' ' WEEKLY LEGISLA
TIVE BULLETIN ;
' > Institute of Government '
! ! Chapel Hill, N. C.
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Legislative Offices: J
.Raleigh, N. C.
(The following article was
written for last week's issue
of the FRANKLIN TIMES,
but was received too late to
be put In type. ? Editor.)
The eighth legislative week, in
terrupted by a junket to Elizabeth
City on February 26, came and
went with t>he Appropriations bill
still in .committee, and saw most
hopes of adjournment by March
8th go glimmering; but the legis
lative hopper was kepb busy by
the introduction of 204 bills, a
new high for the session.
Of especial interest to local
governmental units are bills
which would allow the governing
tofiy of any city or town of- 10,
000 or more population by the last
census to extend or decrease its
corporate units by ordinance an
nexing or detaching territory;
permit municipalities to own and
operate parking lots within the
city limits; authorize muuiclpali
ties to furnish tire protection tio
V "-areas within twelve miles of the
city limits; require motor freight
carriers to use state highways or
truck lanes through cities and
taxns; exempt from taxation and
listing requirements for your real
ty acquired by counties, ciUbs,
townships and school districts in
foreclosure of tax liens; auth
orize county commissioners to de
fer revaluations of realty unMl
1943; modify the law delating to
issuance of school district fund
ing, and refunding bonds; renew
the power of counties, cities and
other municipalities to issue rev
enue bonds to acquire, construct
and operate revenue-producing
undertakings; make the expenses
of the board of viewers in setting
up drainoRr district* a Hen. see
ond only to state and county taxes
on the lands assessed; reslrit'
f debt service apportionment be
tween counties and Cities in cer
tain particulars. ? ?
Most important item on tlie
education front stents to be the
proposed amendments to the 1939
School Machinery Aet, which in
clude several changes in the pres
ent practice relating to election
of teachers, principals and super
intendents, and the hiring of
teachers. Other bills would auth
orize $60,000 improvements in
Appalachian Teachers' College
.power plant; extend free tuition
in state educational Institutions
to children of fathers who died
frpm World War injuries, re
gardless of the time of the fath
er's death: and make certain
changes in the supervision of
business schools and in the cus-(
tody of funds for vocational edu-l
cation.
~ Latest administrative reorgani
zation is that proposed by a bill
to abolish the office of utilities
commissioner and set up a utili
ties commission of three full-time
members, with staggered terms.
The members would be appointed
by the Governor, with l-he con
sent of the Senate.
Highways, motor vehicles and
related problems were not for
gotten. Bills were proposed to.
enlarge Mie motor l??t lax
finltion and to levy a road use
tax on persons operating vehicles
propelled by products not within
the present definition of motor
fuels; to reduce the license fees
for private- vehicles; to- exempt
vehicle operators from liability
to guests for death or injury ex
cept when caused by the opera
tor's gross negligence; and to re- j
move the present gross weight j
limitations of 10 tons for 2-axled j
vehicles and 20 tons for vehicles |
with 3 or more axles.
Of interest to farmers and mid- ?
dlemen is a bill to authorize a
"Tar Heel" trade-mark to-be used i
under regulations of the Depart- 1
meat of Agriculture, to Identify!
standardized North Carolina farm,
products. Other bills wotrid revise
the present methods Of preparing
agricultural statistics and in
crease the powers of the Commis-j
sloner of Agriculture to prevent !
violations of the laws relating to j
sales of stock and poultry tonics.
A standard, optional form of agri
cultural lien and chattel mortgage
is proposed, while two other bills
would increase the tonnage tax
and alter the marking, grading!
and inspection requirements for;
fertilizer, and regulate the manu-i
tacture, sale ftflU diitriuntion of j
agricultural limes and land pla9-!
lev. Irish potato farmers would
Deneftr by passage of a bill to re
quire vendors of seed potatoes,
fertilizer or other supplies to give,
growers a written guarant?e of !
at least $3.00 return per bag of
seed potatoes planted.
Ke-enactmeut of the substance;
of the 1H37 law 'setting up a com-'
mission to license and regtriate
real estate brokers (held uncon
stitutional by the Supreme Court
as It was formerly drawn) bead- ]
ed the Hat of bills to regulate
various commercial activities.
Three bills would: (a) require
Jewelry and silverware auc
tioneers to prove their citizenship
by affidavits from certain county
officials: (b) provide for revoca
tion of their licenses by the In
surance Commissioner on speci
fied grounds; (c) regulate auc
tions of articles with "latent
values". Another bill would re
quire proper tagging and brand
ing of second-hand watches. Other
bills would reduce the fees for
renewal licenses of plumbing and
heating contractors," attow mutual
associations to pay a $10 privilege
license tax in lieu of a corporate
franchise tax, and re-define and
limit the powers of the Building
Code Council. The powers of the
Soutbport Port Commission would
be materially Increased by a pro
posed' act, and ticket-scalping at
athletic contests would be rend
ered profitless by a bill to prevent
re-sale of any athletic ticket at
a price in excess of the price writ
ten or printed on the ticket.
Much-needed reforms in the
Taw ofadopUon lii NOTlIi Carolina
are promised by a bill to simplify
the process of adoption and to
make it more binding on the par
ties concerned. Other welfare
measures proposed would libera
lize the rules as to eligibility for
old age assistance and aid to de
pendent children, and authorize
tlje Board ot Charities and Wel
fare to set up a merit system.
Several public health measures
were introduced. Among these
were bills to prohibit the mnuu
facture and sale of filled milk, to
require certain reports to the Dept
of Agriculture by milk distribu
tors and processors, to provide for
filing of delayed birth reports,
and to include radiology, with cer
tain limitations, as a part of the
"practice of .medicine."
Bills affecting labor would pre
serve unemployment benefit
rights for employees called Into
military service: prohibit employ
ment of any person for longer '
than six consecutive hours with-:
out at leaati half an hour for
lunch, and require that persons
on an hourly basis of wages be
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LIQUID. TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE OtOPS
paid twice a month.
"Certain Irresponsible Per
jons" would be severely penalized
by a bill to prevent setting free
poisonous snakes or rep Mies be
fore audiences qr bringing them i
into dwelling houses when other
people are present. The offender
would b& chargeable with murder
If such a snake bites and kills
any person in sueh a situation. (
Action on Kranklin Hills
8B 170 (Franklin Bond Restric
tions)? Passed second reading in
Senate, February 28; HB 280
(Frankllnton Paving Assess
ments) ? Enrolled and ratified,
February 28.
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It's estimated that 2,350,000
babies were , born In U. S. last
year. That's a wall of a lob of
youngsters.
Statistics show the sale at hair
dye on the increase. The old
gray hair she ain't what she used
to be.
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BCOGGW8 DRUG STORE
Approximately 30,000 tree
aeedllngs have been delivered to
Jackson County farmers this year
to be used in planting eroded
land, reports O. R. Lackey, (arm
agent of the Extension Service.
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When an idle gossip meets an
idle rumor they both go to work.
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BABY CHICKS
Beds" Bocks, Hampshire*.
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J. D. WHITE HATCHEBY
Bonn, N. C.
\magine!
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Unit ? 6.2 cu. ft Cap
acity ? 11.7 sq. ft. Shelf
Area ? Stain) ess Steel
Super Freezer ? 80 Big
Ice Cubes. And a host
of features you'll wane
Now on
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SIMONDS CROSS CUT SAWS $6.50
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