Some members were doubt less influenced, however, by an un derstandable resentment toward some of the national labor leaders. Some interesting bills made pro gress along the legislative path dur ing the past week: SB 203, which would increase the municipal tax levy limitation for general expenses from $1 to $1.50 on the SIOO assessed valu ation. having passed the Senate, was reported favorably' by the House com mittee and appeared to have clear sailing ahead; SR 274, which would authorize the Governor to appoint a commission to study the desirability of establishing a court to hear claims against the State, passed the Senate; the committee substitute for SB 38, which would establish a 10-year sta tute of limitations of the foreclosure of ad valorem tax liens, was reported favorably by the House Finance Com mittee (but was sent back to that committee midst a flurry of proposed floor amendments aimed at excepting a large number of counties from its provisions); the committee substitute for HB '25, the Budget Revenue bill, after repulsing all attempts to amend it from the floor, passed its final read- THE CHOWAN HER/LD, EDENTON, N. C., I'HUHSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947. ing and was being enrolled for rati fication; SB 196, which would subunit q Constitutional amendment to the people on the question of repealing Section 4, Article 6 which imposes a limitation on the increase of State, county or municipal debt for neces sary expenses, was reported favorab ly in the House (but further consid eration was postponed to March 26); and HB 738, which would submit a Constitutional amendment relative to succession to the governorship in an effort to avoid in the future such a situation as arose in Georgia, was re ported favorably by the House com mittee (but was sent back to com mittee for further study because best official legal minds had been unable to agree upon true effect of proposed amendment). Among bills that fell by the way side was HB 487, the House (and sole remaining) State-wide liquor referen dum bill, killed by an unfavorable committee report, and likewise laid to rest were some 30 local beer and wine bills of various hues (but most of the counties affected tied onto one of the two “model” bills which would prohibit the sale of wine in the coun ties affected and would permit city and county governing boards to regu late or prohibit the sale of beer in their territories, except that local boards could not prohibit the sale of beer in Grade A or Grade B cases, restaurants or hotels). In the mean time, HB 180, which would provide a referendum in Hickory on the ques tion of the establishment of liquor stores by that city, was reported fav orably by the House committee and will come up for consideration on the floor next Tuesday, and HB 497, call ing for a referendum on the establish ment of liquor stores by Mecklenburg County, passed the House and was or dered sent to the Senate. A sampling of new bills: HB 811 would “provide a 5-day 40-hour work week for State employees”; SB 338 would add to the list of public nuis ances any place where drunkenness or fighting frequently occurs; HB 827 would establish daylight saving time in the State from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in Oc tober; SB 351 would increase the sal aries of Superior Court solicitors, ex clusive of expense allowance, from $5,000 to $6,750 per year; SB 360 would appropriate $1,500,000 for the acquisition and conversion of Camp Butner into a State mental hospital; HB 881 would require any county, on petition of 15% of qualified voters, to call a beer and wine referendum; and SB 353 would require every person, firm or corporation engaged princi pally in influencing public opinion and/or legislation to register with the Secretary of State, giving certain in- Men and women everywhere acclaim THE NEWEST CHEVROLET '• ' » %l :% ~~~ Snß Setting a new high order * of BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST You'll find it's bigger-looking . . . it's better looking ... it out-styles, out-values , out-saves all other cars in its field . . . for it gives you Big-Car quality at lowest prices and at remarkably low cost for gas, oil and upkeep! Men and women everywhere are giving this newest Chevrolet the most enthusiastic welcome any new car has ever received! And you'll find they are preferring it above all others not only because it is the most beautiful of afl low-priced cars... or the most comfortable to drive , — mm —. B. B. H. Motor Company U. S. HIGHWAY 17 EDENTON, N. G formation including itemized state ments of income. Although inapplic able to users of media entitled to second class mail privileges and/or of radio, one may wonder, supposing the bill were enacted and obeyed by all to whom applicable, how large a book the Secretary of State would need. Aside from HB 582 and HB 650, in troduced by Representative John Gra ham, two others, HB 776 and HB 777, were introduced Tuesday of last week. HB 776 calls for amending Chapter 1046 of the Session laws of 1946 re lating to hasty marriages so as to ex empt Chowan County from said act. The bill would exempt Chowan from operation of cited Act which requires an application for marriage license for non-residents of North Carolina to remain on file 48 hours before is suance of license. HB 777 will permit the Town of Edenton to appoint two persons who shall be authorized to issue criminal warrants. The bill authorizes the governing body of Edenton to appoint two warrant officers who shall have power to issue subpoenas for the at tendance of witnesses and warrants or other process for the arrest of vio lators of the law anywhere in Chowan County, such warrants to be directed to any city police officer, sheriff or constable, and to be returnable before any justice of the peace or other court in Chowan County in the same man ner as any other criminal warrant. Holy Week Services At Methodist Church Holy week, which begins next Sun day, Balm Sunday, will be observed in the Methodist Church with three services scheduled to be held Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday nights of next week. Each of the services will begin at 7:30 o’clock, with the pastor, the Rev. H. F. Surratt bringing an appropriate massage. Thursday night the Holy Commun ion will be observed in commemor ation of the Lord’s Supper. The ob servance of the Holy Communion will take the place of the usual ob servance on the first Sunday morning in the month. Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN’S JEWELERS • Ginning Os Cotton In Chowan County 461 Bales Short Last Year Chowan County continues to trail last year in the amount of cotton gin ned, in fact by 461 bales. According to a report of F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau of the Census, 98.3 bales of cotton were ginned in the county from the crop of 1946 prior to March 1. This compares with 1,444 bales ginned from the 1945 crop at the same time last year. PALM SUNDAY TWO MASSES IN EDENTON CATHOLIC CHURCH The Blessing and Distribution of Palm will start Sunday, March 31, at 11 A. 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PAGE THREE English of Passion of Our Lord ac cording to St. Matthew, Holy Com munion, the confessions beginning half hour, ending five minutes before each service in St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Edenton, stated Father F, J. McCourt, rector, who invites every body to all services. Week mornings: Mass, Communion and Rosary. Friday at 8 P. M., Roy ary, Stations of the Cross, benediction. Well— Rastus—Yo’ ain’t yo-self no mere? Sick or sumpin’ ? Mose—Got insomnia. Keep wakin' up every few days. SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS I CAMPEN’S
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