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Democratic .party, me , vjenerai As
sembly gave indication on Wednesday
that it may now be hitting its stride
a total of 46 bills were introduced
? 1 - that day, 7 in the Seriate and 38 in
y) tM House. It ended the week only
'"vtly behind the 1947 session in
" the Senate and 191 in the House, as
,' , compared to 80 and 201 in 1947. Not
- a great deal of law has been made
yet only Z2 bills have fceaji passed
by both houses, and several of them
are resolutions of minor importance.
, But committee work has begun mov
ing forward: the joint Appropriations
Committee has already heard many
of the State departments, and the
joint Finance Committee has set Feb
ruary 18 as its goal for completing
its work, Including the bills which
have been passed by both houses, 54
bills have been reported out of com
mittee. Motor Vehicle Laws
The 1947 Highway Safety Act is
under five from two flanks in the
General Assembly. Developments this
week point to the House as the battle
ground where the motor vehicle in
spection program must fight for sur
vival. At the same time that SB 59,
approved' by the Senate after a sharp
debate to provide for reduction in the
number of annual inspections from
two to ne per year, was on its way
to the J&mee on Friday, an identical1
measure,' HB 180, was being intro
duced in the lower chamber. Fur
thermore, if the sentiment revealed
by several representatives on Kaleigh
radio programs in the past two weeks
is an accurate straw in the wind, there,
is strong movement afoot in the
House for complete repeal, proposed
three weeks ago in HB 6.
HB 171, introduced last week, at
tacks the 1947 driver's license re
. examination law. . It. would require
persons holding licenses prior to July
1, 1947, to secure renewal licenses
without examination by January 1,
1950, and would continue to require
simple renewal every four, years.
Regulation of motor vehicles being
owed is the object of nti lH' u in
trod need on Thursday to require that
sucn vehicles oe occupied by a driver
ana oe equipped with brakes.
Roads i
The Governor's recommendation
that the gasoline tax be increased one
cent, to help pay for the proposed
zuo,uuo,ouo bond issue for secondary
roads was submitted to both houses
in bill form on Friday. The bills, SB
79 and HB 181, do not provide for a
conditional increase, so that this reve
nue would be available for road pur
poses even if the bond issue is not
approved.
Administration of Justice and
' The Courts
On Wednesday the 16 bills embody
ing the results of the studies of the
Commission' for the Improvement of;
Justice were introduced in the House.
Three of the bills propose constitu
tional amendments to be submitted to
the voters on November 7, I960. The
first of these would make rotation of
judges a legislative rather than a
constitutional policy, give the Chief
Justice authority to assign judges,
and empower the Legislature to define
toe jurisdiction or the special judges:
the second would permit persons rep
resented by counsel to waive indict
ment in all except capital cases; and
the third would permit the election
of, more than one regular 'judge in
any district .tf so provided by the
Legislature.
Three statutory changes in the
court system would permit the Su
preme Court to prescribe the civil
procedure for all courts except those
of the justice of the peace create a
jury commission in each county; and
set up a judicial council to make a
continuing study of the administra
tion of justice. . '
.Pre-trial hearings, which have been
used to great advantage in other jur
isdictions, were called for by the only
bill dealing directly with civil pro
cedure. .
In the field of criminal procedure
the bills provide that warrants issued
in one county run state-wide without
endorsement; that summons instead
of warrants be issued in misdemeanor
cases; that private prosecutors be re
quired to disclose the identity of their
employer; that judges be authorized
to assign counsel to indigent defend
ants in all felony cases; that the clerk
of court be required before term time
to request appointment of counsel
for indigent defendants in capital
cases; that sentences of life imprison-
proposes to. have the State reimburse
the counties at the rate of Jt 2 per day
plus actual medical and hospital ex-
ment be imposed ' in capital cases' if penses incurred in supporting these
the jury recommends mercy: that a, persons between the time of commit-
eaienaar oi cases to be tried be re-
Suired for each criminal, court; and
mt suspended sentences may be put
into effect, out of term time.
Applying to .both civil and crim
inal cases , was a bill which would
mate unnecessary the takinsr of ex
ceptions to adverse rulings on the ad
mission pi evidence.
Since Joan Berrv - sued Charlie
Chaplin seeking to establish that he.
was the father of her unborn child,
tne admissibility oi blood .. groupim
tests .has been much debated. If SI
70, introduced Tuesday, surmounts
the legislative hurdles, further dis
cussion of the evidentiary character
of such tests in North Carolina will
be iruitiess. The em provides that
upon motion of the defendant, he, the
mother and the child must be ordered
to submit to blood grouping tests and
that the results thereof must be ad
mitted in evidence when performed
by a qualified person. ,ln civil cases
either party may request a similar
test upon the same terms. . The per
son requesting such tests may be or
dered to pay for them. : t - v
Schools And School Teachers
The flurry ' of bills designed to
raise teachers' salaries and give State
aid to counties for school building
construction has abated. The three
identical bills fixing teacher, princi
pal and superintendent salaries for
the 1948-49 school term at the mini
mums recommended by the State
Education Commission are still rest
ing where' bills calling for expendi
tures usually rest in the Joint Ap
propriations Committee. The two
bills drafted to provide State funds
for county school building programs
are still in the House Mucation Com
mittee, and even if one oi them is
reported favorably, it must still go
through the Joint Appropriations
Committee. The problem of ways and
means, and largely means, is the cru
cial issue. Governor Scott pointed
out the, schools' white hope in his in-
au crural message Federal aid. On
Thursday a ioint resolution was in
troduced in the House affirming this
hope and requesting the State's Con
gressional delegation to work to ex
pedite legislation providing . Federal
funds for the schools "without Fed
eral control." This, too, found its
way to the Education Committee.
Thus the school picture is still blur
red, and blurred it will remain until
the committees finish their delibera
tions. Public Welfare and the Family
From time to time! mental defec
tives committed to state institutions
are refused or delayed in obtaining
admission. When the persons respon
sible for their upkeep are unable to
pay for their support during this
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The companion bills designed to
have the State take over from the
counties assistance to the needy be
tween 16 and 65 are both in the
hands of v Appropriations Committees,
not because they actually appropriate
money, but rather because the policy
they set and the machinery, they pro
vide will eventually demand that
State money be spent SB 43. the
bill that would give contributing gov
ernments a lien against real property
oi old, age assistance recipients seems
to have "struck a snag in the Senate
Public' Welfare Committee.
Sunday School
Lesson
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receiving the cordial; hatred of the
people. That Matthew abandoned his
profession to' follow the new teacher
speaks highly; for his sincerity, self
sacrificing, and desire to be of ser
vice. , .
Matthew celebrated his calling with
a great feast. Exercisinir the free
dom customary in the East, the critics
of Jesus watched the festive occasion
in disapproval. They questioned his
disciples about their 'master eating
and drinking with publicans and other
sinners. Jesus replied, "They that
are whole have no need of a physi
cian, but they that are sick: I came
"Very shortly these critics of te,
Savior were condemning him for 'fill-'
ing-to fast. 'The strict Pharoses ibr
stained - from food twice each week,
on Thursday in - commemoration ' of
Moses' ascent n Mt. Siani, and on
Monday because of his reutrn. i The
Pharisees could qot contemplate a re-
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to destroy this new teacher who did
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the older revelation as having been
of temporary value in favor of his
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