The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-08
n. c. FINANCE
ACTS May Be
DEFERRED NOW
Assembly Has Plenty Of
Legislation to Grind on
I'm Interim
The 'rimes-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, March 8.-Even il
the general assembly should de-
eide to delay any action on the
appropriations and revenue bills
until the general banking situa-
ton clears up, it will have plenty
with which to occupy its time for
the next few weeks, a survey in
dictated today.
There is a feeling among many
members that no action should be
taken on the important money
bills until the financial situation
over the country clears up, but
there are many bills pending on
the calendar and in committee
rooms which are in no way relat-
ed to money matters, and which,
it is estimated, will furnish the
Legislature with several weeks
work.
Some of the pending bills pes
tain to taxes and tax relief, and
action on these may or may not
be delayed on account of the bank
ing situation. Among these are
the MacLean-Bailey eight months
school bill, which is a special or
der on the senate's calendar for
Friday, and the Johnson bill. al
ready passed by the house. which
reduces the cost Of automobile IL
cense fees from So to 40 cents per
hundred-weight.
There are many other bills,
however, which are not considered
to have an important bearing on
raising OF consuming taxes to the
extent that they could not be con-
sidered equally well at present DIS
at some future date. Among
these is the reorganization COM
mittee's bill abolishing the corpO.
ration commission, which has al
ready passed the senate, and is eX-
pected to reach the house calen-
dar early this week. The bill is
now in the hands of the House
reorganization committee. and Il
favorable report is expected.
Conference committees are now
at work over the prison-highway
consolidation bill and the marriage
license bill, and these conference
reports have yet to be made and
passed upon Or rejected by the
house I'D the senate.
While it is believed that both
houses of the assembly have
enough bills pending on their cal
endarS to keep them busy for
most Of this week, the. committees
will have to get busy to keep the
Legislative mill grinding, if the as
sembly decides not to take up the
appropriations and revenue bills
Immediately.
The former bill is expected to
be introduced formally in the
house today. but the revenue bill
has not yet come out of commit
tee. Indications now are: that in
view of developments over the
past few days, an effort will be
made to re-refer the appropria-
lions bill back to committee right
off the bat. The revenue bill IS
IlOl IedNy W Uc SuUIlllGLeu 10 llS
assembly yet. and it now appears
that this may not be completed
by the finance committee for a
week or two.
The House agriculture commit.
tee is now reconsidering the Cox
Froneberger-M akepeace bill reor-
ganizing the department of agri-
culture and stripping Commits
sioner W. A. Graham of most of
his authority by making him an
administrative officer under a
board to be appointed by the gov
ernor. Indications are that this
bill will be reported back to the
house within few days, and It
can be counted on to precipitate
scrap that may last for several
days.
Other important pieces of legis-
lation still in committee and ex-
pected to be reported out soon
! are: The Thompson resolution
calling on state department heads