Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-03-03
Work Yet
Ahead of Solons
60-Day Period Ends Saturday With
Important Measures Yet To Be
Acted Upon

Raleigh, Feb. 27.-Day and night
sessions during the last week have
helped clear the calendars of the
house and senate of some of the ma
jor legislative matters, but the two
main issues of appropriations and
revenue are still unsettled.
The house has passed the revenue
bill on its second reading and it is
due to reach the senate on Tuesday
| of this week. Should the senate
! make no radical changes in re bill
it can be completed and ratified be-
fore the end of the week.
Neither house is in such fortunate
condition with the matter of taking
care of the public schools for the
coming year.
In fact, the house and senate, run
ming true to differences in ideas
about the method of getting the
money to support the schools has in
dorsed totally different bills.
Hence support of the six months
school term, probably the principal
problem outstanding, stands out this
week, officially the closing of the 60
day biennial session of the legisla-
i ture. Assemblymen, however, may
remain over several days next week
or later-but if they decide to do so
the law provides that they will re-
ceive no pay.
In addition, however, to the school
support question and it's many intri-
cate ramifications of thought in both
branches of the assembly, Governor
+ McLean's county government bills
have to be passed or killed, the work
mems compensation measure is de-
manding attention and the several
proposals to amend the constitution
will get attention.
A few high lights of the assembly
/ during the past week follow:
House-Thursday
The house today killed the state
wide Australian ballot bill by tabling
and passed two bills of statewide i'm
! portance, the $3O,OOO,OOO highway
! bond issue bill and bills creating four
new superior court districts and call
ing for constitutional amendment
to allow solicitors to act in more than
one district
Senate--Thursday
Final passage of the statewide
game bill. The senate also passed a
bill to give state aid to INDECENT tu-
bercular patients in the state hospital
at Sanatorium. Amend banking laws
so that banks cannot begin operations
without paying in of all capital stocks
and also raising initial capital from
$4,000 to $25,000 The senate dur
ing the day passed total of Ga bills,
majority of which were of local
nature.
Friday
The house judiciary committee to-
day reported unanimously in favor
of the unmasking bill after lengthy
discussion. The Confederate pen
sion bill, giving veterans a total of
100000 for the first year and $780,
D00 for the second year of the BIZ
ennium, with $500,000 to widows
each year for the next two years,
passed second reading. The COM
promise judicial district bill, creating
four new districts and four new
judges and solicitors, was put upon
its immediate passage. With an
amendment giving the solicitors $3.50
expense account, the bill was passed |
and sent to the house for concur
renee. Another bill of statewide i'm
portance, allowing counties who had
contributed to financing of the
building of state highways, to be re-
funded by the state highway COM
mission, passed with an amendment
adding the words ''in it's discretion"
so that the commission would not be
required to repay such loans or con-
tributions at any particular time.
Saturday
The house today passed the un-
masking bill l>and the senate passed on
second reading the Woltz school fund
equalization bill. Both houses spent
most of the day in debate over the i
appropriations and school funds. The
senate measure, given second read
ing, provides for the distribution of
the equalization funds to those coun-
ties of the state in which AZ cent
rate would not maintain the schools |
for six months terms. The bill went
over for final consideration.
Charlotte Feb. 2S,-Bondholders of