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The middle of the fourth week of the 1949 General Assembly saw the ground-hog scurry back in his hole after having gazed at his shadow momentarily, and saw the legislators scurry down to the Marine base at Oamp Lejeune on a tour of inspec tion after having had a fairly busy time at the beginning of the week. The ground-hog presumably went back to sleep for another six weeks. Although it is thought in some quar ters that the quiescence of the ses sion to date indicates that the legis lators have been dozing since early January, the pace set during the lat ter part of the week seems to indi cate that they are not really asleep and that the next six weeks will in stead be very active ones for them. The introduction of 108 new bills during the week brought the total for the session to 378, putting this legis lature only seven bills behind the 1947 session. The comments below will reveal that important legislation was being considered by the commit tees as the week ended, and that some of it was already beginning to come out. . School Legislation The third bill of the session launch ing the State on a program of parti cipation in the business, of providing school buildings was introduced this week. The first, introduced by Rep. John Uinstead and others, called for the appropriation of $50,000,000, the full recommendation of the State Education Commission. The next, brought in by Rep. Harris, dropped the appropriation down to $40,000, 000. And now Rep. Huskins’ bill, HB 221, drons the appropriation another ten million dollars and, unlike the others, provides that $7,500,000 of the $30,000,000 total shall be distributed in outright grants to the 25 counties found to be most impoverished by the State Board of Education accord ing to a fixed procedure for deter mining the ability of a county to produce funds. The pleas of the school forces were heard by the Joint Appropriations Committee on Thursday afternoon, not only on the building program but also on other school needs, some of which were embodied in the following bills introduced last week: HB 222, providing for the appropriation of $424,800 for each year of the coming biennium to finance the institution and enforcement of a compulsory at tendance program; HB 223, providing for the appropriation of $675,000 for each year of the coming biennium for establishing and operating a pro gram of instructional supervision; and HB 200, providing for the appro priation of $1,400,000 for 1049-60 and $700,000 for 1960-61 for the purchase of school buses by the State Board of i Education, this to be in addition to the program of replacement of school ; buses by the State which the law presently provides., , _ Roads While the road bond' and gas tax measures gathered dust in committee files awaiting public hearings on I February 9, another portion of the i Governor’s road program, reorgani jpation of the Highway Commission to provide more diversified represen tation, was introduced in the House this week. Appointment by the Gov ernor of three associate commission ers in each of the 10 divisions is call ed for by HB 204. Each division would be divided into three districts, one commissioner "to be resident in each district, and the district com missioners would elect" one of their number as chairman, to cast fhe di vision’s vote on the state commission. Whether or not the secondary, road program goes through, HB 211 would put the state in the Portland cement business if the commission it autho rizes the Governor to appoint finds it advisable for the Highway Commis sion to make the product. Election Law Changes As an expected aftermath of the recent struggle of the Progressive and State Rights supporters to gain party status, in addition to long standing complaints about registra tion and enforcement of the Corrupt Practices Act, bills embodying recom mendations of the State Board of Elections were introduced in the Sen ate on- Thursday. SB 94 seeks to dis sipate the haze surrounding the sta tutory definition of a political party. If passed, no new party could include Willys-Jeep Products Jeeps, Pick-up Tracks—4 wheel and 2 wheel drive, Panel Deliveries, Station Wagons, Station Sedan (6 cyl.), Jeep sters and Farm Implements for Jeeps. The Claude Gaskins Co., Inc. SALES AND SERVICE Greenville, N.C.—Dial 4295 Subscribe to THE ENTERPRISE and receive it Regularly — The price is only $2.00 a year. i*ny *«t ofthenam*el>*n»oW'>partSf to its title. The 10,000 required reg istered voters who *ign the petition for * new partywould have 4a t%; elude in their, petition * statement that they intend to support the candi dates of the party fhey seek to estab lish in the next election. To maintain its status the new group would Mil have to poll st least 3% of the total vote for governor- or presidential electors. SB 93 would institute* single registration booh in each ♦pre cinct by the time of the l960*priih«ty in place of the separate primary and general elections books now uaid. As a possible solution to the admittedly hard -job of getting convictionsunder the Corrupt Practices Act, SB 192 would empower solicitors to side in dictments and trial for election lmfr violations in any county in their dis trict adjoining the one in which the alegation occurs. The judge-presid ing at the conviction of a public of ficial under the Corrupt Practices Act would be required to remove the offender from office. SB 95 would keep members of county boards of elections from openly campaigning for any candidate in primaries and general elections. Reflecting a possi bility .mentioned by the Governor in his inaugural address, HB 250 wMid allow county elections boards to de cide whether they want to use voting machines in their counties. libraries V On Wednesday sevens! bills affect ing libraries were introduced in the House. HB 225 Would allow rural areas to establish libraries by popu lar vote. HB 228'restores the 10c top limit on local library taxes, cut to 5c in 1945. HB 22J and HB 229 add to the powers of counties and muni cipalities the authority to construct and maintain libraries and finance these operations by tax levies and bond issues. Motor Vehicles The Highway Safety Act, still reel ing from three weeks of frontal at tack, weathered the fourth round but, was on the defensive all the way from the haymaker aimed by SB 100. Not only does this bill propose repeal of the vehicle inspection program but 'teuggests the first concrete substitute — a system prohibiting motorists from obtaining their annual plates without first submitting a certificate from an “experienced automobile mechanic” that he has inspected the car withjn the preceding 6 months and that it is safe/or highway opera tion. The alternatives now before the General Assembly make modifica tion of the inspection program a sound prediction and repeal a distinct possibility. Public hearings were held during the week on two matters of .great im portance to the municipalities of the State, important-because they relate to revenue. 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