The daily times., 1921-12-12
PLAN TO RELIEVE
STATE Commission
OF FIXING RATES
AFFECTS POWER COMPANY
AFFECTS POWER COMPANY
School Finances May be
Crowded Out of the Spot
Light by Discussion of a
Constitutional Convention to
be Called in the Spring of
1928.
(By Max Abernethy.)


Raleigh, Dec. 1.-THE special ses-
sion of the Legislature rested today,
many members spending the week
end at home, but will return to the
when it is planned to dispose of al
part of the local legislation which
was thrown into the legislative hop
per last week.
II the senate passes the joint re-
solution which went through the
House Saturday, no bills will be in
troduced after Tuesday, December 13,
and adjournment may become pos,
senate did not take up the resolution
before adiourning Saturday after
noon and there may develop some op-
position to the measure at tonight'S
meeting since it will not give the
senators much time to prepare any
legislation they may have had in
tended introducing. Should the final
day for introduction of bills be
there is little likelihood OF adjourn
ment by the last of this week.
Introductions in the House tomor-
row are expected to feature the ses-
sion. Representatives have signified
their intention of Offering some dras-
tic legislation.
One bill affects the State Corpora
ton Commission, relieving that body
OF fixing rates which may be charged
for hydro-electric power in this
State The introducer of the measure
could not be seen today but it is said
his proposed act would create new
state department, 10 be manned by
one commissioner whose duty would
be to regulate water power rates and
IN all probability rates for other COM
modities.
! One bill affects the State Corpor-
alton Commission, relieving that body
! of fixing rates which may be charged
| for dydro-electric power in this State.
The intrOducer of the measure could
mot be seen today but it is said his
proposed act would create new
State department, to be manned by
one commissioner whose duty would
be to regulate power rates and in all
probability rates for other commodi-
ties.
Representative Hall of Swain coan-
ty is thinking of introducing work
mems compensation act, which is
Statewide measure. This bill will
be virtually a duplicate of the ONO
act which has been given a trial IN
that State.
Consideration of the Burgwyn bill
which reduces the personal property
lexemption from $500 to 500 is also
scheduled to come up in the lower
house tomorrow or Wednesday as viii
also the Sans bill which keeps
popular hand on bond issues IL
North Carolina.
School finance measures that nave
, occupied the center of the Legislative
stage for almost from the momen
the General Assembly convened las
Tuesday at II O'Clock are likely to bf
crowded out of the spotlight Wnel
, the two houses re-convene after tn
weekend recess tonight, for then tn
Constitutional Convention will COM
down before the footlights.
, LEGISLATION calling for Constltu
tional Convention in the spring o
l1923 will be offered in the Senat
tonight by Senator Harry Stubbs, VIII
got similar measure through tn
' upper House at the regular session
in February The House killed tina
!. bill because its proponents would no
agree to submit the question to
8 vote. The vote in the House wa
lc1ose.
The tangled disorder into Wh1c
the States taxation system has falle
S has fed growing sentiment through
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