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Computation of Kinship
| Most persons do not have
any trouble in computing
the degree of kinship of
those who are of lineal kin
to them, either ascending
or descending. They know,
for example, that a grand
parent and a grandchild
are of equal degrees of
kinship to them. Both are
kinsman of the second de
gree.
The difficulty usually
arises when one tries to
compute the degrees of kin
ship of their collateral kin.
North Carolina, like most
states, has adopted the civil
law method of computing
degrees of kinship. It is
used principally in deter
mining the persons who are
to inherit the property of a
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The North Carolina stat
ute provides: “in all cases
where degrees of kinship
are to be computed, the
same shall be computed in
accordance with the civil
law rule, as follows:
(1) The degree of lineal
kinship of two persons is
computed by counting one
degree for each person in
the line of ascent or des
cent, exclusive of the per
son from whom the com
puting begins; and
(2) The degree of col
lateral kinship of two per
sons is computed by com
mencing with one of the
persons and ascending from
him to a common ancestor,
descending from that an
cestor to the other person,
and counting one degree
ifor each person in the line
of ascent and in the line
of descent, exclusive of the
person from whom the
computation begins, the to
tal to represent the degree
of such kinship."
Under the above statute
your brother or sister is a
kinsman of the second de
gree, yopr nephew or niece
of the third degree, your
grandnephew or grandniece
of the fourth degree, your
great-grandnephew or great
grandniece is of the fifth
degree, your uncle or aunt
of the third degree, your
first cousin of the fourth
degree your first cousin
once removed of the (fifth
degree. '
The child of your first
cousin is not your second
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cousin, as is so often
thought to be the case.
Your first cousin’s child is
your first cousin once re
moved, who in turn is a
kinsman of the fifth degree.
The child of your first
cousin once removed, is
your first cousin twice re
moved, and this person’s
child is your firs; cousin
three times removed.
Your second cousin is
your grandparent’s brother’s
(or sister’s) grandchild,
who according to the statu
tory computation is a kins
man of the sixth degree.
Your second cousin’s child
is your second cousin twice
removed, and so on.
Or stated differently, the
person who is your parent’s
first cousin once removed
is your second cousin.
It does not necessarily
follow that relatives who
are closest of kin to you
will inherit your property
if you died without a will.
For example, if you are
survived by a great-grand
child, who is a kinsman of
the third degree, and a
brother, who is a kinsman
of the second degree, your
great-grandchild will inher
it all of your property.
If a person is not sur-
by a spouse but is
survived by lineal des
cendants (children or lineal
descendants of deceased
children), these lineal des
cendants have priority over
other kinsmen, regardless
of their degrees of kinship
to the intestate decedent.
Out-of-Town Rates
Hertford L $ 4.00
Hertford Beach 6.00
Elizabeth City 10.00
Plymouth 10.00
Columbia 10.00
Williamston „ 10.00
Windsor 7.00
Creswell 7.00
Valhalla _ _ 2.00
Suffolk, Va 20.00
Norfolk, Va 30.00 .
Pea Ridge .... 4.00
Perrytown „ 7.00
Merry Hill 4.00
Cross Roads 4.00
Travis 8.00
Ahoskie 12.00
Camp Lejeune 45.00
Roper - - 1— 7.00
Ifolerain 8.00
Chapel Hill 45.00
Questions-Answers
On Social Security
Q. I am a poor widow.
My social security is not
enough to live on. Can I
get a raise?
A. Social security is
not based on need. It is
based on the earnings of
the worker. The answer
to your question is no.
However, your County So
cial Services Department
may be able to supplement
your income.
Q. At the time of his
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were separated. Am I
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.he works. What should
<1 do?
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he did whiile using your
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disability payments. Can
I be covered under Medi
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A. No, you cannot. Only
persons age 65 and over
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Q. My maid doesn’t
want me to deduct FICA
tax from her wages and
won’t give me her social
security number. Am I
still responsible for report
ing her wages?
A. The responsibility
for reporting these wages
is the employer’s. If you
fail to deduct the tax from
her wages and report the
wages now, you may later
be required to. pay all the
tax as well as a penalty
for failing to report her
wages timely.
Q. I am still employed
and pay my Medicare pre
miums quarterly. I won
dered if I could pay them
on a yearly basis, and if
so, ho-,v do I do it?
A. You may pay your
Medicare premiums on a
yearly basis if you wish.
■When your next quarterly
bill arrives, send a check
or money order for the
yearly amount. Your ac
count will be credited and
you will not receive anoth
er bill until next year.
Q. At what age can I
earn all I want without
losing any of my social
security checks?
A. You may earn all
you want at age 72 with-
I out losing any benefits.
Senator Sam
Ervin Says:
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Congress. I hope that he
will submit a balanced
budget which meets the es
sential needs of the coun
try, but one which recog
nizes that our government
cannot finance all of the
demands for new programs
which it receives each
year. Such a budget would
constitute the most effec
tive approach which our
federal government could
take to deal with infla
tion.
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CAP’N AND DOC by Frank B. Thomas
We have been sitting in
on a great many meetings
recently concerning pollu
tion. Whatever the greet
ings and wherever the
place, the topic of pollu
tion enters the discussion.
Well, what is going on
here?
It seems that man has
used the “waters of the
world” as a giant disposal
system aR these millions of
years. Then wow! Popu
lation jumps so rapidly
that the system slows down
or turns into a septic tank
or gets plugged, and then
we have big trouble.
As far as water pollution
in our coastal areas, many
local people have seen the
situation develop. Perhaps
we really didn’t appreciate
what was happening or the
drastic nature of pollu
tion. We have seen the ef
fects of pollution drama
tized under our very eyes
with thousands of acres of
oyster bottoms stricken off
as producing areas due to
pollution. Those black and
orange signs seen along the
coast from place to place
tell part of the sad story.
Some other parts of the
story are a little less evi
dent. We don’t often see
the immediate effects of
poUution from river sys
tems, the municipal waste
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that goes overboard, or the
waste from industrial or
food plants, or even the po
tential hazard of all the
marinas along the coast.
These affect our nursery
areas for fish and wildlife,
sometimes with disastrous
results. But the tide is be
ginning to turn. Local,
state and federal agencies
are tightening the regula
tions on how we use our
water and what we do
with it.
To preserve our fish
eries for commercial and
recreational pursuits, pol
lution control thus becomes
everybody’s business. Are
you doing your part?