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PAGE TWO i—SECTION TWO Weekly Legislative Summary ■lll to one in a acriew of weekly «um* Ertu prepared by the legislative stall Kg the Institute of Government on the m*rk of the North Carolina General ■gjembly of 1961. It is confined to HEmsioaa of matters of general in- K|Test and major importance. It The Governor and Lieutenant ■Governor were 5000 miles away Brhen the 1961 General Assem kly adjourned sine die at 12:22 E>. M., Thursday, June 22; their febsenee pointed up the fact that Ebrth Carolina is unique among Ithe American states in that the facts of the legislature do not Igo to the Governor to be ap proved before they become law. The adjournment scene was leis jurely and calm, in Sharp con trast to the preceding week, When the presiding officers drove relentlessly in an effort "to achieve adjournment by June 17. During the 96 regular daily sessions, the Assembly received 1,776 bills and resolutions, in ! eluding two which were intro duced on the last day (one pass-. led; one failed). Os this total, • 1,298 were ratified, more than one-third of these being ap- 1 proved during the last 10 days !of the session. In the final days the calendar committees, traditionally tough-minded, prov ed to be like indulgent grand parents they issued initial scoldings in the form of unfav ■ orable reports, but then yield ed on the floor and allowed the bills to be revived and passed. No less than seven such inci dents occurred on the day before adjournment. Education High on the list of accom plishments of the 1961 General Assembly was the enactment of Governor Sanford’s “Quality Ed ucation” program. It included in the 1&61-63 budget a total of $460 million for the public schools enough to increase j | teachers’ salaries by 21.8% (to | new ranges of $3,600 to $5,600) and to add additional teachers and clerical help for school ad ministrators. Higher education also received additional money to increase its total to $56 mil lion, an increase of about 25%. Education was not the only program to receive substantially more money. State employees w’ill get 's pay raise of 5%. Most state departments received at least modest increases over the preceding biennium. Numerous cultural and historical projects received small appropriations; NOW PAlß '£t*L&*^* a PRICED AS LOW AS ... 21 FOR $ 2 1 ir Blackwell Tube-fyp« rn» @10.77 KK! $14.50 KM? $13.20 " TIOW tubeless nylon KELLY PRESTIGE NYLON s3l9° USELESS $ 34 40 ’£! *39“ ■ * KELLY CELEBRITY NYLON EXTRA mm. *45” S *45” .;.r:.*30 5 ° AU PRICES PLUS TAX AND OLD TIRE OFF YOUR CAR, I REGARDLESS OF CONDITION WE ARE SELLING NEW TIRES FOR THE PRICE OF NEW RECAPS SEE US TODAY fiyo \A/bviy I Y*\ TP/uiUng.,. I JjSm&md J RIDE THE KELLY ROAD MJ m 31™!™ a EDEHTON PHONE 2688 E. CITY MORE 7813 I mmd firbi, lum Ms wify Kmd •# Cor, Truck om rorw vomcm, I these agencies fared far better than in past years, as at least 18" received some measure of as sistance. Revenue The otlier side of the appropri ations coin—taxes—also repre sents a significant part of the action of this Assembly. From the beginning of the session it appeared th.it the Governor would get the money he re quested. but it was not immedi ately clear that he would get it from the recommended source. Following his tax message to the General Assembly, nearly a dozen bills were introduced to provide alternative sources of revenue —chiefly from a tobacco and soft drinks tax, or from an increase to 4% on the present sales tax base. By the time the matter came to a vote, the re moval of she food tax exemp tion from tire present 3% sales tax was approved by substan tial majorities in both houses. Courts This General' Assembly enact ed a much-watered-down version of the North Carolina Bar As sociation’s “Bell Plan’ for re vision of the court system of the state. The bill presents to the people for approval a Con stitutional amendment which would in the next ten' years bring about a uniform system of lower courts and would .bring to an end the existing independ ent justice of the peace courts. Court costs would be uniform :ua the same rank of courts through-', out the state. The General As sembly retains considerable au thority over the courts. Most of the jury changes recommend ed by the Bell Committee were rejected. The concept of a uni fied court —a single court to which each litigant comes to have his cause assigned to the! proper court unit for disposition | —was preserved in name but ] not in substance. Legislative Representation The 1961 General Assembly ap portioned state House seats in strict compliance with the Con stitution. It also approved a Constitutional amendment which, if ratified by the people, will have the Speaker of the House make a new apportionment after . each census, thus ending the re curring decennial hassles over the matter. The Assembly fail ed to redistrict the State Sen ate as required by the Consti- THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1961.^ ~ Iff", (’ip ■ a , ™mM ...aJZ % •’ * 7 PIN-UP GIRLS Wearing unusual halos of huge pins in traditional cloth braids, these Lombardy girls take part in a Roman pageant. - tution. Numerous efforts were made, but none came close to success. Faced with no acceptable al ternative, the Assembly reduced the number of U. S. Congress ional districts from 12 to 11. The Piedmont, with its rapidly increasing population, lost the seat. In this year of the Civil War Centennial, it is perhaps fitting that the district which pits Republican Charles Jonas against Democrat Paul Kitchin should stretch from Lincoln to Lee Counties. Borrowers and Lenders Small loans occupied no small part of the Assembly’s time. In the end a conference committee Tas necessary. The final result was an act which fixes interest rates at S2O for the first SIOO of cash advance, with rates r.a.nging downward to 6% per annum on that part of the loan whi.c.h exceeds S3OO. While the interest rate on small loans was 'taking a modest dip, the rate on larg>er loans was taking a modest rise. SB 129 legalizes interest charges of up to 8% on loans of $25,000 or more to profit-making corporations, pro vided the loans run for as long Chowan County Budget For Fiscal Year 1961-1962 \ APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUNE 19, 1961 ’ ‘ " - - ■ if APPROPRIATED AMOUNT FUND FOR REQUIREMENTS LEVIED EA.TE BONDS $ 32,536.26 Less Unexpended Balance 10,000.00 $ 22,536.26 $ 22,536.26 $ Jill CHARITY: General Assistance 7,941.65 Hospitalization 15,000.00 22,941.65 Less Anticipated from State and Federal Funds 10,670.00 12,271.65 / 12,271.65 .06 HEALTH: District 12,012.66 \ County I— 1,200.00 13,212.66 \ 13,212.66 ,07 SCHOOLS: . // * . County 54,204.00 Edenton 123,595.00 177,799.00 Less-Amounts Anticipated from: Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties, etc $ 8,566.90 Dog- Taxes 1,079.00 Poll Taxes 1,636.50 Intangibles Tax 10,108.27 Estimated School Fund Balance 1,000.00 22,390.67 155,408.33 155,408.33 .76 WELFARE: Old Ag-e Assistance 63,383.00 Aid to Dependent Children , 24,588.00 / Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled 36,543.00 Administrative . - 14,480.00 138,994.00 v ' Less Amount Anticipated from State and ■ v Federal Funds - $116,342.00 Less Unexpended Balance 1,500.00 117,842.00 21,152.00 21,152.00 .11 REVALUATION EXPENSE 2,000.00 2,000.00 .01 GENERAL COUNTY 109,650.00 " |§ . Less Anticipated from: • fy. ... • • C>. % • • ABC Store Earnings $ 30,000.00 v ' i& y : V: Costs, Recorder’s and Superior Courts.. 10,000.00 General Fund Surplus. 28,650.00 68,650.00 41,000.00 41,000.00 ,2a County-wide tax rate per SIOO.OO valuation, based upon a Valuation of $20,500,000.00 $1.32 as 5 years, and no more than one-fifth of the principal is re payable in any of the first 5 years. Constitutional Amendments Six different proposals to amend the State Constitution will be submitted to the voters at the next general election. SB 154 would amend Art. 111, Sec. 12, and Art. XIV, Sec. 6, to authorize the General As sembly to provide for succession to the office of Governor and other state officers in case of ca tastrophe, and to provide for temporary seats of government. SB 179 would amend Art. VI, Sec. 2, to enable the General Assembly to reduce the resi dence requirements for voting for President of the United States. HB 711 would amend Article V, Secs. 3 and 5, to provide that only the General Assembly may classify property for taxation, that the power must be exer cised on a statewide basis, and may not be delegated, except that counties and cities may be permitted to classify occupa tions for local license tax pur poses. The proposal would al so allow the General Assembly to make specified additional ex mptions on a state-wide basis. HB 816 would amend Art 3, Sec. 15, to allow the General Assembly to increase the salar ies of major state executive of ficers during their terms of of fice. v HB 29 provides for automatic reapportionment of House seats, *nd HB 104 revises the state -court system. Study Commissions There will be somewhat few-, er study commissions than us ual during the coming biennium. The Commission on Reorganiza tion of State Government Will be back, as will the Commission to Study the Cause and Control, of Cancer. New study groups include a 3- to 7-member Com mission to Study Public Welfare Programs, and two with jfcw breaking names —a 9-member Commission on the Study of the Manner of Selection" of Members of the Several Boards of Edu cation of the County and City Administrative School Units of the State, and a 9-member Com mission to study the Impact of State Sovereignty Upon Financ ing of Local Governmental Ser vices and Functions. As the session ended, House and Senate orators spoke mov ingly of their joy at moving in to the new Legislative Building NOTICE OF CHANGE IN STORE HOURS BEGINNING Monday, July 3, 1961 OPEN 8:00 A. M. CLOSE 8:80 P. M. Mitcheiier’s Pharmacy Hollowell’s D RU<? OTORE for the 1963 session, and of their y reluctance to leave the cramped j but historic ' halls of the old 1 Capitol. The institute of Gov- j eminent shares in the joy, with j only a minimum of sadness, as we will have quarters in the new building and win no long et have to exercise stjuatters' rights to whatever vacant lot, appears in the vicinity of Capi tol Square. More Consumption ;,Of Milk Is Urged Chowan Home Demonstration Club members urge the use of more milk and milk products in diets kpd meal planning to keep up wi% the national trend. - Milk vis needed in the diets of ad people for proper growth- BEACH COTTAGE spr Rent Two bodrooms; sleeps 8. Lo cated al Kill Devil Hills. Contact M. Elwood Copeland RYLAND. N. C. *and energy. Milk and thhk pro ducts art not expensive, as they can be bought in many forms, fresh, condensed, dry or pow dered. The fresh forms are available whole and skimmed for persons who have weight prob lems. The U. S. Department df Agri culture has reported, for the sixth straight year, an increase in the amount of milk fading { consumed by children through the operation of the Special Milk Program. In the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1960, nearly 2.4" billion half-pint* of milk were moved into use by ■ ■'..--.'i. - -iT-nf-iV USEDCARS AND TRUCKS 1 “WE GUARANTEE WHAT WE SELL” Islk With an OK Used Car Warranty Several Models To Choose From! Now is the time to buy that USED CAR or TRUCK you have been wanting and at a price you can afford to pay! George Chevrolet Co., Inc. WHERE DRIVING PLEASURE BEGINS 1100 N. Broad St. Edenton, N. C. this program, in addition to milk served With lunches under &&. Rational School Milk Program. The 2.4 billion total represents an increase of some. 200 million half-pints over 1959. During 1860 toe number of schools,'' settlement houses, summefe camps and other child-care in.-y, stitutions participating in ttjfc program reached a total of’ 83,000. There are moments when at the touch of memory the past comes forth like a pageant and • the present is prophetic. —Mary Baker Eddy. '
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