The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-06
VOTEREVEALS
ASSEMBLY TO
QUIT MARCH IS
House Sends Old Age and
Child Aid Bill Back
to Senate
SENATE WORKING ON
CROWDED CALENDAR

RALEIGH, Mar. 6. (UP)-The
senate today passed a flood of
local and state bills, including a
measure to remove mutual con-
sent as a requirement for di-
vorcc after two years separation.
1t also passed bill providing for
stringent regulations for barber
shops.
Senator Britt's resolution to
provide for appointment by the
governor of commission to
study the farm tenant problem
was passed, also q measure pro-
viding penalty for the use of
lights in hunting after dark was
approved.
RALEIGH, Mar. 6. (UP).-.
Weary house members, driven
hard on q 125-bill calendar in
post-midnight session today went
home for the weekend and turned
their attention toward adjourn
ment sine die March Is.
The senate met at 10 u. m. to
work on a crowded calendar.
Back of the general assembly
lay one of the biggest weeks of
accomplishment in history of the
states legislatures. Dozens of To-
cal bills had been disposed of and
majority of legislation enacted in
to law.
The $16,0OO,OOO social security
measure and the $l,200,000 free
textbook bill passed the senate
and house, respectively, yesterday
and were ready for concurrence
in amendments.
RALEIGH, March 6.-No new
bills will be introduced in the
general assembly after next We'd
nesday, and the legislative body
will adjourn on March l8. A joint
resolution by Senator Johnston,
of Buncombe, providing for the
end of the 1887 session, was
adopted in the senate yesterday
afternoon and by the house IN
session last night. /
The old age assistance and
child aid social security bill was
passed in the house yesterday by
a vote of 81 to l, and was sent
back to the senate for concur
renee in clarifying amendments
The measure calls for expend7
lures of approximately Sl6,OOG'
600 during the biennium. |
Next Thursday was set oy
Lieutenant Governor Horton ;ho
Speaker Cherry as the day ior
the legislature to meet in Eien,
ton, early capital Of the state ana
a committee was named to pro-
vide transportation. IN
The free school text book Dill,
passed by the house, was passed
on second reading by the senate
and will probably be enafed INTO
law early next week. 1t arries
Sl,5OO,000 bond issue. go
The senate passed tie bull 10
grant the state the rigat OF emil
nent domain for petroleum pipe
lines and sent the meSure 10 the
The senate approved a bill to
prohibit tatooing Of minors ana
n measure to authorize the gov
ernor to appoint a commission 10
study the ACCESSIBILITY OF estao-
fishing a department. of justice.
Effort to have reconsiaera
ton of a measure requiring vac
cination of infsats against diph-
liberia failed. In -
The house approved a bill 10
regulate the csmmercial Iisn,n as
Industry and the measure was
sent to the b3use.
The senatei received a proposal
70 appropria4 en- additional $lS,-
50o for the State hospital ut Nor
canton oa andj $4,000 for the Cas-
we'll trainidg school at Kinston.
The holse appropriations com
mit.ee gste IN unfavorable re-
mort TO bill to supplement the
salary oil teachers by $l,7OO,oOo
annually in the event OF gen.
eral fluid surplus.