Weekly Legislative Summary
When the Senate and House ad- 1
journed on Friday the total number
of bills introduced in this session
had reached 1052, 754 of them in
the House, 298 in the Senate. On
the same legislative day in 1945
the total had reached 1287. Thus
this session continues to lag be
hind its immediate predecessor so
far as the bulk of legislation is
concerned. Of the 1052 bills in
troduced this year, 584, or some
thing more than 50 per cent of them
have been local in nature. This sit
uation will be up for study if the
General Assembly passes HB 751
introduced on Friday calling for a
would be to consider the whole
problem of local legislation and to
make recommendations as to the
passage of general laws on sub
jects most often embraced in local
bill*.
The tenth-legislative week wag
marked by the reappearance of
theh big "money" bills on the floor
of the General Assembly. The Fi
nance and Appropriations commit
tees of both housec have reported
out their recommendations on the
Revenue, Appropriations and Post
War Reserve Fund bills. No sooner
h&fi the Revenue Billjpeen released
ior debate in the House than some
members began to assault it with
amendments: there were efforts to
insure that Confederate widows
end veterans get a $9-a-month
pension raise, to restore theatre
taxes to their 1939 schedule, and
to restore the 25c reduction in the
corporate franchise tax rate made
by the original bill. All of them
failed although the introduction of
SB 275 on Thursday, to give total
ly blind and helpless confederate
widows a pension increase, indi
cates that the friends of Confed
erate wid^Ws are not yet ready to
concede defeat. Representative
Mull was more successful than his
colleagues: by a close vote he sue
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BRITTON M. MOORE
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Sylva Representative
Sylva, N. C.
ceeded in amending the Revenue
Bill so as to prohibit the sale of
wine and to closely regulate the
sale of beer in his home county of
Cleveland. The following day, stat
ing that he had secured assurance
from Finance Committee leaders
that they would give favorable ear
to his local bill to the same effect,
Mr. Mull withdrew his amendment
lpaving the committee's bill un
scathed. And so it left the House
to be considered in the Senate
early next week.
The ' Appropriations Bill left
committee with a net increase in
appropriations of $8,013,794. Of
this figure, $6,155,000 is accounted
for by the raise in teachers' sal
aries. The milk of the remaining
$1,858,794 would go to the State
Boar dof Health, the Department
of Conservation and Development
(this despite its loss of the Division
of Game and Inland Fisheries),
to the Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare for old age assistance
and aid to dependent children, to
the Retirement ^System to take
care of contributions for State em
ployees, to increase State aid to
public libraries, to the Department
of Agriculture and to the Coop
erative Agricultural Extension di
vision at State College. The De
parmetnt of Labor, the Industrial
Commission, the - Commission for
the Blind, four State-supported
colleges, four State hospitals, two
orphanages, and State vocational
education work absorb most of the
rest. The only new item added in
| committee is a $48,000 appropria
I tion for Pure Food Control work in
the Department of Agriculture in
the next two years. Appropriations
for indigent care work of the Med
ical Care Commission and the vet
eran's records project of the De
partment of Archives and History
were the only items in the original
bill to suffer reduction (a total of
I $389,740) at the hands of the com
mittee. Both the House and Sen
ate defeated efforts to amend the
bill to increase the $102,418,430
earmarked for instructional sal
j aries despite strong efforts to con
vince the representatives and sen
ators that this sum might fall short
of the 30 per cent increase desired.
Thus, amended only to delete a
requirement allocating 50 per cent
of the library aid appropriation on
the basis of population, and to give
law-bracket State employees pref
erence in the 20 per cent raise,*the
Appropriations Bill passed both
houses.
The bill bringing the Post War
Reserve Fund to an approximate
$30,000,Q00 by adding $9,300,000
thereto passed both the Senate and
House without amendment. The
| Permanent Improvements Appro
priation Bill remains in committee
where the problems incident to *he
Medical Care Program, especially
the four-year medical school and
teaching hospital at Chapel Hill,
may bring on prolonged discussion.
Indeed this bill offers the principal
controversy remaining before the
legislature.
Several new bills of general in
terest have been introduced this
week: SB 250 (HB 604) would es
tablish a vocational training school
for veterans at Camp Butner; HR
703 would establish a commission
to investigate State-created exam
ining boards with licensing power;
HB 630 would authorize the estab
lishment of a two-year medical
school at the North Carolina Col
lege at Durham for the training of
negroes; SB. 265 (HB 726) would
appropriate $1,000,000 for Im
provements to North Carolina
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Two Veterans In Marathon
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WORLD WAR II VETERANS Bob Fecht (right) of Highland, Wise., and
Andy Bied of Burlington, Iowa, are shown at a Davenport, Iowa, res
taurant fulfilling a pledge "to eat everything on the menu"?a pledge
made when they were prisoners In a Nazi camp. Serving them is Ted
Driskell, proprietor ofrthe restaurant. Mayor Arthur R. Kroppach (left)
a^ted as official referee. Although the vets consumed a great deal of
fond they failed to eat "everything on the menu." (International)
'GENTLE' BULL SAFE
LIKE 'UNLOADED' GUN
You can never trust a bull!
The "gentle bull" is too often
the one which acts at unexpected
moments, gores someone to death
or inflicts serious injury says Da
vid S. Weaver, head of the Agri
cultural Engineering department,
State College.
One of the principal safety rules
with bulls is to handle them as lit
tle as possible, according to Weav
er. With a well-constructed bull
pen, any bull can be handled safe
ly. The gates and doors, as well as
facilities for feeding, watering, and
breeding, can be arranged so there
is no need for the caretaker to ex
pose himself to attack.
The complete layout consists of
an oblong exercise pen connected
to a shelter and breeding chiMe.
As an additional safety feature, the
bottom fence rail should clear the
ground by at least twelve inches
so that a man can escape if he
should get trapped in the pen. Up
right safety escape openings are
sometimes provided at the chute
artd at the corners.
Always ring bulls at an early
age and replace worn or weakened
rings. A bull is less dangerous when
dehorned. When ringing and de
horning, always have the animal
securely fastened, Weaver says.
When it is necessary to lead a
bull, always use a staff so you can
keep him at a safe distance.
Never let a bull run with the
herd. Besides being hazardous for
people, it is injurious to the bull.
Interest Of Citizens
In Library Appreciated
The Fontana Regional Library
wishes to express thanks to the
many custodians and patrons who
by word of mouth, letter, note, or
telegram to our Legislators, took
part in the effort to obtain an in
creased appropriation for State Aid
to Public Libraries. Word has been
received that an appropriation of
$275,000 for each of the next two
years has been approved. This
means a total of $2600 per county
for each year will be available to
help improve all public library
service. The interest shown in this
effort proves that libraries are
really meaning something in the
lives of our people.
Wilson Infant Dies
Funeral services were held Sun
day, March 9, at the Zion Hill Bap
tist church for John Ray Wilson,
infant son cf Mr. and Mrs. Dexter
Wilson. The baby died Saturday
the 8th after a short illness.
BUfiai was in me zidn hhi em
etery.
ports; SB 285 (HB 744) dealing
with the licensing and regulation
of hospitals and the general medi
cal care program; and SB 286 (HB
748) regulating the sale of insecti
cides.
By affixing their signatures the
presiding officers of the two
houses turned 56 bills into laws this
week. At least one bill of major
interest was finally laid to rest
SB 200, the second Senate bill call
ing for a statewide liquor refer
endum, was reported unfavorably
by the Senate FinancefrCommittee.
The House liquor referendum bill
still rests in committee.
Legislative leaders now speak
with some confidence of adjourn
ment on or before April 5th. It may
be done, but if so it will probably
be because the presiding officers
have more success with turning the
clocks back than Canute haci with
the sea.
Sprindtime
On the Farm
Hurry, there, you winter blizzards,
Pack yer duds and be about,
Don't you see the trees are buddin*
And the grass is creepin' out?
For the frogs, they are a croakin'
In the marshes by the mill,
And the bees, they are a hummin'
Round the blossoms on the hill.
In the yards, the birds are quar'lin'
About where they'll build their
nest.
In the meadow lambs are friskin'
In their spring suits, newly
dressed.
Now the farm boy of a mornin'
Hitches up his old gray mare
And whittles off to his plowin', -
Because spring-time's in the air.
The days now are gettin' longer,
And the sun is shinin' warm,
And a feller feels like livin'
When its spring-time on the
farm.
Author unknown.
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