THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1957.
fAGE THREB
YfflRLY LEGISLATIVE SOARY
1
NOTE: This l is the thir
teenth of a scries of week
ly summaries prepared by
the legislative staff of the
Institute of Government on
the work of 'the North
Carolina' General Assem
bly of 1957. It is confined
to discussions' of matters
of general interest and
mafor Importance. -."
Among the introductions were bills
calling for a Constitutional con
vention and requiring certain or
ganizations (apparently the
NAACP in1 particular) to file an
nual reports; both measures are
akin to gubernatorial suggestions,
but neither came from administra
tion spokesmen. ' 1: v
Municipal Annexation
Bills extending city limits bien
nially produce ' a legislative head-
Thoughts that legislative well- ache. The 1947 General Assembly
springs might be drying' up were supplied an aspirin, with ft state
dispelled Thursday, when Hfouse wide law providing for extension
memtoot- jwbjmitttd.-4(i t new vi;:by .municipal .ordinance in the ab-
(in addition, o taking action on Sence of objection; however, the
113 bills). Despite heavy work in
both' houses - (interrupted .only
slightly Wednesday when sessions
were' Cut short' so legislators could
attend President Friday's Inau-
. juration as hea4 of the Consoli
dated University), hopes for, a May
adjournment have receded. The
key factor is still the rate of pro
gress of Finance. and Appropria
tions Subcommittees in considering
, their,)najor bills. ,
An extraordinary amount of
General Assembly attention wsis
devoted to a still-unresolved House
struggle-over a. local bill to extend
Charlotte's city ' limits. Perhaps
more significant forensic fireworks
flashed in the Senate over the driver-training
bill and in' the House
over bills to eliminate salacious lit
erature from Tarheel newstands.
aspirin .contained a, grain, of pois
on," in providing a vote on annexa
tion by dissatisfied outside resi
dents, and many cities have con
tinued to annex by direct legisla
tive action.. After experiencing
this migraine reaction for the fir3t
(An .unusual , provision would -authorize
outside residents to con
I,' tract with the city to make speci-
i ied payments, after which they
could not be annexed lor 15 years.
A Durham annexation measure
introduced the same day provides
another approach. It would allow
the city to annex by ordinance, 'but
only within a specified area and
only, after the city council had
made a study and a series of spe
cified findings. Incidentally, the
final vote on the Charlotte annexa
tion: bill is expected Tuesday.
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' Jn! the .wake of the administra
tion's bill calling for a Constitutional-revision
study commission,
Senators Martin and Hamilton sub
mitted a proposal which would ask
a vote in the 1958 general elec
the county seal instead of the name and tightening provisions for the 1 particular group (including promo
of the county. . Other bills jf in-t licensing of dentists have been j tion or restriction of employment)
tere'st to county officials' would a)1 ratified, aWg with SB 162 regu-j the affecting of the administra
permit counties t lend their credit ; lating unfair trade practices in the ti - wi c,,i,tn
to hospital districts, (in anticipa- diamond industry. , ! rgtrtpHnr vntw Th .
I would have to ffivp thp ruirrtPK nf 1 Conference Track
Senators engaged in a lengthy hvstate members and emulovees , Moot Wt-o WTaAnAr
sufficient to prevent a resolution
asked the Board of Public Build
ings and Grounds to air condition
the legislative chambers.
tion of tax collections in the dis
trict), (b) exempt from ad valorem
taxation for tone year stored, re-
dried tobacco intended for shipment
out of the county, and (c) provide
for a county-wide school supple
ment tax election when all the city
administrative school units in - "V
county petition for consolidation
with the county unit. V '
The bill providing for a jury
commissioner to prepare' jury lists
was killed by a House committee.
HB 385; requiring JP's" to use pre
numbered warrants and receipts.
and submit to annual audits, was
amended to apply to only 22 coun-
tions on the question of calling a 'ties before passing the House,
Constitutional convention. The
convention would consist of 100
elected delegates (one per county)
and its recommendations would be
submitted for approval of the peo-. fee on remittances covering checks)
timp in Henlinv with th rwintto I P'? " I960. . .The state's past four came in this week. This time it
Greensboro, and Thomasville bills. ' Constitutional conventions (in 1861, has been softened so as to apply
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Miscellaneous
debate before passing the bilLes
tabllshing a statewide river-training
program in the high schools;
most 'of the controversy turned
around question of whether anithe fedei.a, Constitut
uuuiuonai iee ot il per car regis
tration was actually needed to fi
nance the program. ;
: Representative Satterfield intro
duced a bill which would require
annual reports by corporations hav-1
ing as tfieir objects (on a racial or
religious basis) the advancement or
suppression of the interests of a
and of contributors, and to list ex
penditures in the state.
HR 1014 asks Congress to call a
Constitutional convention to amend
ion so as to
allocate a state's electoral votes in
proportion to the popular vote . . .
The "lawyer's bills" to abolish thr
Rule in Shelley's Case and to 'per
mit recovery in tort actions on a
comparative negligence basis weiv
killed in a House committee . . .
Unseasonably cool weather was in-
Sport fans of this section will
have an opportunity of st-eihg a
liijh school track meet for the first
time in a number of years when
the Albemarle Conference meet is
conducted on Memorial Rield in
Hertford next Wednesday night (e
irinning Ml 7:30 o'clock.
Four teams, Williamson. Ahos-
kio, Kdrnioii and Certjiiimj-ns, will1
have cjitries in the track aid field
Th
100, 220 and 440 yard dashes, st,
mile race and mile relay. Field -events
will include the broad j imp,
high jump, javelin throw and shot
put. : "; : -
A small admission will be charg
ed to help defray the costs of ccn-
ducting the track meet. ;
Old Moral In, New Frame
"Freddie," said the teacher,
"give me a sentence using the
word diadem." .
Freddie had overheard certain
remarks at home and out of his
subconscious store of worldly wis
dom he drew this reply: v
"Drivers who hurry across rail-'
road crossings diadem sight quick
er than those yho stop, look and
Business Regulation
Another legislative perennial, j
the measure aimed at non-par i
banks (i.e., banks which charge's;
Representative Wooten sought this
week, to change, the remedy. .HB
1051 would take annexation mat
ters from both the Assembly- and
the electorate and transfer the final
word to the courts. Either the gov
erning body of a city or 61 per cent
of . the adjacent property owners
could initiate the action; in case of
a dispute, the superior court would
hear the case, and if it found cer- operations, ,to maintain up
1865, 1868, and 1875) were all com- only to banks or branch offices hav.'
posed of 120 members, apportioned ing average deposits of $214 mil
on the same basis as the House of lions; such banks would not charge (
Representatives. such fees . . . SU 388 would allow
Two more Reorganization Com- a plumbing and heating contrac
mission bills were introduced. One tor'8 license to be issued in the
would require all occupational li-1 name 01 8 business organization,
censing boards to file annual re- so lonS 88 an officer or employee
ports with the Secretary of State authorised to act for the business,
giving information concern
tain i conditions to be present," it
would approve the annexation
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it would permit interest charges of,
i per cent per month (the limit is
now 6 per cent per year) . . , State !
Income tax relief would be given
to producers of asbestos, mica,
tungsten, manganese, lithium and
other commercial minerals by HB
1024; it would authorize them to
take a 23 per cent annual depletion
allowance (conforming to the fed
eral law).
The bills requiring licensed phy
sicians to register every two years
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t,iof I supervises work: now onlv indi-
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resristers of their lirensea. and tn viduals may be licensed ... SB 397 i
submit to annual audits by or un-iwould rewrite the laws relating to.
aer me airection or tne state Au-l,c"" ", umci- uu8ra
ditor. ; 1 he second bill clarifies the
responsibilities of the State Per
sonnel Director in classifying and
setting salary ranges for positions
of i persons subject to the State
Personnel Act. The state prop
erty management and prisoner
work-release bills were ratified.
Stung by the complaints of
coastal residents, the 1955 General
Assembly created a commission to
study the problem of salt marsh
mosquito control. This week the
commission's recommendations ( in
the form ol three bills) were in
I traduced in' both houses. They
would direct the State Board of
Health to set up mosquito-control
units, convert the commission into
a permanent advisory group for
the Board of Health, and authorize
creation of local mosquito-control
.districts by landowners.
HB 1041 would raise the pay 'of
superior court judges from $11,-
iOQO io $12,000 and increase their
expense allowances from $2,500 to
$3,500 annually.
County Government
Two proposals of the Associa
tion of County Commissioners were
introduced. HB 1033 would au
thorize county commissioners to
name roads in unincorporated
a,reas, and HB 1034 would allow
(hem to mark county vehicles with
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often by "MKRRwnJ
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THE NORFOLK & CAROLINA
NOTICE?
BY ORDER OF THE PERQUIMANS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
I will advertise for sale, on June 1 , 1957, all Real Estate
on which 1956 taxes have not been paid, and also will levy
on all delinquent Personal Property Taxes. I will hold
the sale of the Real Estate on Monday, July 1, 1957.
Please make prompt settlement now and save yourself
the additional cost of advertising.
J.K.WHFI
SHERIFF OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY
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'Louis Winslow
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Edenton, N. C.
Box & Sar'crs
ZHbeth City, N.,C. .,
' Kramer Electric Co.
' . Elizabeth City, N. C. ;
John D.Welch Co.
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