Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1925-03-12
OUR WEEKLY RESUME
OF LEGISLAT EVENTS

other sympathetic senators, the Lee
county orator opposed the action of
the Governor in seeking to have the
funds from the control of buses pla-
ced in the general fund so as to be
able to present balanced budget.
The Lee County Senator said educa-
ton was more important than a bal
anced budget. The Lee county SEN
ator said education was more i'm
portant than a balanced budget. for
Mr., Mclean and declared against the
policy of Mr.. Mclean in allowing
education to suffer in order that his
balance sheet might be evened up.
The Lee county senator was victor
ious and the measure was sent to the
house for concurrence, that body hav-
ing in the meanwhile acceded to the
governors request in giving the mon
ey into the general fund. No decision
on the differences had been made up
to late Monday.
Seeing possible defeat of his mea-
sure in the House, when the appro-
priations bill came up the Lee coun-
ty senaotr again led fight for in
crease of the appropriation for edu-
cation and the appropriation for the
public school equalization fund. These
measures were pending before the
Senate Friday, Saturday and Monday
with the oratory of the session being
unloosed in their defense and against
them. Whatever the outcome the Sen
ator from Lee will go down as the
champion of education in the 1925
session.
Discussion of the educational sys-
tenn which took place the last part
of the week brought forward amend
ments to the revenue bill to take aw-
ay the power of the Superintendent
of public instruction to set the stan
dard for teachers in schools and to
fix a standard salary scale. These
amendments would drastically cut the
powers of the state in education and
in the opinion of many would destroy
the state educational system. They
were pending before the Senate on
Monday.
Another fight which occupied con-
siderable time was that for the Con-
federate veterans. Both the Senate
and house debated at length meas
ures designed to tax auto drivers So
to SO head for the benefit of the
remainder of the "fast thinning line
Of Gray" and both bills were defeat
ed after some of the most moving
otatory Of the session. Then the
Hous jumped into the breach over
whelmingly passed a bill to tax mo-
ton picture admissions for the ben
eft of the veterans and sent 1t to
the Senate where it was on Monday.
The chances are that it will die there.
The delay in passing the revenue
bill came about when the Senate re-
fused to confer in the conference re-
port which did away with its impor-
tant amendments These amendments
would have exempted from a tax on
judgments and actions in courts, all
courts of jurisdiction lower than the
Superior court. The dispute was fin
ally settled Monday when the House
agreed to the Senate amendment.
The bill to retire Treasurer Lacy
if he wished it, on two thirds pay,
had rough sailing during the week.
After being defeated in the House
that body on Saturday night recon-
sidered it's voted 80 to 33 and set it
as a special order for reconsideration
Monday morning. 1t was only to fin
ally dispose of it however for it was
killed and the "clincher" put. The
chief argument was that it would
set precedent on pensions for State
officials.