Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-05-04

whisky bill
Wind-up of the fight on the rev.
enue bill came Thursday when the
Senate, by II to Is vote, passed the
conference-amended taxing measure.
Final action on the $64,OOOOOO ap-
preparations bill for the biennium fol
lowed the adoption by both houses
| of the conference report.
Should it contain taxing features.
the school book rental bill will re-
quire roll calls on three separate days
in each chamber and may keep the
| assembly in session a day or two lon
ger than otherwise. There is a pos
| sibility administration bills for Fed
eral-State cooperation will provide for
financing the proposal, if school book
| money ca nbe borrowed from the gov
eminent and the plan considered a
| 'self-liquidating" one
The new school machinery act pro-
Vides closer coordination between the
| department of public instruction and
the State School Commission in that
the superintendent of the former is
advanced to the vice chairmanship
OF the commission. Another change
allows appointment of school COM
mlttee for each school outside the
main central school district.
Salaries of solicitors and a number
of State officials were increased bv
| legislation enacted during the week.
Solicitors, the adjutant general and
commissioners of labor, agriculture
and insurance We're raised to 81 500 an
nually, with $4,000 being voted the
secretary of state, State auditor and
State superintendent of public in
| Struction.
Senate adoption of eight administra-
tlon-faVored House bills would open
the way for North Carolina to par
ticipate fully in the benefits of the
S4,OOO,OOOOO0 public works program of
president Roosevelt. All OF the meas
ufes are intended to allow the State
and local governments to make full
use OF funds to be provided by the
public works program
another important measure enact
ed into law was the Peterson bill to
substitute lethal gas for executions at
central prison, applicable only to
those prisoners sentenced to die after
| July /.
The Page prohibition enforcement
measure provides for an additional
PoO fine against convicted liquor law
Vlolators for the support of the "dry
army of 200 agents, with the State
deficit. emI;S
The Senate vote, 27-22, against the
liquor control measure constituted
1
week Regarded since early in the
session as the hope" of the vets, the
upper branch crossed up the prognos-
.lcators by not only decisively defeat
ing the bill that would nave given
Ihe people of the State a chance to
express their sentiments at a referen-
uun on June but also applied the
chncher' to prevent further consid-
eratlon OF the matter unless spon-
9oFs OF the measure are able to get a
tWo-thlrds majority for reconsidera-
tlon. Threat for such a move was
neard Friday in the Senate.
/ Whlle not exactly in balance, the
/ revenue and appropriations bills final
| " adopted are, according to Commits
9lohef or Revenue A. J. Maxwell, with
| III one per cent of each other for the
llrst year. Increased receipts are ex-
pected to balance the second year
budget, he states
| Roll call bills remaining on the
| house calendar were speeded along
at post-midnight session early this
morning. The Senate met for the
same purpose at the customary Sat
uroay morning hour of 10 o'clock
only unexpected and prolonged
clashes on the few remaining contro-