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f INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY NOTE: This is the first of a series of weekly summaries pre pared by the legislative staff of the Institute of Government on Hie work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1961. It is confined to discussion of mat ters of general interest and major importance. Organization The 1961 Session of the General Assembly convened at 12 noon, Wednesday, February 8, and pro ceeded to organize. Lieutenant Governor Olnyd Phi&pott called the Senate ito Older, and that body then elected Senator Crew of Halifax as President pro tempore. Veteran S. Ray Byerly of Sanford was re-elected Prin cipal Clerk. The House was called to order by Secretary of Sitate Thad Eure. The House elected Guilford’s Jos eph M. Hunt, Jr., as Speaker, and re-elected Mrs. Annie E. Cooper as Principal Clerk. Governor San ford sat in the House as Speaker Hunt took the oath of office. . The Senate and House present ed their usual contrasts on own ing day. In the quifft Senate chamber Lieutenant Governor Philpott was extending the cour tesies of tlhe Senaite at least once to everyone present in particular, and to citizens of some counties in general. In the House, before gal leries packed tight enough' to make a sardine shudder, the first fight of the session took place within minutes after Speaker Hunt mounted the dias. Legislative Representation The shadow of reapportionment and fecHstmioting materialized quickly into a floor skirmish in the House on opening day, when Rep. Kerr objected to immediate consideration of a resolution di recting the House Committee on Congressional Districts to begin! an immediate study of Congres-t sional redistrioting and to hold] hearings, to the end that a re distrioting bill might be drafted.! Despite charges and assurances that the resolution amounted to nothing, it represents a departure from customary General Assem bly procedures. Under the reso lution (which passed without ob jection the second day of the session) committees could pro ceed to prepare bills which repre sent the original thinking of the committees rather than their re acions to specific proposals em bodied in bills prepared elsewhere and referred to them. One resolution and four bills dealing with'representation in the' General Assembly were introduc ed in the first few days of the session. SR 4, introduced by Sen. Currie, would have appropriate committees study state senatorial' redistrioting to the end that a bill on this subject might bo drafted. HB 1, in reduced by Rep. Kemp, would reapportion House seats according to the 1961 census, with the result that Mecklenburg, Cumberland, Alamance and Ons low Counties would each gain one seat, and Buncombe, Johnston, Cabarrus and Pilt would each! lost one seat. HR 39, introduced! by Representatives Frink and Co hoon, would give each counity one Senator, and would increase the House membership to 130, with 30 members instead of the pres ent 20 being apportioned among the larger counties. SB 20, by Sen. Warren, and IIB 29, by Rep. Kemp, would provide for auto matic reapportionment of House seats after each decennial federal census; the present Constitutional formula would be applied by the tspeaKer oi rue House, without the r "cessity of action by ithe House he General Assembly. The or 1 nt Constitutional formula PH1**. es tlmt aliens and Indians prowl ad shall be excluded from next ttfx -es which are the basis the f'^ mentation. The 1960 cen ter repf*. s did not specify the sus rately, and so far as aliens sen>a n'tiained, that happy can be H ^ m taxation which > freedom the Noble Rodipan: characten/m^ state has yielded in bis savaa , civilized certain-! completely tb the taxes. ties of death and •. , '’nations bills 'l^he Budget app^ , day of th came in on the soborv ?rnor San.| session, following Gd*>» bills; ford’s budget message;. Hodges roprt'fciont thewoik ot Administration. Governor ; * ford expressed appreciation to previous administration, and gv erally approved its recommenda tions, but made it clear that he* will return shortly with addition al recommendations, partieulai \ in the field of public school ap propriations. The Governor stat ed that he saw no justification foi increasing the revenue estimate of the Advisory Budget Coming sion, and stated that he would recommend specific measures for obtaining the additional revenue Xh his subsequent appropna $xiKi recommendations would l j <|U-rhe Budget would increase ap ^priatior" for current opera-i ,ons bv 18 per cent. >oA per] *nt of General Fund appropua vons would go to education; this represents a slight percentage de^ but is an absolute increase <,r$70 million. Teacher pay limits would be increased between $3o0 per annum, with com tnrable increases for administra te and vocational teachers. The Joint Appropriations and -hivanee Committees are expern taring with morning meetings ^T^ason. In the pas* these committees, which together eonv r>rise the entire membership oi the General Assembly, have met in the afternoon, leaving the jmominigs to the other commit | tees. Because the length of the i daily General Assembly session I is unpredictable, the starting time for the “money committee” meet ; ings has been to be changed fre quently, with resultant confusion ana inconvenience to persons ap pearing (before them. If (the morn ing session plan does not work satisfactorily, the committees will revert to the afternoon sessions. Senator Sitikeleather of Bun combe and Representative Woodard of Wilson are chairmen of the respective Committees on Appropriations; theirs will be the task of leading the commit tees in determining how much money each state activity shall get. Senator White and Repre sentative Wicker, as chairmen of the Committees on Finance, will Wave the task of finding the money for their Appropriations colleagues to spend. Small Loans mhree bills concerning the small loan business are now be* fore the General Assembly. SB 9 freezes small loan company applications under the N C. Small (Loans Act for 90 days In order to prevent persons from' getting in under (the wire via a| “grandfather" clause. SB 9 has passed the Senate and is pending before the House Committee on’ Banks and Banking. Also before I Banks and Banking are HB 15 and HB 17. HB 17, entitled "North Carolina Consumer Fi nance Act,” the Banking Com mission’s bill, proposes that the Banking Commissioner be given powerful licensing authority as a primary means of regulating the small loans business. The ap plicant must show convenience and advantage to the community of his proposed activity, char acter such as to warrant the (be lief that the business will be op erated lawfully and fairly, and $25,000 loanable assets available at the specified (business location. Not more than one place of bus iness may be operated under the same license, but more than one license may be issued bo the same person. The Commissioner’s powers under the N. C. Small Loans Act to suspend and revoke rights to do business, make in vestigations and (bring actions on the relation of the State are pre served in the new legislation. ‘Loans of less than $900 where more than 6 per cent interest is charged would come within the scope of HB 17. Charges up to $22 on the first $100 would toe al lowed. A lender would not be al lowed to make loans to the same person from separate offices and would have to furnish the bor-; rower a written statement of j charges for the loan. Detailed' insurance provisions are in the' bill. HB 15 introduced by Rep.] Braswell of Wayne, and also en-l titled the North Carolina Con sumer Finance Act, differs from! (the Commission's bill in (that itj would regulate loans of less than $606, would allow up to $25 per annum for the first $100 in charges, and would allow the lender to make separate loans to the same borrower from differ ent offices provided the office trade areas do not overlap. Both HB 15 and HB 17 contain a grandfather clause limited to; those presently doing business and having $25,000 loanable as sets available at each business lo cation. It appears that this year, as In 1959, the General Assembly will go on the road. It has already accepted an invitation to meet at (Memorial Coliseum in Winston Salem on April 19, and it has been invited to Greensboro on Feb. 28. Some Democrats, recall ing the vote in Forsyth and Guilford in the November elec tions, suggested that members might need permission from their county Democratic Committees (before venturing into enemy ter ritory.. for edible vegetable oils and protein feeds, says USDA STRICTLY FRESH The fellow next door has : had 50 pounds of xnuscle-build |ing equipment mailed to him i every week for the past year. We haven’t noticed much of a change in our neighbor, but we now have .he world s most perfectly developed mailman. • • • Snowflakes would be lovely if they weren’t so skovely. * * • The chap who tore the first telephone directory in half was probably the father of a teen age daughter. ^ , We work for a bigot. He thinks that words can be spelled only one way. Soybeans crushing are being stimulated by srtirong demands Electrical engineers say that if your farm was wired before 1940, you can be sure it is underwixed. Starting Thursday EVERYTHING MUST GO INCLUDING NEW SPRING SHOES With every pair oi shoes purchased at our regular low price you may receive another pair of equal value at V2 price. Mac’s Self - Service Shoe Store 401 EAST SUTTLE ST. SHELBY. N. C. STORE OPEN FROM 9 A. M. TO 9 P. M. PLENTY OF FREE PARKING Continuing With Added Values! Home of Better Values y ^ X7 ® TREMENDOUS SAVINGS FOR ALL THE FAMILY Fabrics Bargains SHORT LENGTH Cotton PRINTS 29c - 39c quality l 5 yds. for $1.00 Cotton PRINTS values to*' 49c , 29c yd. I Suiting Printed Taffeta & Faille $1.00 quality 39c yd. COTTON & RAYON Remnants 10c & 19c each BIG Rummage Tables As Marked 10c to $1 LADIES DRESSES BRASSIERES BOYS SHIRTS BOYS'SWEATERS GARTER BELTS INFANT WEAR MANY, MANY OTHER VALUES Little Boys' SPORT COATS Sizes 6-14 50c i Odd Lot Boys & Men's : SPORT COATS 50c Boys' RAIN HATS 38c each Boys' UNDERSHIRTS & BROADCLOTH SHORTS 29c each Ladies And Children's/ SHOES Values to $7.99 Several big tables brand new shoes 29c 69c $1 $2 pr. I I BOYS* SPORT SHIRTS • Knit • Flannel • Broadcloths / Sizes 8-18 xy Were to S2.99 S1.00 GROUP BOYS' DRESS PANTS Were to S5.99 $1.88 MENS • DRESS SHOES Values to $9.95 $X88 MEN'S CORDUROY DRESS PANTS $188 T Men’s Dress Pants Big assortment sizes & colors— Values to $12.99 $4.99 I DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND SAVE LOADS OF DOLLARS AT BELK'S
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