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Governor's Road Program High Spot Of Assembly's Third We|k HEADACHE (Ed. Note ? This is the 9econd of a series of weekly summaries of the work of the 1949 session of the Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina. These summaries are not intended as a report on air legislation, but are confined to discussions of mat^ ters of general interest or of major importance.) j The 1949 General Assembly end ed its second full week slightly a head of its immediate predecessor in i the number of bills introduced. It is' Flnli? hack ?t ilarh /& . fcearfache and neural- /" fra with C. H. V?.fr ?rl f M 4it*<i+4. rAsttfi tha* eve a now entering the stage When bill! introductions should reach their peak; the sessions will be relatively' short and most of the work of the legislators will be in the' commit tees. l( has been a very quiet legis lature to date. There has not , been the usual amount of speculation, ei ther public or private, on the date of final adjournment, and such pre dictions as have been offered dif fered greatly. Only one pattern seems definitely to have been set,! and that is that ail legislation rela ting to alcoholic beverages will go to the Propositions and Grievances committees; from there all prohibi tion measures will have to go to the Finance ommittees because of their revenue features. The wide variety : in the 'types of legislation introduc ed thus fai: vVHl be observed from coments below. !}oads On Monday nigh 5 Governor Scott deTivered his "special message on roads" to a joint session of the Sen ate and House calling for a $200 mil lion bond Lssuo to finance the hard surfacing of 12.000 miles of .. the BEST FOR TOAST y. . BREAD SVICtSo' "I! you had eaten HOLSUC Vitamin Enriched Bread, this morning you wouldn't have so much trouble I" i state's rural roads. He proposed that the debt service on these bonds be met by money to be raised by an j?* crease of lc per gallon in the giao llne tax and from amounts now bud ggted to pay the debt service on the old highway bonds which will have | been substantially retired by the time the new boftd requirements be come large. He also proposed that I an anti-diversion clause be written 1 into the law which would prevent I highway funds from being used for any purposes except tho?e for which they are now used, during the life of these bonds. ? Shortly before the Governor spoke, .the advocates of increasing the "funds allocated to cities" for main* taining state highways within city limits put in KB 54, which would give municipalities lcof the present gasoline tax, one half of this fund to be distributed on the basLs of population and the other haif on the basis of state highway mileage I within the cities and towns. SB 52 and HB 89, identical bills; were ihtroduced- on Wednesday em bodying the proposed ?200 million of 20-year bonds -to be voted on I the people of the state on a date set j by the Governor prior to July 1, 1941), I with the anti-diversion clause in , eluded in the bills. Sd far, these bills remain in the Roads committee. Public Welfare and the Family Reflecting sentiments aired in district meetings of county commis sioners last summer, SB 45 introduc ed on Mpnday night seeks to dis course old persons from going on j the relief rolls if they have children able To provide for their .needs, or at least to give the contributing gov ernments a chance to recover what they have spent in "Old Age Assist ance" if the recipient owns real property. The bill would create ? ! lt?n against any* real property a re cipient may own for all Old Age .Assistance payments received after October 1, 1949. To safeguard a gainst possible hardship, it is provid ed that this lien cannot be enforced so long as the property concemded is occupied as a homesite by the surviving spouse or dependent min or child of the recipient. SB 22 and HB 22, companion biHs designed to have the state govern i ment provide assistance to those "needy persons" who do not come within the Statutes granting aid to dependent children and the aged, a field presently left to t*te local gov ernments. are still under commit tee consideration. Under the present law the domes tic relations court Judge must Inves tigate concerning children whose parents are involved in a divorce action; HB 79 would transfer this ! duty to the county superintendent I of public welfare and require him to report his findlrfgs to the Judge who must determine "the custody question." The same bin would re duce the waiting period required for "divorce" from an insane husband or wife from teir to five years. Pur i ther protection of the family motl ; vates HB 31 j which would make the ; "abandonment of an adopted child" , equally criminal with abandonment ! of a natural child, and make criml ' nal th$ "abandonment of a wife" ! physically or mentally- unable, to support herself, as well as the "a ?' bandnnmpnt of a defective child" ev.-n after it reaches the age of 18. Sui (.ilng.on the foundation provid ed in i'Xi>ting law for "segregating youthful first offenders" from hard ened eriv.nak* in state prisons, HB 7ti*would donVerr the Prisoner of War. area at state-owned Ciinp put ; ner into a prison for 100 persons be low the age of 25 serving their first I sentences. - - . , - Court Salaries The recommendations of the Ad visory Budget Commission indicated sympathy for increases in Judges' salaries, but pointed out that no statutory authority existed for such raises. SB 46 and 47 would provide that authority. The former calls for "Superior Court judges" to receive $10,000 a year instead of the present ] 56500 and leaves the ?2500 allowan ! ce in lieu of traveling expenses un changed. Under the latter, "Su preme Court justices" would receive ' a 100 percent boost, from $7500 to For Best Results ?Usi 1 ? ? Pinnacle Laying Mash ? .? , * '? ' . .. _ ?. * -*i 'f **?*.,? *?* &'>? ' ? ? * * ' ' ?.* ? . ?. '.I *? " *? ' Also specify Pinnacle Big Hog Feed and ether mixed * - Feeds for any purpose. SEE YOUR DEALEB " * Manufactured By , *? :'1,v y:"' ' ? ' r . ? S- ? ' . . , " ;C ? ?*. - * ?; ? 4' ' L. Mountain. N. C. - -.r1 Kings Mountain. N. C. (15.000 but it would take away the $2300 now authorized for expenses. Both btlls were reported favorably by Judiciary 1 on Friday (or calen dar action on Monday, January 24. Vehicle Laws The motdr vehicle inspection law, doomed to complete repeal if HB 5 is approved, would receive a kinded fate from SB 59, which would cut the number of annual inspections required from two to one. Relief from licensing would be aeoorded farm tractors under identical bills. SB 54 and HB 92, but to be eligible the tractor* would have to be used only in transporting (arm imple ments, supplies, and products. Counties and Cities The requirement that "real prop erty be assessed quadrennially" re ceived attention in HB 86 providing that it may be postponed for the years 1949 and 1950, In the discre tion of the county commissioners The present law (G.S. 105-2781 orig inally required reassessment in 1941 and quard?nniatly thereafter, but tha Legislature has consistenly au thorized postponements since the statue was enacted. The most prob able interpretation c? the proposed amendment is that a county may defer the scheduled 1949 reassess i ment to any year prior to the next | mandatory reassesment in 1953. ' ! Local governmental officials came in for their sh&re of legislation. SB 49 would allow municipal govern | ing bodies to appoint a. "deputy <clty clerk" to act in the absence or disa bility of the regular clerk. Two pro posals affected "clerks of the super ior court: SB 62 woufd authorize the clerk to administer ail oaths, not just those necessary rn th? exercise of his office: SB 65 would make their office hours and holidays the same as those prescribed by the county commissioners for all coyn.ty offi cers; this bill a 1 90 would remove the] , requirement that the permission ot j the resident judge must be secured 1 for a leave of absence if the clerk has an assistant, but would require | permission if he has a deputy and ; requests leave in excess of -iS hours. MlscsllcmT This week also saw the introduc ; tion of the following bills: HB 82 i (SB 51) creating a State Personnel Department, SB 42 authorizing the establishment of a dental school, and HB 114 amending the license I tax provisions with respect to thea ters. " ' . " " -v Jflauid CAPUDINE /or HEADACHE {Quick, LdnQ-LasTtng ! 88TBB? . WUEN YOUR MIND v ? ON TME BUNK and YOU F1N5> / ?T WARD TO TMINK. Keep a supply at home. Buy a 6-bottle carton or a case today! 0 . ON ALU OCCASIONS cheerv/ine isgoodtaste <lfiE Robert H. Cooke Certified Public Accountant ' Tax Consultant Telephone 1000 F inane* Building SHELBY. N. C. Take time out. Refresh your wtf with a frosty bottle of delicious, energizing CHEER-' WINE! Serve CHEERWINE at home. Oreat for you. Oreat for the kiddles. Chepruine i* in tune with the American taste ' ' " 1 l . ' ' " ? - r Subscribe To The Herald? $2 Per Year
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