Weekly, legislative Summary
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Work of the North Carolina General
daoembly of 1961. It la confined to
Uatuaaions of matters of general in
terest and major Importance.
That lack of leadership which
has been said to characterize
this General Assembly was not
particularly noticeable when the
“money" bills moved to the cen
ter of the stage this week.
As the Assembly raced toward,
adjournment, it encountered a
flood of new bills —183 in all, I
and the highest total since the \
heaviest weeks of the 1957 Ses-j
sion. 96 bills were ratified. The|
presiding officers announced that;
they would appoint Calendar;
Committees—the graveyards of
miscellaneous legislation next
Tuesday.
Revenue
In a last-minute move, the
Senate Finance Committee
amended its version of the Rev-j
enue Bill to conform to the
House version, and reported the
bill Wednesday. Efforts to de
lete the food tax on the floor
failed by a vote of 39-11, and a
motion to substitute a tobacco;
tax for the food tax failed by 1
37-10. The Senate then passed
the bill on second reading by a
vote of 42-8 on Thursday, and
by a vote of 42-7 on third read
ing Friday. j
As approved by the Senate, j
the bill imposes the 3% sales tax
on food, but exempts prescrip-,
tion medicines, orthopedic appli-,
ances, seeds, feeds, and fertiliz
er. It imposes a 3% gross re-1
ceipts tax on launderies and
cleaning establishments, and as
of July 1,1962, a 1V 2 % tax on
motor vehicles and airplanes,
with a maximum tax of $l2O.
Nonprofit churches, hospitals and
charitable and educational insti-1
tutions, and counties and incor
porated cities and towns may,
upon proper application, receive
a refund of sales taxes paid.
Contractors will not have to pay
the tax on materials purchased
to fulfill a lump sum or unit
price contract made before July
1, 1961, or to fulfill a bid sub
mitted prior to that date.
Appropriations
While the Finance Committees
were coming to agreement, the
Joint Appropriations Committees
accepted identical appropriations
bills, and the bill was reported
to the House Wednesday. When
it came up for action Thursday
a number of minor amendments
were made, and an amendment
to delete the shift of the Prison
Department from the Highway
' Fund to the General Fund' budg
i et was defeated. The bill, car
’ rying the largest state funds ap
i propriation in history, then mov
• ed quickly and quietly through
'both readings before members
had settled comfortably in their
seats.
The House-passed measure
contains some $526 million for
education, including $417 million
for the Nine Months School
Fund; this amount will permit
a teacher pay increase of over
21%. Total General Fund ap
propriations exceeded the Budget
Bill figure by some SB7 million.
HB 12 and HB 13, the capital
improvements bonds acts, were
reported to the House floor on
Thursday and approved, and
were then sent back to Finance
Committee to straighten out a
procedural matter. Numerous
changes were made in the vari
ous items in the two bills, many
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of the changes amounting to
little more than a transfer of
bonds from the list requiring a
vote of the people to the “legis
lative” bond list, and vice versa.
The Senate counterparts of these
two bills, SB 6 and SB 5, passed
second reading in the Senate on
Friday by unanimous vote.
Small Loans
HB 15, the substitute Bras
well small loans bill, was sub
-1 stantially modified in Senate
committee and reported to the
floor Thursday. The amend
ments reduce permissible charg
es on the first SIOO of a loan
from the original $24 to sl9,
and make lesser reductions for
additional amounts of a loan. A
minimum penalty of SIOOO fine,
2 years’ imprisonment, or both,
is specified for violation of the
law, and in addition an offend
ing lender would lose his right
to collect or retain any part of
the principal or charges. Some
dozen other changes, nearly all
favorable to the borrower, were
made. On Friday Sen. Hamilton
and Rep. Lloyd introduced SB
462 and HB 1158 which would
restrict new small loan licenses t
to residents of North Carolina or
to corporation organized under
the laws of North Carolina and
75 % of whose stock is owned
by residents of the state; the
bill also limits to 35 the number
of small loan licensees in which
any person may hold a direct
or indirect interest.
Legislative Representation
SB 353, the bill which places
Congressmen Jonas and Kitchin
in the same district, was re
ported favorably by a House
committee, and will be voted on
in the House Tuesday. The
same committee rejected Rep.
Pat Taylor’s resolution creating
a commission to study the re
districting question.
Rep. Wooten of Pitt introduced
HB 1127 which would increase
the membership of the State
Senate to 60, and the House
membership to 150. No county
could have more than two sena
tors. Redistricting and reappor
tionment would be automatic
after each federal census. Meck
lenburg and Guilford would each
get seven House seats and two
Senate seats in the original al
location under the bill.
There are reports to the ef
fect that a new Senate redis
tricting proposal will appear in
the Senate next week.
Casualty Report
Legislators were made acute
ly aware during the week that
ratification is not the only means
of finally disposing of bills. B
113, abolishing capital punish
ment, was tabled in the House.
SR 314, seeking abolition of the
federal income tax and the
withdrawal of the federal gov
ernment from competition with
private enterprise, was defeated
in the Senate after some inter
esting debate. HB 817, authoriz
ing renewal of driver licenses
without examination failed third
reading in the House Friday.
Among the bills killed this
week by unfavorable committee
action were SB 229, dealing with
liquidation and involuntary dis
solution of corporations; SB 321,
requiring county elections boards
to appoint precinct judges and
registrars recommended by party
chairmen; SB 329, redefining
hernia for workmen’s compen
sation purposes; SB 258, au
thorizing the killing of certain
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Miss., continue their studies despite a dense cloud of bees
which has settled on their beach. The insects visit the
campus each year.
dogs without liability; SB 341,
relating to transfer of guardian
ship; SB 345, affecting extension
of service by electric member
ship corporations; SB 398 and
SB 399, broadening the scope j
of the tax exemption available *
to certain educational institu
tions; HB 414, regulating adver
tising of shell homes; HB 580,
requiring a literacy test in con
nection with driver’s license ap
plications; HB 747, prohibiting 1
certain unfair trade practices;
HB 773, regulating TV and ra
dio servicemen; HB 852, relating
to exemption of personal prop
erty from judgment execution;
HB 818, establishing an insolvent
insurance carrier claims fund;
HB 929, and HB 1070, exempt
ing certain farm amchinery from
the permit requirements for
oversize vehicles; HB 986, ex
empting doctors from tort lia
bility in emergency situations;
HB 987, relating to the minimum
rate authority of the Utilities
Commission; HB 1009, regulating
advertising along the Interstate
Highway System; HB 1047, plac
ing painting and decorating con
tractors within the definition of
“general contractor”; and HB
1133, relating to worthless
checks. An unusual number of
local bills were reported unfav
orably; these included bills
which would have authorized
Watauga and Johnston counties
to postpone the scheduled re-
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purposes.
Miscellaneous
HB 113, abolishing capital
punishment, was tabled after
vigorous debate in the House
Thursday . . . HB 1125, would
require poultry growers with
flocks of more than 200 to main
tain sanitary disposal facilities
for dead diseased fowl . . . SB
453 (HB 1123) would reduce to
1% the gross receipts tax on
piped gas sold for industrial and
agricultural purposes . . . HB
1081, would forbid bill collectors
to use printed matter simulat
ing court process as a means of
frightening the unsophisticated
into paying . . . HB 1084, au
thorizes elections on the ques
tion of whether or not school
districts in one county shall be
enlarged by annexing territory
in an adjoining county.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
They had been sitting out in
the garden together for two
hours. Finally he became des
perate, leaned over and kissed
her. Immediately she began to
shriek.
“Stop it, please,” he begged.
“I’ll promise never to do it
■again.”
“You fool,” she answered,
“I’m cheering.”
1 SENATOR |
I Sam Ervin !
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Washington I have sub-;
mitted a joint resolution to the!
Senate (S. J. Res. 96) propos- j
ing a constitutional amendment'
governing the election of Presi-!
dent and Vice President. Weeks |
of uncertainty surrounding the
1960 Presidential election dem-l
onstrates the need for this re
form. The electoral college sys
tem of choosing the President
was a compromise measure in
the Constitutional Convention of
1787. Its authors intended the
electors to deliberate and vote
as individuals for a President.
The rise of the political party
system in the early 1800’s
thwarted the plan. Direct elec- 0
tion of the electors and unit ,
voting of electors by states have
caused three candidates for;
President to win the popular!
vote and lose the election. Asj
a result of 208 proposed amend- j
ments have been introduced in
Congress up to the end of the
1960 session to reform the elec
toral college. Almost half of
these amendments have been of
fered since 1947. None have
passed since the 12th Amend
ment was incorporated into the
Constitution in 1804.
Ervin Amendment— My amend
ment is similar to the Lodge-
Gossett Plan (S. J. Res. 17) in
troduced January 1, 1961, by
Senator Kefauver, Like it my
amendment calls for the propor
tional method of dividing each
state’s electoral votes. Each
candidate would receive the
same proportion of the electoral
votes as his share of the state’s
popular vote. Fractional votes |
would be carried to three deci
mals. My amendment differs
from the Lodge-Gossett Plan in
two respects. First, the Lodge-
Gosset Plan is silent on the
manner and place of holding
elections. My amendment keeps
the present Constitutional pro
vision on this. Second, my
amendment would retain the
present power of the House of
Representatives to choose the
President and the Senate to
choose the Vice-President where
no candidate has a majority of
the electoral vote. S. J. Res.
96 like the Lodge-Gosset Plan!
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would require the election by
i Congress only when the high
! candidate did not receive 40 per
cent of the electoral vote. Un
: der the Lodge-Gosset Plan in
I such an instance both the Sen
j ate and the House would vote
I together to determine who the
President or Vice-President
' should be.
i Need For Change—The amend
' ment which I have offered
! would set a uniform and per
manent principle for the elec
| tion of the President. Many
! systems have operated in the
choice of electors under the
present electoral college system.
My amendment would preserve
the federal principle of govern
ment in the choice of President
and Vice-President, would more
accurately reflect the popular
strength of various candidates,
and would remove the oppor
tunities for abuse which the
outmoded office of elector in
vites.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
! Mr. and Mrs. George Ander-
I son of Raleigh announce the
birth of a 6-lb. 8-oz. daughter,
Cheryl Lynn Anderson, born
Monday, June 5. Mrs, Ander
son is the former Miss Frances
Collins of Edenton.
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Teach your youngsters the
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of their allowances or cash
gifts—placed in a savings ac
count periodically—will instill
this very important lesson!
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