The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-03
SENATE STILL
HAS Big Task
School Machinery Bill Is
Next Job After Reve-
nue. Act
The TimCs-NcwS Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH May 3.--Now that
it has passed the revenue bill, on
which it has been working for
more than a week, the senate mas
much work before it, and there
is a general belief among mem
bers that the general assembly
will not be able to get through
with the revenue bill and adjourn
this week without leaving some
important Jobs mdoAe. While
the senate calendar is not nearly
so crowded as that Of the house,
the senate is faced with good
two weeks work, according to
most observers mere.
Now that the revenue bill has
been sent to the house the senate
will get to work On the school ma
chinery bill, which is expected to
take three separate readings even
after it is debated. Debate ON
this measure, probably the most
controversial to come before the
legislature, outside of the, appro-
priations and revenue bills, may
take a day or may take a week.
The important questions Of sup,
Elementary taxes for schools and
the personnel Of administration
will be settled by this bill.
Pending in the senate IS a mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by
which the Dunagan bill ceratmg
state-operated monopoiiStlc
workman's compensation insur-
ance fund failed to pass It's third
reading several weeks ago by a
slim margin of one vote. Propon-
ents of this bill. which labor IN
terests say will save the indus
tries of North Carolina a hall
million dollars annually in COM
pensation insurance rates, are
confident that it will be finally
passed by the senate and that II
will then get a favorable recep-
ton in the house Of representa-
tives. -,
Also pending is the Bland bill!
to amend the now famous senate
bill $50. known as the admins
tration bill to permit counties and
towns to refund tax sales certln-
Gates which was ratified early
last month. This bill permits de-
linouent taxpayers for the years
prior to 1882 to pay up their BACK
taxes, minus all interest and pen
alties, in five annual instruments.
Under a house amendment, these
taXpayers by settling in a lump
cash sum, can get a 10 per cent
discount. Also, by paying any OF
their five annual installments
even so little as a day before they
fall due they can also get Il III
per cent discount.
This 10 per cent discount lea
ture is the one that the Bland
bill attempts TO strike out. rms
provision of the tax refund bll!
has been bitterly opposed by the
state association of county COM
missioners and other local gov
eminent authorities. They point
out that under this system It
would be impossible to collect cur
rent taxes. For instance, delln-
ouent taxpayer for 1882 would
have to pay considerably more
than a delinquent taxpayer for
1881 or any prior year. 1t also
permits large taxpayers who are
able to pay their back. taxes III
cash to get 10 per cent dis
count, it is pointed out.
The Bland bill doing away with
this 10 per cent discount provl-
sion has Struck a snag in. the SEN
ate. despite the fact that the ad-
ministration is backing the effort
| to get this Objectionable feature
removed from the tax refund act,
Some senators, while. they feel
that the 10 per cent discount was
bad feature in the original bill,
nevertheless hold the view that
since some large lien holders have
already taken advantage of the
10. per. cent discount, the farmer
! and small landowner should also
be allowed an opportunity of get
ting a discount, and they favor
limiting the time during which q