THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1955.
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I v 1LY LL' LYi iV SCZiY
This la the eighteenth of : a,
series of weekly summaries
fireiisred by .ft': ' tfegislatlTe t
fetaff of (he Institute of boV-
ernment on the work of. thechases except that used for Indus.
North Carolina- General As
iembly of 1955. It is confined
,ttf discussion of matters of gen;
eral interest and major Wport-i
ante. " - ; '
. WitKefit : qntion ; the General
Assembly .. is driving toward ad-!!
Joiirntne.: Xhe'Heuae began Oft
Monday Wit i twa t sesiojia day,
and kept ij jffiaee fo the rt
tire week. The smaller Senhfewas
able to keep up with its calendar,
end did not find it necessary to
hold more than one session per day
until Friday;1 but "when the occas
ion arose, as it did yesterday, the
Senate also doubled i its i efforts.
.Committees in both houses have
been reporting bills out in a man
tier indicating a cleaning-out be
fore adjournment,! with many bills
receiving ( unfavorable r e p4 r t s.
Whether there' can be an adjourn
ment by the end tf; next week. de
pends entirely upon one questidii--can
the Senate and House get to
gether quickly, on a taJt ljill
. , The House' arid Senate ; finance
sulioomm(tJes, "were; bai?k in ' Ra
lcigh early Monday, and by Mon
rfday evening, each group had agreed
on' a revenue bill (he House to
raise aom folT million- a yeaf and
the. Senate about t9.i million. The
House proposal' Wouid, rate privi
lege license taxes by 259f; the Sen-
yi vyvaat . i c jev ieu ;xnis una nag
instead an additional tax o be"er,
equivalent to 2cper can hottie.
Wednesday, the. House committee
proposal was reported to the floor
of the House; Thursday. passed
the all-important second reading;
and Friday, it cleared the House on
the .required third reading with ef
forts to change it in any material
particular beaten down by lop-sided
votes. It reached the Senate early
nday afternoon, amid talk the
Senate would not go along with the
House. The Senate recessed for an
hour and a half to give its finance
committee ppportunity to meet and
act upon the House bill. The Sen
ate committee reported the bill out
oh the same afternoon, amended in
important respects. Thusthis leg
islative week wided with the pros
pect of a deadlock between the two
houses.' v.''"',-ii-?A..i;wii:,i''j;
The revenue bill passed by' the
House, calls, for these , major new
taxes; (1). increase of privilege li
cense fees by. 25; (2) 3 sales
tax on building materials;- (3) 3
gross rentals tax on hotels and mo
tels; (4) 1 tax, with $80 limit, on
sales of motor vehicles; 5) repeal
of $15 single article sales tax limi
tation; (6) increase of-liquor tax
from 8H to 10; (7) increase of
gross premiums tax. on domestic
insurance-companies from 1 to
1 M.
hlcU fleet owners exemption; (9)
increase of fortified wine tax from
40c to 70c per gal.5 (10) extens
of, 8 sales tax to all coal pur-
' ; (8) elimination of motor ve.
try; .. (11) increase in " insurance
agents' license fees; (12) applica
Hon of license and franchise taxes
tocrtp0Tattvtsi!and (13 . tac em
retail sale ".of newspapers. sticks.
ociiaiB amendments (aaopiea,. duc
Still to pass second and third read'
ings, delete: (1) the provision im-
p6si. 25 additional privilege li
cense 'taxes; tzj-,tne provision, lm
DOSihe A sales-lax on Aewnn&nei:
(3) the provision, Wising franchise;
taxes on jertain hospital-and medi
cal 'service corporations aVid;!'
tne provision aimwingta wife a ?Z,
000 income tax exemption when her
husband makes less than $1,000
(leaving the exemption when the
husband makes less than $500).
Substituted in lieu of these dele
tions was the'increased tax on beer.
.':: -Appropriations ;' .'?.'
With ratification of the big ap
propriations bill, containing about
$637 ''"million for State spending
during the coming biennium, the
bulk of the work of the Appropri
ations Committees' is. oyer. How
ever; there remains just over a mll
lidn dollars ' VhfoTi is considered
"available" by Assembly leaders, to
be distributed through supplemen
tal appropriations bills. There is
no lack of takers." 'New bills in
troduced this week would appro
priate additional funds' to the State
Board of "Education lor home eco
nomics and vocational agricultural
instruction' and for locating and
mapping swa'mp : lands nrhkh are
owned by the Board;' to N. Ci State
College for. an industrial experi
ment , program; to Appalachian
State' Teachers College for con
struction of a residence for its
president; to the S.B.I, for employ
ment of two ; additional special
agents; ' to the State Department
of Archives and History for acqui
sition Of the Zebulon Baird Vance
birthplace; to the Revenue De
partment to secure more effective
compliance with revenue laws and
to administer the special fuels" tax
act; and to the SH&PWC for con
struction of a chapel at Central
Prison; Another new bill would
Appropriate supplemental funds for
maintenance of indigent patients in
TB .hospitals operated by Forsyth,
Guilford, Mecklenburg and Wake
Counties. The bill providing fori
construction of a hew state office
building to house, the Motor Ve
hicles Department and certain oth-
er state departments has passei
the House. it
Motor Vehicles
On, April 28 a bill passed the
Senate requiring all Highway Pa
trol cars to be painted black and
silver. The House had already
passed a bill requiring, with few
exceptions, all state-owned cars to
be so" painted, but this bill has since
languished in a Senate committee
Sti tlie House,' hen the genatej-bilY
came before it, put - its provisions
into , the Senate bill by amend
ment, i ne senate refused to go
along with the House amendments,
and ' now a conference committee
will try to get the senators and the
representatives agreed on the col
or of state-owned automobiles.
' . . Education ' '
... The House has passed and sent
to the Senate a bill to revise, and
J;fta:bUe'.iHy'iaw:
Thfci ll Implements a' j measure
nSRRAtl tair1fol whfok .rafliinifcrl fn ln
cal school' boards complete ' authori
ty over assignment and enrollment
of jSchoolv pupils. . Continuing this
trend,, the bill , would .' return ' the
tine" to school' buses td local school
boards and permit local officials
to manage the transportation: sys
tem designate bus routes,' and as
sign pupils to buses. The State
would continue to foot the bill by
allocating school bus funds to local
administrative units on a formula
based on the number of buses and
bus miles operated. Another sig
nificant change would permit teach
ers to be pajd in nine equal install-"
ments and on the same day each
month. A proposal to permit local 1
boards of "education to determine,
how much of a supplemental school
tax (voted by the district) should
be levied was soundly beaten on I
the floor, and the boards of county
committees and city governing bod
ies were left as the final tax levy
ing authorities. .Reported unfavor
ably were bills to (1) provide four
year' 'terms for county superinten
dents) (2) permit counties to estab
lish capital outlay reserve funds,
and (3) provide teachers with five
days of sick leave each . year. In
lieu of , appropriations for badly
needed dormitories at major, state
supported colleges, Representative
Doughton introduced a bill to per
mit. U.N.C., East Carolina, Western
Carolina, and Appalachian to issue
revenue bonds ' for dormitories and
use the rentals' to retire the bonds.
Bills to establish', new Tetate. sup
ported colleges at Charlotte, Wil-
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Arlington, and' Asheville were given
favorable reports by the House Ap
propriations Committee. '! l
Miscellaneous
. New. introauctions call for: (1)
a constitutional amendment to
change the Legislature's convening
date to February, and to make the
legislative .term four years; (2)
business development corporations
to promote N. C. economical wel
fare; (3) 'a" commission to study
prooiems caused by excessive use
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v" "o m""' i ouuia 01 'iiquof ' v"j-u.juR.1,iui rtti!ji..m innnuis.. montns more. ne. ninn t p
one may legally possess or trans- : iie iouii nave to wait six to, me forfnil
nortiin tne state: ani -fsv ivmi o. . -w.iw.
f kow.uv
nig the .sale vf vaccines used in
prevention of human diseases. Kill
ed this week were the municipal
and 'county hbme" ruie bills, the bill
to establish a medical research cen
ter, and the bill licensing assistant
iharmacists. -
She Knew
Ruth i wonder when Arthur- is
of alcoholic beverages; .(4) limiting going td propose 1 He's been go-
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By order of the Town Council, in regular meeting,
1954 delinquent taxes in Hertford will be advertised on
June 10, 1955.
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The sale of the same will be held on Monday, July
11th, 1955. Please make settlement now and save your
self additional costs of advertising.
W. G. NEWBY
CLERK TOWN OF HERTFORD
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Ordinarily, le$J thoh 50 of North Carolina's eligible
.1. citlzem xercfeeth right and privilege of uffrage.v
" In the record turnout 1952 Presidential election, Tar
heels cast 1,210,910 votes-or only 52 of the State's
' adult citizenti It should b the unfailing duty of every
" on to voto th . result, would . Certainly tontributo
- greatly in helping .to make North Carolina! and tir:''
, country a.betterpkjeein.which to work, play-flnd, live.
Another' contribuffon ' to' m6re "pleasant Dttng foV
' North CareliiiiaiiS '. is' the brewing, industr$ self-"1
regulation program where brewers, .wholesalers and
retailers r jui..'' ) where malt beverages are per- r
mitted Vinr State Control cooperate to maintain ' '
whdlesome conditions for the legal sale of beer
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