The daily times., 1921-12-08
FAVORABLE REPOR!
ON BILL TO MEET
SCHOOLS DEFICIT
LEGISLATORS HURRY
December 16 is the Tentative
Date for Adjournment. How
ever Other Matters are Be-
ing Brought up Which May
Keep the Legislators Busy
For Awhile.
(By Max Abernethv. J


Raleigh, Dec. S.-After twice post
poning consideration the joint COM
mittee on education has sent the !
Brooks bill providing for payment of |,
the $4,000 deficit in the States !
public school fund back to the House I
and Senate with a favorable report.
This action paves the way for pass
ing without great difficulty one of
the two pieces of legislation for which
Govern Or Morrison called the legisla- |
tors to Ealeigh in snec;;l session. /
While here was never anv great
amour of opposition to paying the
deficit made when a greater number
! of school teachers qualified for high
er salaries under the school law than
was anticipated. the method of find
ing the money to pay Off the debt
caused considerable debate.
:, Representative Tom Bowie of Ashe
county was considered the leader of
those who sought to delay action in
F, the committee, his motion twice
postponing final consideration and
preventing a report on the bill. His
opposition to the bill was in the
method of paying the deficit rather
than in making up the deficit. Wheth-
er it was the better policy to borrow
the money or issue short term notes
or in some other way Representative
Bowie didn't know. For that reason
he sought to block any motion to re-
port the bill favorably.
The bill as reported by the commit
|tee authorizes the treasurer and the
lcouncil of State to pay off the deficit
land the money will come from the
general fund.
II Further indications that the spe-
cial session will not be able to center
it's attention on the two matters
which the governor specifically re-
commended-that of correcting an
Terror in the municipal finance act and
: in taking care of the public school
. deficit is seen in the move started by
7 some Of the Eastern representatives
to exempt their counties from the op-
Grafton of the Statewide stock law
passed by the regular session last
January-February.
Representative Bell of Hyde and
Swain of Tyrrell have introduced
bills asking that their counties be
Excluded from the territory which
will be known as "stock law" on and
after January 1. 1922. These repre-
sentatives are asking for respite OF
IL months.
"This action" said Representative
martin, of Washington, who led the
fight for the law, "is only an effort
Ito start anew the campaign in the
Eastern North Carolina counties.
am going to oppose every bill intro
,duced at this session seeking tt
thwart the act passed at the regular
session"
. Both representatives who have in
ltroduced their bills asking for ex
emption carry bulky petitions from
their constituents in support OF th'
y proposed legislation. They are no
tSdt1Su00 Will IAc OPpOA SuAASy oASA -,
by the law whcih will dispense witt
free range territory in this State.
The State municipal finance ac
z which is a new bill although in Wiz
tually the same form as the on
which the 1921 session failed to pas
properly, has started well on its wa
through both houses. It is not expect
ed that there will be any determine
C. fight made by anybody to defeat tn
measure. This bill requires six day
for passage and will doubtless o
passed the three readings in the a
lotted time.
Both houses are trying to fix De-
2 ember 16 as the day of adjournmer
but SO far this has not been don
A resolution has been started-in tt
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