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legislative Calendar Now Cleared j For Action On Controversial Issues j * ? ? - ? (Edi. Note ? This is the sixth of a series of weekly summaries of P.ie *\urk of the 1049 session of the Gen c:al Assembly of North Carolina, summaries are not intended as a re port on all legislation, but are con fined to discussions of matters of general interest or of major impor tance.) Tne legislative spdtlight wavered back and forth in this sixth full week of the 1949 session. No Item of business stayed in focus for any length of time, nor did any item j come into focus twice. Actually this did not mean that little was going on; on the contrary a tremendous volume of work w.-\s transacted dur ing the six legislative days. Local bills by the score were ground throu gh the legislative mill, as well as a number of public bills designed to i correct imperfections in- existing laws that have come to light in the last two years. In all, 99 bills were introduced, 176 were reported out of committees, and 125 were either de feated or passed in final action by one house or the other. By the end of the week the calendar had been cleared for action on matters of pre dominant interest: schools, roads, liquor, and money. Schools ? . 1 Early in the Week the Joint Fi nance Committee indicated that it was suspending action on major tax measures in anticipation of bills , incorporating some of the tax sug- j 'gestions made by the Governor last , week. On Tuesday Representative! Harris read a prepared statement to the House in which he reiterated his concern for schools and indicated his disagreement with what he termed the movement to "spend with aban- I don the accumulated surplus, the reserves, and the anticipated tax re- ! ceipts" without providing school building aid for the counties. On Fri day the House Education Committee offered a substitute for HB 3, HB 4 nnd HB 221, which apparently em- 1 bodies Mr. Harris' thinking; it would appropriate $30 million from .the "General Fund surplus" for county school building construction Xy be distributed by a formula to be set later by this Legislature. Such an outright appropriation is sure to draw fire from legislators who be lieve that the permanent improve nents recommendations of the Ad visory Budget Commission should not .!*? disturbed. Roads and Motor Vehicles The two Roads committees ended their joint meetings on the $200 mil lion road bond Issue on Thursday. The House Committee immediatelyl reported favorably a substitute re writing the original bill without de stroying its purpose. This measure was then re-referred to the House Fi nance Committee. The senate Roads Committee has committed both the bond referendum and the proposed increase in the gas tax to a sub-corn mittee for addtional study, anticipa ting a report next Wednesday. Earnest attempts to refer HB 5, which woulcf repeal the motor vehi cle inspection program outright, back to committee for modification of the present program, proved friut less as the House passed the meas ure by a resounding voice vote on Friday. The debate indicated that some of the repealers mi^ht join with the supporters of modification to back a substitute program. Hav ing already passed a bill to retain the present program with only one inspection a year, it will bo interest ing Jo watch the Senate's reception of HB 5. Investment of State Funds A hot campaign issue received treatment in SB 144 which would provide authorizations the invest ment of surplus funds in interest bearing securities or their deposit at interest in banks of the State. Liquor Referendum The proponents of a liquor refer* endum offered in "all-or-no:hing" SB 38 or "present sta.us vs. d?y" HB 270 turned out on Thursday in such numbers that the Joint Propositions and Grievances Committee moved its hearing from the Hall of the House to Memorial Auditorium. The opponents get their day next Tues day in a meeting set for a committee room in the Revenue Building. Whe ther this indicates that a smaller ah ti-referendum crowd can be expect ed to use the opportunitl to speak is not known. The progress of these bills will be watched with care. There has been sufficient vocal pres sure on both sides so that when fi nal action is taken, it may be possi ble to judge the exact effect of tho.?e elements in the legislature A "double" by .BEffiR'S DEPARTMENT STOBE ? ' ' . 1 Talcs your cholcel This handsome coat can be worn flaring freely from the shoulders ? or belt ed sleekly to a small waistline. Swansdown gi ves it a V-notched collar, unusual pockets and cuffs. Adapts it from a French original by Mar tial et Arxn-ad. In pune worsted gabardine. Sizes ? toll $64.50 Other Swansdown Coats from $42.50 full color in VOGUE rules about which so many charges and counter-charges have been heard. Matters oi Interest to Local Officials The Legislature faces pretty much the same question municipalities and counties face back home: where is th? money coming from? The question for the Legislature, how ever, carries an additional complica tion; the local units are asking for State assistance. Tfie proponents of HB 338, introduced this week, main tain they have offered a partial solu tion to the problem. The bill would prohibit cities .^nd counties from licensing coin-in-the-slot machines. Instead the State would collect a $20 county and $30 municipal license on every Juke box, cigarette dispenser and soft drink dispenser; of this the State would turn over $10 to the county and $10 to the town in which located. The prevailing hesitation to con duct quadrennial reasssment .this year influenced the passage of HB 86 permitting counties to postpone the 1919 reassessment for another two years. HB 370, introduced Tuesday, would declare the following county func tions now met from the general fund to be special purposes and approve the indicated maximum special tax rates: quadrennial reassment (10c), public health clinics (8e), farm and home demonstration agents (8c), holding special elections (5c), hold ing special terms of court (5e>, coun ty accountant <4c), forest and fire wardens (4c), and county attorney (3c). HB 359 would raise the permis sible maximum rate for county and city recreational facilities from 10c1 to 15c. . ? . ? The municipal picture is hazy, j The House Roads Committee still; holds HB 54 which would give the ? towns lc of the GAS TAX. ine Joint Finance Conjmhtee has heard ap peal to revise Schedule 3 to help the municipalities, bu; no bill has been introduced - embodying th.s re quest. State Boards Special attention was directed ;o the State Board of RccountancV this week. HB .'593 would se;;Le. a dispute of long standing by separating pub lic accountants from Board control, white HB 407 .rejects .a .different point of view by aaopting to the Board a public member who is not engaged in the practice of account ing and exejnptting from Board su pervision persons who do accounting work for their employers with out in tending that third parties rely on the work. Public Utilities This week anotner bill joined the' imposing number dealing with pub lic utility regulation already intro duced. HB 384 would replace present laws regulating common and con tract motor carriers transporting pas sengers with a comprehensive plan for Utilities Commission operation in this field. The Commission's po wers and duties are extended, with particular emphasis on matters per taining to rate adjustment. The ad minis'rative procedures by which certificates and permits are to be granted, amends and revoked, and by which hearings on the reasona bleness of challenged rates are to be conducted are detailed with grea; particularity. Or special interest is a section explicitly excluding txieab companies from the purview of the Commission, but at. the same time prohibiting any activities on their part which could operate as effect ive competition With normal bus- j line operations. Courts and the Judiciary Possibly as a result of recently publicize instances where a judge be# a led jurors for neiurning a ve . diet no*, in line with; his idea of ae- ) curacy, HB 372, introduced I'ue.*.la> j would make such- action by mem- j bers of the judiciar> unlawful. Viola j tion would carry the imposing sane j tion of a $300 forfeiture. to the sehuJi I fund of any county in which a judge J might vent his tee! ing4 in this re-| speet. Civilian per capita consump'ton of food in' the United States this year is 1 expected to continue a? about the j 1948 level, Which was t- percent a hove the pre war average. Retail food pricey are. likely to average | somewhat .lower in 1949 than in the ! past year, when they ?c* a new high However, no sharp decline is antici pated. Vic Vet jayf oont" a sour VETERANS 8ENeRT<;...5EC ' YOUR NEAREST VA OFRCE ? 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