Institute Of Government
BOTE: This is the fifteenth of a
series of weekly summaries
prepared by the legislative
staff of the Institute of
government on the work of
the North Carolina General
Assembly of 1959. It is con
fined to discussions of
1 matters of general Interest
and major importance.
Those featured performers of
every legislative show — the
money bills — are being readied
to move front and center. Intro
duction Monday night of capita]
improvement bills by Finance
Committee chairmen to replace
the original Budget bills was the
opening note of the fanfare for
the grand finale. Immediately
there was a rush of new bills, as
members sought to get their chil
dren on the stage before the fin
al cuntain. Introductions during
the week totalled 145, ithe highest
of any week of the session thus
far. I
Indications are that many bills
will either die in committee or
fail to be considered on the floor,
or else will be the longest session
in history. As the House contin
ued to debate bills at extraordi
nary length, Speaker Hewlett
cast about for extra meeting ti
mes, but found that committees
were scheduled at every possible
hour. ■ <
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APPROPRIATIONS
The substitute capital Improve
ments bills provided for addition
al bonds amounting to about $4
‘/i million, and made numerous
cfhanges in individual appropri
ations. Among the major changes
were increased or new appropri
ations of $2 million to the State
Hospital at Goldsboro for a hos
pital and administration build
ing, 414 million for a Western N.
C. Training School, $624,000 to
the State Ant Society for an add
ition to the Museum of Ant build
ing, $500 to the State Ports Auth
ority to construct port facilities at
Spuithport, $430,000 to, SPA for
improvements in port facilities at
Wilmington, and $280,000 for the
same purpose at Morehead City.
The University at Chapel Hill
lost $480,000 for a new dormitory,
and A & T College at Greensboro
lost $510,000, also for a dormitory.
The Joint Appropriations Sub
committee was scheduled to com
plete its work by disposing of
State employee questions Friday
afternoon. On Thursday the sub
committee completed its work on
the Consolidated University Bud
get by setting a figure which
would give the University about
% of the difference between its
original requests and the amount
provided in the original Budget
Appropriations Bill. The subcom.
mittee report will be presented to
the full Appropriations Commit
tees next Tuesday.
Earlier in the week the sub
committee rejected a report of a
subgroup studying the welfare
budget and recommended by the
study group and $3.9 million re
quested by the Welfare Depart
ment. It was stated that the sub
committee’s proposal would
mean a reduction of 10 per cent
in aid-to-dependent-children and
disability grants, and 5 per cent
in old-age assistance grants.
FINANCE
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Senate Finance Committee on the
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question of including corpora
tions within the proposed with
holding tax provisions. The com
mittee approved an amendment
to Include corporations, and then
reversed itself the following day.
The withholding provision was
then aporoved by a vote of 14-8.
The House Finance Committee
already had rejected the corpora,
tion-inclusion amendment and
had approved the withholding
proposal. New tax bills included
HB 910, which levies an annual
tax of $200 on each vehicle bring
ing coal or coke into NC for de
livery to a person not taxed as a
dealer, and HB 949 which speci
fies that when a distributing
warehouse and retail outlet are
under the saime ownership, deliv
ery of goods to the warehouse in
NC for the retail outlet shall be
taxed as a wholesale sale.
SCHOOLS
Two new bills could add fuel
to the alleged controversy be
tween the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction and the
State Board of Education. The
first of these, HB 925, sent for
ward by Rep. Davis of Lenoir,
provides for the appointment of
the State Textbook Commission
by the Governor upon recommen
dation of the Board rather than
of the Superintendent, as at pre
sent, and deletes the requirement,
that the chairman of the Text
book Commission be subject to
the approval of the Superinten
dent. The second, HB 983, intro
duced by Rep. Satterfield, would
make the Lieutenant Governor
chairmon of the State Board in
stead of permitting the Board to
elect its own chairman. Other
new bills in the school area
would provide for the employ
ment of guidance and counsel
ling teachers in the public
schools (HB 951), and would es
tablish a 9-member commission
to study the public school educa
tion of exceptionally talented
children (HB 973). In a joint ses
sion Thursday the Assembly e
leeted trustees of the Greater U
niversity and ratified the Gover
nor’s appointments to boards of
trust of other State Institutions of
higher learning.
Food Costs
Vaiy With Age
Age is an important considera
tion in estimating family food
costs.
Though it is often said that
growing boys eat more than their
fathers, and elderly people eat
less than those who are younger,
more definite information on
food costs as related to age is
needed for successful budgeting.
In general, food costs increase
with age up to 20 years, then de
crease, according to Mrs. Ruby
P. Uzzle, consumer marketing
specialist for ithe N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service.
Food economists used average
countrywide retail food prices for
August 1958 to estimate that on
a moderate cost plan, feeding a
three-year-old boy would cost
$4.50 a week compared to $11.50
for a 16-year-oild boy and $8.50
for a 75-year-old man. The esti
mates were based on home meals
not “eating out”.
Cost of feeding children at any
age under 12 years is the same
for boys and girls.
Over 12 years, boys and men
need more food than girls and
women of the same age, thus
their food costs are higher. It
costs about a third more to feed
a 16-year-old boy, on the aver
age. than to feed a girl the same
age. Next to the teenage boy, a
man of 35 to 54 years averages
highest in the cost of his food.
These figures prove that age is
important when planning the
family food budget.
North Carolinians hiave an es
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ADVERTISING
HB 959 would regulate road
side advertising along the Inter,
state Highway System to North
Carolina. The bill is keyed to the
Federal Aid Highway Act of 19
58 which offered monetary incen
tives for State regulation of bill
boards on the Interstate System.
Enactment of ithe bill would
mean as much as $800,000 in ad
ditional federal funds for the NC
system. Rep. Kerr of Warren ser
ved early notice that, if the bill
reaches the House floor, it will
receive the same close scrunlty
which he has devoted-to other
measures implementing federal
aid laws.
HB 725, which would ban ad
vertisement of all alcoholic bev
erages in any advertising media
in the state, was the subject ol
considerable interest in Houst
Judiciary II Committee. Commit
tee action was postponed until
next Thursday.
AGRICULTURE
SB 331, the controversial bill
prohibiting use of MH-30 or
growing tobacco, was reported
favorably by the Senate Agricul
ture Committee Thursday. At th<
time of the report two of th<
bill’s original sponsors, Senators
Morgan of Harnett and Hancock
announced that they were with
drawing their support and asked
further study of the problem. In
troductions this week included
SB 359, designed to improve co
ordination of federal, State and
local agencies and programs for
the promotion of agriculture in
North Carolina. The bill author
izes counties and (municipalities
to appropriate funds for agri
cultural development and resear
ch. ,
FIREMEN'S PENSION FUND
The House devoted two hours
of lively debate Thursday to HB
690, establishing a firemen’s pen.
sion fund to be supported in part
by a State tax on fire and light
ning insurance premiums. The
bill, along with two companion
measures, is designed to replace
a 1957 act which was invalidated
by the Supreme Court. After the
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bill passed second reading by a 1
three-ito-one margin, Rep. Snepp :
offered a floor amendment Fri
day to limit the State’s contri- :
button to proceeds of the insur
anoe premiums tax; on a motion
to table the amendment, a tie
vote developed ( a real rarity in
the House) and Speaker Hewlett
then voted in favor of the a
mendment. As thus amended the •
bill passed third reading and
was sent to the Senate.
MISCELLANEOUS
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sporting and cultural events from
a "flap top’’ stadium. Identical
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stadium Authority with authori
y to build a stadium within one
nile of the State Pair Grounds,
md to issue revenue bonds to
provide the necessary funds. The
sills specify that the stadium
•oof may be either permanent or
■emovable.
SB 367 was introduced this
week to promote housing co-op
eratives. The present law allows
a simplified type of corporation
to be formed and operated by
five or more veterans for veter
ans’ housing. The new bill woukb
remove the restrictions as to vet.
erans and specifies .that apart,
menits can be Included in the eo.
operative housing projects.
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