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Friday, February 27, 1931. THE PILOT, a Paner With Character, Aberdmi, North Carolina Page Three ^i^APITAL By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilot’s Raleigh Correspondent Governor Gardner’s highway meas ure, to eliminate the nine districts,, reduce the number of commissioners and take over the county road sys- lems, which has been raging for two weeks, came up in the House % last Thursday with an overwhelming fav orable committee report, only to be for Sipecial consideration Monday night. It is Expected that a week will elapse before the bill is finally dis posed of. The vote by which the consideration was postponed was not taken as an in dication of the strength of opponents. In fact, an unofficial poll of the Gen eral Assembly was made last week by a proponent of the measure, who said 88 out of the 120 House members and 38 of the 50 Senators were favorable to the bill, as it came from the com mittee, without changes. If this is any indication, the measure will pass. * He « The main opposition is.from some of the larger counties which stand to lose more in equipment, convict camps and other such items. Three-fourths #f the Mecklenburg delegation op- liose the measure; half of the Dur ham, and some from other large counties. Forsyth legislators appear or it, as do all of the Buncombe rep resentatives, and probably the Guil ford delegates. Governor Gardner has changed from four to six commissioners and a chair man, and has agreed to other minor ehanges in the bill, behind which he bas thrown the entire force of his ad ministration. ♦ * * The six months State operated school term, quiet for two weeks, came «p again Friday with the introduc tion of bills seeking to make effec tive the State operation. They recede from the original stand of complete j .•^tate costs, setting a minimum to | which the State goes and leaving im- j provement in the hands of the county jmthorities. They provide $19,500,000 i for the cost and seek to raise this | fund from sales production and in- ' come taxes. * * * More and more the view is being icepted that the State will not be able to find sufficient sources for the ^dltional S12,000,000 to $14,000,000 i ViCeded to take over the entire term { *nd that the final result will be that J vhc equalizing fund of $6,500,000 will i lit* increased, probably as high as $10,- | <‘■ ^000 and the present method con-1 '■ ut d. However, the education com- i »' :itees are continuing their efforts to | -- t ibe :noney needed and are going I ■ uirh the nearly a dozen sales, pro- < ■Cioii and other tax measures of- -fid, i ritally important is the ‘‘Local! ■ tvernment Commission” bill which • - ought on a night session Friday. 'Hiis commission takes over functions o:^ the County Government Advisory ommission and local functions of the rtate Sinking Fund Commission, the | placing all counties, cities, dis-, "ficts and units under its control as j bond and note issues and elections. All such acts must be approved by the commission and all bonds and notes S'Id through it. The commission is to ■ -nnposed of the State Treasurer, Audiio* and Commissioner of Reve nue and six other members named by Governor, including a director, two ■'■ u 1 y and two city officials and one ■ ihi-' . The commisson restrcts the nvest- Ms of sinking funds and specifies jUirements of depositories of pub- •'> funds. The bill will allow funding "in i refunding bonds without a vote the people. Such funding and re- 'I'l'Miinii- is designed to help some of th.' counties, cities and other units rough places at present. The “ easure is drastic, but is expected ^0 ^)0 enacted so public funds and lublic expenditures will be fully safe- Ruai ded. * ♦ * Governor Gardner’s bill to estab- a Commission on Personnel, with a <iirector, in charge of employing all ate employes and a step toward civ- ^ sf^rvice, went through the Senate only two opposing votes. The ic-ature requiring like supervision T county and municipal employes eliminated so the commission ’vi]] serve only in an advisory^capac- to such units. for redistricting the State, in three ways, Congressonal districts, State Senatorial districts and State Repre sentatives has given way to the more important legislation, but is expected to come up again for final action soon. The “short ballot” bill is also yet to reach the hopper, but it is promised. In fact, it is expected to get added impetus along with the Governor’s reorganization plans, by the visit of former Governor Harry Flood Byrd, of Virginia, who got the short ballot and reorganized that State’s government. While seven weeks have passed and committees are laboring day and night to get the legislation in shape for floor action, apparently little has been finally disposed of. Much is in shape .and will come up for action within the next two weeks, but the General Assembly will probably be in session for two or three weeks in March. ♦ ♦ « The bills introduced in the House have passed the 600 mark, while in the Senate they have exceeded 260, j a total of more than 880, including j some few duplicates. Only 119 bills I originating in the House, and only I 36 bills originating in the Senate, a j total of 155, had been ratified up to 1 Saturday. Only 14 of the House bills and only 12 of the Senate bills were of Statewide interest or importance, and half of those were resolutions. Little of importance has been finally disposed of yet. * ♦ ♦ Among the bills of interest, grouped under heads, introduced during the past week, are the following: Taxes: Tax of 5 per cent on con sumers of gas, electricity, water, tele phone and telegraph services; allow ing owners to redeem land sold for I taxes and held by county or city to I redeem it by four annual payments; I uniform handling of tax foreclosure j certificates; tax on kilowatt hour of electric energy produced and limit j on charges for electric current; per- I mit quarterly payments of income i taxes when amount exceeds $100. Legal: Regulating foreclosure sales I under mortgages and deeds of trust I and sales of real estate by executors i and administrators; allow trust com- I panies to be appointed public guar- I dians; .permit fraternal benefit so ciety and order members to designate ! charitable organizations as benefi ciaries; to define the rights of cred- ! itors and beneficifiries under policies I of life insurance; regulate entries of j judgments by clerks of court; provide fine or imprisonment, or both, in dis cretion of court, for involuntary man slaughter; prohibit unauthorized practice of law in North Carolina. Automobiles: Reduce allowance from eight to six cents a mile to pri vate cars used for public purposes; provide two rates for licenses for cars, $10 for private passenger and small trucks, and $15 for large trucks and for “for hire” cars; al low orphanages to operate cars on $i annual license fee; require coroners to report automobile accidents to Mo tor Vehicle Bureau; provide a North Carolina commission to confer with a South Carolina group on cars oper ated across the State line in both states. Banks: Prohibit banks making ser vice charge and charging for handling checks which prove worthless; pre vent any person, firm, corporation or ^ustee from acquiring more than 25 per cent of the shares of stock of more than one bank. County government: Abolish the of fice of register of deeds and trans fer functions to clerk of court; to authorize the six northeastern coun ties of the State to establish and maintain jointly a prison farm. . Labor: State Federation of Labor bill establishing 55-hour week, 11-hour day and five-day week, eliminating railroad employes, farm workers and those engaged in gathering or can ning perishable fruits and vegeta bles; other bills to prevent work of their property for mercantile uses, women and children at night. . Printing: To make it unlawful for any State official to place contract for printing outside the State. Prison: Re-allocate $400,000 author- aimed largely at State University book shop and student agents. Pensions: Increase from $100 to $365 a year pensions of widows of Confederate veterans who married be- ized in 1927, to erect new central fore J^anuary 1, 1880 and who were prison on Cary farm near Raleigh. I the first wives of such veterans. Compensation: To repeal Work- i Embalming: Setting out qualifica- men’s Compensation Law. i tions of applicant for embalming 1i- Health: To provide for a dentist on ; cense and removing three members of each county Board of Health. j State Board of Health from State Swimming .pools and bathing i Board of Embalmers. beaches, to be licensed and supervis- t Forest fires: To make a county not ed by State Board of Health.. i participating with State in forest fire Plumbing and heating contractors, establishing a board of examiners and licensing all operators. State institutions, prevent use of control liable for cost of fighting when fire sweeps from a non-cooperat ing county to one which does cooper ate. tmmtHKmnmn :: n y BUILDING MATERIALS For AILTypes of Construction Garage? Bungalow? Mansion? Whatever it is you plan to build, you can rely on us for all your building materials. You will be agreeably surprised at our very moderate prices. M. H. 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