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INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY (NOTE: 'Kite is the eleventh •of a series of weekly summaries prepared toy thte legislative staff of the Institute of Government on The work of the North Carolina •General Assembly of 1961. It is confined to discussions of mat ters of general Interest and ma jor importance.) * * * The 1961 session continues to run well Ihehind Jlhe two previous sessions In volume of bills hand led. Comparative figures follow: -8««sk>a Total Public Local Bills Bills Bills Bills Rat. Intro. 1961 «5o 1969 979 1969 1243 462 549 540 388 343 430 403 703 500 4COVRTH The contending armies in the Ctaurt War have stacked their anra and furled their flags. The Mouse passed the compromise substitute for HB 104, the Tayor BMJ, on both readings by about 75 percent favorable vote, as Rep.. Kerr, a strong opponent of the 1999 IBrfl Bill and of the ori ginal Taylor Bill in this session, was a major factor in obtaining approval of the compromise by the full House. When the bill reached the Senate, the apposing factions agreed upon an amend ment which wotiM take adminis trative authority from the Su preme Court and place it in an Administrative Office to be es tabHshed by the General Assem bly. The amended bill then pass ed the Senate without dissent, and the House concurred in the amendment with only three mem bers opposing. As finally approved, the bill requires the General Assembly to establish uniform district courts throughout the state by January 1, 1971, at which time all presently existing inferior snorts shall cease to exist. The Superior Court and Supreme Chart will remain substantially mwhanged. AH courts will be fi marred at the State level. Pro cedural rules for court below the Skapreme Court will be made by Idto* General Assembly, unless the Assembly delegates this authori ty to the Supreme Court, and *s«Ha then the Assembly could <dtamge a court-made rule. Adrnin IMtrallve responsibility would be ' vested in'an Administrative Offi «** of the Courts. JP’s will be re ptaeed by officers of the district railed magistrates, who will toe appointed by the Superior Ctaart judge upon nomination by the- Clerk of Superior Court. All other judges will be elected. The tadS falls far short of the sweep ing- changes rccomimended by the BMfi Ctatranittce in 1959, but it (kw achieve a unifoim court system with responsibility at the manse levei. mWAHCE AND JtPTROPRlATIONS Storm signals wre 'hoisted storing1 the week in connection w*W new revenue proposals. A awtoi in the Joint Committees to appoint a joint subcommittee to <ronrsktor the various tax pro pwash ran Into opposition from iwwfcens who apparently felt ■to* they would have a better ehanee of prevailing before the fWB committee. A motion to ad Spam, approved by a standing 3JM6 vote, avoided a decision on tflta- motion to appoint the sub «waamlttee. On th!e following day. WttiM-sday, the two Finance Cfcnwmttees met separately; the khatiee voted to continue full xomtndttee discussions for sever-' »# days and then to refer the! Rtcnw bills to a subcommittee] to be appointed by Chairman! Wicker; the Senate' voted to con-! tome full committee discussion! tor ’he time being, and reached1 decision on the question of] y&imate appointment of a sub-j .TMnanittoe. -tor Appropriations Subcommit-! tor cleared a number of smaller! items- Wednesday, including pay! raw**, for the Supreme ' Court etui’ Industrial Commission. As •I1 Unis date the subcommit tee has approved approximately $35 mil ton in appropriations, which re ipwscnts an increase of about one pnwnt over the Advisory Bud H3et Commission’s recommenda ■tow for the puiposes involved. "Bhr Subcommittee began ton wdrration of the Consolidated •Oniversity budget on Thursday. PUBLIC WELFARE Nwrth Carolina will be prepar mft to take advantage of a part ot President Kennedy’s program to aid the unemployed and bols ter the economy if two bills oon ■**i3r*ed this week are enacted. ! HR 567, introduced this week, ’ ndl make eligible for aid to dependent children those children •arprived of paiental support be xawse of the unemployment of the UMBher. The federal legislation to make matching funds available appears about to pass Congress. There are also indications that ADC money may be made avail ahkr by Congress for children wto reside in foster homes (und n present law the child must re aide- with parents or relatives). 83bs 206, which has passed the Se would give North Carolina aaKhority to extend ADC to this group Should Congress pass such ftegtekAtipn. MB 590, introduced mis week, tbothM increase the payments to jWapttals providing services to IfriMir assistance recipients and meiftcally indigents. At the prws <vMt time tihe State Board of Pub ■r Welfare makes payments team tiie “pooled fund” for has pil alteration at the rate of $10 per gotten* day for hospitalization ol ■paMe aaastanoe recipients (and aw at May l, 1961, because ol SB 12 ratified March 31, of cer [ tain medically indigents); these | payments are scheduled to in-! crease to $12 per patient day on July 1. HB 590 would appropri-' ate an additional $692,417 for the! "pooled fund" and $432,000 for! medically Indigent persons; these! sunns with federal percentage! matching, would allow the pay ments for hospitalization to be increased to an amount of not ov- j er $20 per day. The Senate passed a commit tee substitute for SB 68 which! authorizes the State Boartf of Public Welfare to license day! care facilities. The substitute merely spells out In detail the facilities that would not be cov-! ered and the Circumstances und-| er which the license could be de nied or revoked. The Senate also! passed SB 231 which authorizes; the waving of the inteiUocutory! decree in adoption proceedings! when the adoptive child is the! grandnephew or grandniece of the adopting parents. DECEDENTS’ ESTATES Several amendments to the comprehensive 1959 legislation governing -rights of surviving spouses and the distribution of the property of persons dying without leaving a will were in week. SB 237 spells out the types of property to be considered in valuing the prop P®ssin£ to a surviving JSTHf’ 5* Purpose* of determin ing the right of the spouse to dls sent from a will; the bill also de tails the time and manner of fil ing a dissent. SB 236 removes the possibility that a person, toy re fusing to take (“renouncing”') his share of the estate of a per son who left no will, could en able his children to receive a greater idiare of the estate than he would have received; the bill also spells out details of renunci ation, and allows a surviving spouse to decide whether or not the home place shall toe consid ered in valuing the elective share to Which the spouse is entitled. MB 318, increasing thp widow’s and children's year’s allowance to $1000 and $300 respectively, passed the Senate after being amended to apply only to estates of persons dying after October 1, 1961. HB 554 and 555 introduce ed Monday, provide that the State and federal governments may pay income tax refunds up to $200- and $250 respectively di rectly to the surviving spouse of a taxpayer. MISCELLANEOUS MB 582 would replace the pre sent 9-member Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Educa tion with a 5-memlber Board of Nursing ... SB 122 was amended to exclude persons over 21, and those under 21 who have written parental consent, from the re tirement that there toe a 24 naur waiting period between ap plication for marriage license md issuance thereof; Ithe bill Miss Stroupe's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Miss Minnie Stroupe, 80, of Cherryville, sister of Mrs. C. E. Pruitt of Kings Mountain, were held Sunday af ternoon from Shady Grove Bap tist church at Cherryville, inter ment folowing in the church ce metery. Miss Stroupe died at her home last Thursday following a long illness. She was a native of Gas ton county, daughter of the late J. J. and Susan Farris Stroupe. In addition to Mrs. Pruitt, she is survived by itwo sisters, Mrs. Will P. Seilers and Miss Jane Stroupe, both of Cherryville. then passed the Senate.EB 177, providing for central regis tration of marriages in the State Office of Vital Statistics, passed the Senate. HB 564 revises the motor vehicle title laws to make the recorded title more reliable as a record of liens against the vehicle. HB 580 provides that per sons who become 16 years of age af ter January 1, 1963, must undergo a written test In order to receive a driver’s license; the law now authorizes oral tests for illiterates. HB 204, extending the compulsory automobile insurance law, was ratified Tuesday . SB 230 would permit deserts to bloom in the midst of oases; the Will would prohibit State ABC Board approval of liquor stores in a community which voted dry in a county which voted wet. Comedy Corner TT \ “Is that you Junior? What did my little man learn in school today?” A 38-year-old London, Eng land, steelworker shaved off half (%) of his beard, because it tickled his wife. Panhandle Pele The one-man Band ON THE STREETS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN Saturday afternoon AT 2 P. M. For Mayor VOTE FOR X] Kelly Dixon A RELIEVER IN I CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT , * ' _ - . 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